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John Harper / NY Daily News:
Harper: Yankees swallow pride in weak stand — As it turned out, maybe Joba Chamberlain should have plunked Jacoby Ellsbury, the very first batter of the game, square in the back and stared down the Red Sox dugout and dared Boston to do something about it. — At this point …
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Boston Dirt Dogs
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Kat O'Brien / Newsday:
Red Sox continue mastery of Yankees — Johnny Damon hits a three-run home run in the bottom of the third against the Red Sox. (Audrey C. Tiernan, Newsday / May 5, 2009) — If the Yankees trail the Red Sox by just a tad in the final 2009 standings, they won't have to wonder why.
Mike Lupica / NY Daily News:Lupica: Joba turns in 12K night as one-man show
Discussion:
The Joy of Sox
Michael Silverman / Boston Herald:Red Sox earn high five
Discussion:
SOX & Dawgs, The House That Dewey Built, Over the Monster, Pinstripe Alley and Yahoo! Sports
Ken Gurnick / MLB.com:
Dodgers' 12th home win ties MLB mark — Weaver allows one run in five innings in first start since '07 — LOS ANGELES — With a dreadlocked left fielder hustling on the bases, a second baseman who channels Jackie Robinson and a starting pitcher who leaves tickets for a 1970s rock star …
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Associated Press:
Dodgers tie MLB record with 12-0 start at home, beat D'backs — LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers tied the modern major league record for the longest home winning streak to start a season, improving to 12-0 at Chavez Ravine as Jeff Weaver pitched them to a 3-1 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Tuesday night.
Los Angeles Times:Dodgers make it 12-0 at home — Jeff Weaver goes a solid five innings …
Discussion:
The Nationals Enquirer
Doug Glanville / New York Times:
No Tipping, Please — Alex Rodriguez is in a horrible spot. — Where do you go when, having focused your life on that one thing you can be the best at, you realize that because of choices you made things will never again be the same in anyone else's eyes?
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Bill Ladson / MLB.com:
Zimmerman extends hit streak to 23 — Nats third baseman delivers RBI single in third at-bat — WASHINGTON — Nationals third baseman Ryan Zimmerman extended his hitting streak to 23 games against the Astros at Nationals Park on Tuesday afternoon. The game was eventually suspended by rain tied at 10 in the 11th inning.
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David Lennon / Newsday:
Castro, Wright back Livan as Mets top Braves — ATLANTA - So who are these Mets? The soft, smiling do-gooders as characterized by their own general manager last weekend? Or the serious, take-care-of-business grinders who swept the Braves out of Turner Field in this two-game mini-series?
Discussion:
MetsBlog.com
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Guy Curtright / MLB.com:
Wright finding swing as Mets head home — New York (12-13) vs. Philadelphia (14-10), 7:10 p.m. ET — ATLANTA — It looks like David Wright is starting to come out of his funk. — That is good news for the New York Mets, who are returning to Citi Field for an eight-game homestand …
Discussion:
NY Sports Dog
Rick Eymer / MLB.com:
Top beginning to click as Halos win — Figgins, Matthews Jr. have big nights; Loux gets win No. 2 — OAKLAND — Gary Matthews Jr. is quietly putting together a productive season despite appearing in just 64 percent of the Angels' games to date. He says it's all about preparation.
Discussion:
6-4-2
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Jason Whitlock / Fox Sports:
Bio hazard: A-Rod author has credibility issues — Jason Whitlock brings his edgy and thought-provoking style to FOXSports.com. Columnist for the Kansas City Star, he has won the National Journalism Award for Commentary for “his ability to seamlessly integrate sports and social commentary …
Dick Kaegel / MLB.com:
B. Pena assigned to Triple-A — Manager Hillman happy to keep catcher in organization — KANSAS CITY — Catcher Brayan Pena didn't get away after all. — The Royals announced on Tuesday that Pena cleared outright waivers and has been assigned to their Triple-A Omaha club.
Discussion:
MLB Rumors
MLB.com:
Homestand Highlights — May 6-10 — • Magnet giveaway: 5,000 magnets will be given to fans, compliments of Jones the Florist. — • “Straight A” Game: 1,000 7th- 12th grade students who achieved an “A” average (over a designated period during the 2008-09 school year) are attending the game for free.
A. Stacy Long / Montgomery Advertiser:
Biscuits' pitcher Hellickson hurt — Biscuits pitcher Jeremy Hellickson will likely miss at least one start after a shoulder injury forced him from Tuesday's game. — Hellickson suffered a mild sprain of a shoulder muscle — the supraspinatus — and left after pitching only two innings …
Dejan Kovacevic / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Pirates' 0-17 run vs. Brewers longest since 1970 — Hardy gets three hits, four RBIs off Snell in excruciating 8-5 loss — Freddy Sanchez hurt his shoulder diving for a ball hit by Milwaukee's Craig Counsell. He stayed in the game and later homered. — Make it a sorry 17.
Thomas Harding / MLB.com:
Rox's Daley making immediate impact — Hailing from Bucknell, hurler showing Bison belong in Majors — SAN DIEGO — Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pa., proudly heralds itself as the nation's largest liberal-arts university. — The school hasn't produced many Major Leaguers …
