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1:25 AM ET, September 9, 2008

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Anthony McCarron / NY Daily News:
Wagner out for season with elbow injury, could miss '09  —  Mets closer Billy Wagner has a torn ligament in his left elbow and will have surgery this week, meaning he'll miss the rest of this season and likely all of 2009, too.  —  The surgery will repair a torn MCL ligament and a torn flexor pronator …
Discussion: Baseball Musings
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David Lennon / On the Mets beat:
Wagner to have surgery — out for year (update)  —  The Mets learned today that Billy Wagner has a torn MCL in his left elbow and will need season-ending surgery that is likely to sideline him for most of 2009 as well, a person familiar with the situation said.
Dan Graziano / New Jersey Online:
Report: New York Mets' Billy Wagner to have surgery, could miss 2009 season  —  A Mets team official confirmed that Mets closer Billy Wagner will have elbow surgery this week and will miss the remainder of his season and possibly the entire 2009 season as well.
Matthew Cerrone / MetsBlog.com:
News: Wagner out for Season with Surgery
Ted Berg / SNY.tv:   Wagner's Mets career in jeopardy
David Lennon / Newsday:
Mets' Maine to return as a relief pitcher?
Discussion: Dom D's Mets Fan Blog
New York Post:
TWO UP, BUT TROUBLE LOOMS  —  THE Mets finished yesterday …
David Lennon / Newsday:
Mets' Wagner (elbow) likely out for season
Discussion: New York Post and MetsBlog.com
Bryan Hoch / MLB.com:
Girardi will return in '09  —  Steinbrenner: Manager will be back for second season  —  ANAHEIM — The Yankees appear likely to miss the postseason for the first time in more than a decade, but the club plans to retain Joe Girardi as manager for the 2009 season.
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Associated Press:
Yankees: Girardi ‘will be back’ as manager in '09  —  TAMPA, Fla. — The New York Yankees plan to retain Joe Girardi as manager next year.  —  “Joe will be back,” co-chairman Hank Steinbrenner said Monday at the club's spring training complex.  “He's done everything he could.  That's the bottom line.”
Anthony DiComo / MLB.com:
Registration for Mets playoff tix opens  —  Opportunity to secure first-round tickets runs through Sept. 15  —  NEW YORK — Though the Mets may have plenty of work to do before they can play in October, preparations for the playoffs are beginning now.  —  The team on Monday announced …
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Stefanie Cohen / New York Post:
LAWSUIT CALLS FOUL ON METS' SEAT SWITCH
Discussion: MLB FanHouse
newyork.mets.mlb.com:
Tickets for potential Mets' 2008 postseason games at Shea Stadium …
Discussion: Mets Blog and Surfing the Mets
Amy K. Nelson / ESPN:
Delgado continues his rebirth … NEW YORK — He was being chided in this city, practically booed out of town.  It was only a few months ago that Carlos Delgado was refusing curtain calls while careening toward a possible platoon at first base.  —  Then it was late June, Willie Randolph was fired …
Discussion: MetsBlog.com
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Jason / Faith and Fear in Flushing:
Whew!  —  That sudden blast of hot wind you may have felt …
Discussion: This is a simple game
New York Post:
CURTAIN CALL FOR DELGADO
Dan Graziano / New Jersey Online:
New York Mets are feeling better about this September
John Harper / NY Daily News:
Harper: Santana comes up aces in his biggest start yet
Discussion: Mets Merized Online
Associated Press:
Rain postpones Blue-Jays-White Sox  —  CHICAGO (AP) — Rain forced the postponement of Monday night's Toronto Blue Jays at Chicago White Sox's game.  It will be made up as part of a split doubleheader beginning at 1:05 Tuesday.  —  The four-game series that was to have started at U.S. Cellular …
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Larry Stone / Mariners Blog:
Making A-Rod look bad
Discussion: Walkoff Walk
Mark Gonzales / Chicago Tribune:
White Sox face rotation problems after rainout Quentin starts rehab  —  The rainout of Monday night's game with Toronto has caused the White Sox to reach deeper into their pitching reservoir for a starting pitcher for Saturday's game.  —  With every game taking on greater meaning as the Sox try …
Discussion: South Side Sox
Krisztina Holly / Business Week:
Manny Ramirez: Baseball's Most Innovative Player  —  Why the Dodgers' dreadlocked bad-boy is the best thing to happen to L.A. since martinis and plastic surgery  —  Manny Ramirez and his dreadlocks have a lock on L.A. Dodgers' fans' hearts and minds, and are a shoo-in for the Baseball Hall of Fame.
David Pinto / Baseball Musings:
250,000 Watch  —  I'll be watching the MLB Extra Innings Mix Channel, and recording it on my DVR as well.  That should give me a good view of when the homers are hit and which order.  I suppose if two players hit homer at the same time, the MLB replay nerve center can make the call as to which is 250,000.
Discussion: River Ave. Blues
Rob Maaddi / Associated Press:
Phils roll on Werth's HR, Rollins' SBs  —  PHILADELPHIA (AP)—Jayson Werth is nearing the day when he won't have to check if his name is on the lineup card.  —  Werth hit a three-run homer, Jimmy Rollins had three hits and three steals and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Florida Marlins 8-6 on Monday night.
Discussion: Phillies Nation
On the Yankees beat:
Gameday Live 144: Yankees at Angels  —  Good evening Yankees enthusiasts, I'm Chris Mascaro and I'll be bring you all of tonight's live game action, as the Yanks (76-67) open a three-game set in Anaheim against the Angels (86-56).  —  The Yankees are in the midst of a marathon 10-day road trip …
Discussion: Pinstripe Alley
Gordon Wittenmyer / Chicago Sun Times:
Cubs not panicking — yet  —  Reds rally for 3 in ugly 9th to hand Cubs 7th loss in last 8 games  —  CINCINNATI — Is it time to panic yet?  —  Cubs first baseman Derrek Lee says no. But the state of the team after what might have been its toughest loss of the season Sunday makes you wonder.
 
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