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Wallace Matthews / Newsday:
Great, but was it clean? — Taken at face value, this should be a heartwarming story, a tale of twin redemptions for Andy Pettitte and Jason Giambi. One suffered through an offseason of embarrassment, the other muddled through an April of abasement. Both came through in a big …
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Bill Madden / NY Daily News:
Madden: Sweep away idea wins are impressive — A win is a win and good teams find a way to get them, as Joe Girardi was saying Sunday in the aftermath of the Yankees' sweep-completing, 2-1 squeaker over the Oakland Triple A's. But much as the Yankee manager would like to believe his team …
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Gordon Edes / Boston Globe:
Ellsbury's slump may force a shuffle — ANAHEIM, Calif. - David Ortiz took a day off from his rehab assignment yesterday, but is scheduled to resume play tonight in Portland, Maine, for the Double A Sea Dogs. With home runs in each of his first three games, Ortiz has given no reason to doubt …
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Scott Merkin / MLB.com:
White Sox lose Contreras to DL — Chicago right-hander shelved with right elbow tendinitis — CHICAGO — Jose Contreras was placed on the 15-day disabled list prior to Sunday's series finale against the Royals, and Ozzie Guillen was not a happy man. — The White Sox manager certainly …
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Danny Knobler / CBS SportsLine.com:Weekend Buzz: Add White Sox to growing arms race
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Dejan Kovacevic / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Pirates Notebook: Teams still calling on Wilson — DENVER — Other teams continue to call the Pirates about shortstop Jack Wilson, and the Pirates continue to listen. Perhaps more purposefully than they did earlier this month, when the Los Angeles Dodgers became the first to inquire.
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Dan Graziano / New Jersey Online:
Baseball Glance — The former Met, who was shipped to the Pirates at the 2006 deadline for Roberto Hernandez and Oliver Perez, is attracting interest for a couple of reasons. Most teams who are looking for an outfield bat would actually prefer to get Jason Bay from the Pirates …
Juan C. Rodriguez / Sun-Sentinel:
Can-do Jorge Cantu lifts Marlins in 11th — MIAMI GARDENS - The pursuit of Jorge Cantu was on and rightly so. He'd just driven Clay Condrey's 0-2 pitch off the left-field wall with the bases loaded in the 11th for the 3-2 Marlins' win over the Phillies on Sunday.
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Juan C. Rodriguez / Sun-Sentinel:
Josh Johnson giving Marlins big starts — MIAMI GARDENS - Manager Fredi Gonzalez once again Sunday likened Josh Johnson's return from Tommy John surgery to the Brewers acquiring reigning American League Cy Young winner CC Sabathia. — “I don't know about that, but it's nice to know they think of me that way,” Johnson said.
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Paul Sullivan / Chicago Tribune:
Wood, DL about to meet for the 12th time — Marmol would be put on the spot as closer — HOUSTON - The blister on Kerry Wood's right index finger is likely to send him to the disabled list for the 12th time in his career. — “We're coming to the point where we're going to have to come …
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Gordon Wittenmyer / Chicago Sun Times:CUBS IN BRIEF: Placing Wood on DL suddenly much closer to reality
Patrick Saunders / Denver Post:
Rockies complete sweep of Pirates — Colorado crawls closer in NL West — Forgive Ian Stewart, the Rockies' upstart third baseman, for his impetuousness. He is, after all, just 23 years old. — “We are still in this thing and everything is going our way right now,” …
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Dan Shaughnessy / Boston Globe:
It's broomsville during a lost weekend in Orange County — Manny Ramirez couldn't come up with this Maicer Izturis drive in the sixth inning of Friday's game against the Angels. The Sox stumbled to three losses in Anaheim. (Reuters Photo) — ANAHEIM, Calif. - The Red Sox couldn't get out of Orange County fast enough.
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Scott Merkin / MLB.com:
White Sox honor Baines with statue — Former Chicago great joins a select few in South Siders history — CHICAGO — He was known as a stoic competitor, one of the great clutch hitters in the history of the game. — His words often were few and far between, becoming …
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Joe Smith / St. Petersburg Times:
Rays' Percival returns to closing, grooming — ST. PETERSBURG — Veteran closer Troy Percival was reinstated Sunday morning from the disabled list and said his left hamstring finally feels normal and “10 times better” than it did when he came off the DL the first time.
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Evan Grant / Dallas Morning News:
Teagarden's home run gives Texas Rangers 1-0 win — egrant@dallasnews.com — MINNEAPOLIS - With almost a full month in the majors, Chris Davis is, relatively speaking, a grizzled veteran on this youthful Rangers team. — So, late Sunday afternoon, when he spied his friend …
Adam Rubin / NY Daily News:
Mets minor league report: Murphy switching to second — Luis Castillo may be signed through 2011, but Daniel Murphy was astute when he asked to switch positions to second base. — Murphy, the Mets' 13th-round pick in 2006 out of Jacksonville University who was blocked at third base by David Wright …
