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8:30 PM ET, May 16, 2008

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Bart Hubbuch / Mets Blog:
Players-only meeting on tap  —  David Wright told reporters this afternoon that the Mets plan to hold a players-only meeting in the clubhouse at Yankee Stadium to clear the air after Billy Wagner's postgame rant Thursday.  Wagner (pictured) has already apologized to Carlos Delgado …
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Bob Klapisch / NorthJersey.com:
Mets out of control  —  Although it might seem like the Mets are slogging along on that long, flat road to nowhere, they're actually reaching a tipping-point moment, when Jeff Wilpon calls Omar Minaya and Willie Randolph into his office and says: one of you two is fired.  You choose.  —  Who stays?
Franz Lidz / Portfolio:
THE WINDUP  —  Bronx Cheer  —  Jason Giambi has a rock-star lifestyle, including a pair of gold lamé underwear.  But when it comes to his batting slump this season, the thong remains the same.  —  Jason Giambi has a deep, dark secret.  Deeper than his compulsion to sleep on the side …
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New York Post:   JASON GIAMBI WEARS GOLD THONG FOR LUCK: REPORT
NY Daily News:
Jason Giambi wears thong when in slump, shares it with teammates
Kat O'Brien / Newsday:
Hal Steinbrenner on Yanks: We'll be fine  —  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Hal Steinbrenner flew back to Tampa from the Major League Baseball owners' meetings in Milwaukee yesterday, his belief that the Yankees can be a contender this season intact.  —  In a phone interview that took place shortly …
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Janie McCauley / Associated Press:
Magowan stepping down from Giants  —  SAN FRANCISCO (AP)—Peter Magowan, the owner who brought Barry Bonds to San Francisco, built a new ballpark and kept major league baseball in the city, is stepping down as managing partner of the Giants.  —  The 66-year-old Magowan will retire from his duties …
Discussion: The Biz of Baseball
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Henry Schulman / San Francisco Chronicle:
Magowan stepping down as Giants' boss  —  (05-16) 15:27 PDT SAN FRANCISCO — Peter Magowan announced Friday he will retire as the Giants' managing general partner at the end of this season, ending a 16-year reign that brought to San Francisco a new ballpark, Barry Bonds, a World Series …
Discussion: The Griddle
MLB.com:
American and National League All-Star coaches appointed  —  American League All-Star manager Terry Francona of the Boston Red Sox and National League All-Star manager Clint Hurdle of the Colorado Rockies have announced the managers who will serve as their coaches at the 79th All-Star Game …
Discussion: SOX1FAN
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Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Girardi on All-Star staff
Associated Press:
Grievance filed on behalf of C Torrealba  —  NEW YORK (AP)—The players' union has filed a grievance over the collapse of catcher Yorvit Torrealba's talks with the New York Mets last fall.  —  Torrealba and the Mets reached a preliminary agreement on a $14.4 million, three-year contract last November …
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Troy E. Renck / Denver Post:
Holliday: no worries about online fodder  —  PHOENIX — Part of the fallout from losing is that off-field issues become more interesting than on-field performance.  —  Two major media outlets ran identical online stories Thursday regarding Matt Holliday's uncertain future with the Rockies.
ESPN.com:
Bigger issues?  Isringhausen to DL, having hit TV  —  ST. LOUIS — Jason Isringhausen pitched three times after cutting his pitching hand, apparently from striking a television in frustration, before the St. Louis Cardinals placed their bedraggled closer on the 15-day disabled list.
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Associated Press:
Cardinals place struggling Isringhausen on DL
Discussion: The Heater
Jeff Barker / Baltimore Sun:
O's Angelos doesn't screech over Nats' downtown promotion  —  Turf war?  What turf war?  —  The Washington Nationals sent their mascot and other representatives to distribute Nationals coolers and pocket schedules yesterday at the Inner Harbor, just blocks from Oriole Park at Camden Yards.
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David Murphy / Philly.com:
Phillies Notebook: Phillies GM Gillick says Hamels will get his due, in time  —  When the Phillies renewed Cole Hamels' contract this spring and the lefthander expressed some frustration with his $500,000 salary, that line of thinking dictated the reaction from many fans.
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Shawn / Squawking Baseball:
The Risk and Reward of Long Term Deals
Discussion: Baseball Musings
Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Makeup will be in June  —  Tonight's game will not be made up as part of a doubleheader on Saturday or Sunday or as a single game on Monday.  —  It will almost certainly be part of a two-stadium doubleheader on June 27, 28 or 29.  —  The press release from the Yankees:
Jim Callis / Baseball America:
Mock Draft: May 16  —  BA takes first stab at first round  —  Projecting the first round of the draft three weeks in advance is never easy, and this year is more difficult than most.  —  None of the four players who entered 2008 as the consensus top four prospects—Vanderbilt third baseman Pedro Alvarez …
Juan C. Rodriguez / Sun-Sentinel:
Outfielder Jacque Jones may be Marlin soon  —  Former Tiger would add depth; Willingham ailing  —  CINCINNATI - Former Tigers outfielder Jacque Jones cleared waivers Thursday morning and could be a Marlin as soon as today, according an industry source who has spoken with club officials.
Discussion: FishStripes
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Joe Capozzi / Palm Beach Post:
Marlins gaining respect
Discussion: MLB.com and FishStripes
Chicago Sun Times:
Ozzie refuses to play race card  —  WITH JOE COWLEY jcowley@suntimes.com  —  ANAHEIM, Calif. — “Go back to your country and pick coffee beans.”  —  “... you dumb Mexican.”  —  “... you bastard Venezuelan.”  —  Welcome to Ozzie Guillen's e-mail inbox — in just the last few weeks.
Discussion: SPORTSbyBROOKS and FanHouse
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