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Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
In Game 149, Cano is disciplined — Joe Girardi pulled Robinson Cano out of the game today in the fifth inning after his latest half-speed effort in the field. — “Your job is to play hard,” said Girardi, who indicated that Cano might not be in the lineup tomorrow against the White Sox.
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Bryan Hoch / MLB.com:
Cano sent to bench by Girardi — Second baseman: 'I would say they're doing the right thing' — NEW YORK — Robinson Cano stopped in his tracks and stared at a rolling baseball, as it headed into the Yankee Stadium outfield. Joe Girardi punished him with more time to watch idly.
Jay Cohen / Associated Press:
Cano benched for lack of hustle on fielding play — NEW YORK — Yankees second baseman Robinson Cano was benched Sunday after manager Joe Girardi became upset with his lack of hustle on a fielding play against the Tampa Bay Rays. — Cliff Floyd led off the fourth inning with a hard grounder between …
Bob Klapisch / NorthJersey.com:Girardi is as delusional as ever
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Can't Stop The Bleeding
Chris Jenkins / Associated Press:
Cubs' Zambrano no-hits Astros in 5-0 win — MILWAUKEE (AP)—All the elements were in Carlos Zambrano's favor. — Zambrano pitched the first no-hitter for the Chicago Cubs in 36 years, returning from a sore rotator cuff to shut down the Houston Astros 5-0 Sunday night in a game relocated because of Hurricane Ike.
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Chicago Sun Times:
Big Z's reaction — Carlos Zambrano was grabbed for an interview on WGN TV immediately after firing his no-hitter. Here are his comments: — “I can't believe it. It's exciting. — “I'm tired, man. I'm tired from jumping up and down on the mound with my teammates. This is great.”
ESPN.com:
Cooper bothered by ‘neutral’ game against Cubs — MILWAUKEE — The Houston Astros were officially the home team Sunday night against the Chicago Cubs, the first of two games relocated to Miller Park in the wake of Hurricane Ike. — But with his club chasing the NL wild-card spot …
NY Daily News:
Pavano hurt again — Carl Pavano would be a late-night talk show writer's dream if he was important enough for David Letterman or Jay Leno to joke about. — Pavano earned his third win in four decisions after missing most of the past two years to injuries, but he was pulled with a cramp …
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Sliding Into Home
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David Just / MLB.com:
Vazquez notches 2,000th K in Game 1 — Righty near unhittable, puts White Sox alone in first place — CHICAGO — Javier Vazquez arrived at U.S. Cellular Field at 10 a.m. on Sunday like he always does for an afternoon game. — When rain delayed the game more than three hours …
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Associated Press:
Vasquez leads White Sox over Tigers — CHICAGO — Javier Vazquez took a shutout into the eighth, Alexei Ramirez homered and the Chicago White Sox hung on to beat the Detroit Tigers 4-2 in the first game of a doubleheader on a soggy Sunday after two days of rainouts.
Thunderbaseball / Mike Ashmore's Thunder Thoughts:
Champions! — More in a bit. The Thunder are the 2008 Eastern League Champions! — Humberto Sanchez to the big leagues. Kevin Russo and Ramiro Pena to Scranton. — Tony Franklin also up in the bigs and will be in uniform. — I will have videos, photos, quotes and everything …
Associated Press:
Figgins' hit in 9th gives Angels sweep — ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP)—Chone Figgins singled home the winning run in the ninth inning and Mark Teixeira hit his 200th career homer as the AL West champion Los Angeles Angels beat Seattle 4-3 Sunday for a four-game sweep.
Ken Gurnick / MLB.com:
Dodgers waste gem by Maddux — LA falls in 10 after veteran allows two hits in seven innings — DENVER — Greg Maddux and Aaron Cook performed a trick Sunday that would have freaked out even Criss Angel. — They turned Coors Field into a pitcher's park.
Chris Jaffe / Hardball Times:
The grand national conversation — As any frequent THT reader may have already noticed, I have a considerable interest in the Hall of Fame's electoral process. — At the beginning of the year I wrote a column predicting how the BBWAA would vote in its 2008 election.
