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CBS SportsLine.com:
Weekend Buzz: Add White Sox to growing arms race — “I'd have a little concern about him,” one scout said. “Actually, I'd have more than a little concern. He's had a lot of wear and tear, and he's got a bad medical history.” — He also has bad recent numbers.
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Danny Knobler / CBS SportsLine.com:Weekend Buzz: Add White Sox to growing arms race
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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 Wittenmyer / Chicago Sun Times:
CUBS IN BRIEF: Placing Wood on DL suddenly much closer to reality — HOUSTON — It doesn't appear to be anything close to that worst-case fear since Kerry Wood became the Cubs' closer in March, but the hard-luck pitcher might be headed to the disabled list again as early as tonight.
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Paul Sullivan / Chicago Tribune:Soriano headed for rehab work in Arizona
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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 …
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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.
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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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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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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Bottom9 Baseball
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 …
Mark Zwolinski / Toronto Star:
Blue Jays lineup shuffle pays off — Jays avoid sweep as offence comes alive after Cito tinkers; Cubs exec takes in game — ST. PETERSBURG, FLA.-It was exactly one month ago yesterday that John Gibbons was fired as Jays manager, and the occasion prompted the question: What has changed with the team since then?
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Drunk Jays Fans
Rhett Bollinger / MLB.com:
K-Rod becomes fastest to 40 saves — Closer reaches tally in just 98 games; Smoltz second with 108 — ANAHEIM — By striking out the side to preserve the Angels' 5-3 win over the Red Sox on Sunday, closer Francisco Rodriguez became the fastest pitcher to tally 40 saves in Major League history.
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NY Daily News:
Rush & Molloy: A-Rod's pout at home — He's been branded as a heartless adulterer, but friends of Alex Rodriguez claim the Yankee slugger is actually an “emotionally abused” husband whose wife, Cynthia, gave him permission to see other women. — Angry over the lumps he's been taking in the press …
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New Jersey Online
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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ShysterBall
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 …
Tom Haudricourt / Brewers Blog:
Durham excited to join “great team” — San Francisco - I just spoke with Ray Durham outside of the Brewers' clubhouse at AT&T Park as he officially joined the Brewers. — Durham said it was too weird to sit in the Giants dugout during the game, so he retreated to the clubhouse after three innings.
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