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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.
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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.
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.
Dan Connolly / Baltimore Sun:
Major pressure: Olson ‘nervous’ — Orioles manager Dave Trembley said he and pitching coach Rick Kranitz have thought about every possible reason Garrett Olson can't succeed at the majorleague level after doing well in the minors. — The conclusion is Olson simply isn't comfortable pitching in the big leagues.
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.
