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Doug Miller / MLB.com:
Merloni tells of PED advice from doctor — Former player recalls meeting detailing benefits of using — Former Red Sox utility man Lou Merloni said Saturday on Comcast's “The Baseball Show” that he remembered a Spring Training meeting in which a doctor explained to players …
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Nick Cafardo / Boston Globe:
Let's end the silent treatment — It will take more ex-players like Lou Merloni - those who were in the game at a time when steroid use was at its height - to chip away at this enormous story, which seems to consume baseball almost daily. — So many players, active and retired …
Nick Cafardo / Boston Globe:Merloni: Sox never encouraged steroid use
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John Harper / NY Daily News:
Harper: Joba gives Yanks an edge — BALTIMORE - I still don't care for Joba Chamberlain's occasional whirling, howl-to-the-moon celebrations, most recently last week against the Red Sox. But I love his attitude. Which is, if somebody like Aubrey Huff doesn't like his act, too freakin' bad.
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Kristie Ackert / NY Daily News:
Damon keeps slamming homers with injured shoulder — BALTIMORE - Johnny Damon is still taking treatment for his left shoulder, which he hurt when he slammed into the wall in Boston last month. In fact the Yankees' 35-year-old left fielder said he may be taking treatments on the shoulder …
MLB:
MLB reviewing Bobby Jenks' purpose pitch in Chicago White Sox win over Texas Rangers — Major League Baseball is reviewing a pitch by White Sox closer Bobby Jenks thrown Saturday behind the back of Rangers second baseman Ian Kinsler, a league spokesman told ESPNChicago.com on Monday.
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Dave van Dyck / Chicago Tribune:
White Sox's Bobby Jenks admits he threw behind Ian Kinsler — Closer tired of seeing Sox hitters getting plunked by Rangers — A.J. Pierzynski and Bobby Jenks celebrate Saturday's win over Texas. (Tribune / Nuccio DiNuzzo / May 9, 2009) — White Sox closer Bobby Jenks surprised …
Corey Brock / MLB.com:
Peavy has put trade talks behind him — San Diego (13-19) at Chicago (17-14), 5:05 p.m. PT — HOUSTON — Jake Peavy will be pitching at Wrigley Field in Chicago on Tuesday — only he'll be doing it in a Padres jersey and not that of the Cubs, a team he was rumored to be heading to over the offseason.
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Corey Brock / MLB.com:
Baek injures elbow in Minors start — Padres right-hander returning to San Diego for tests — HOUSTON — Pitcher Cha Seung Baek, who was expected to rejoin the Padres this week after a Minor League rehabilitation stint with Triple-A Portland, will instead fly back to San Diego for tests after reporting pain in his right elbow.
Amalie Benjamin / Boston Globe:
Pedroia incurs groin injury — With the wind whipping out to right field during early batting practice, Dustin Pedroia joked that if he were ever going to hit an opposite-field home run, this could be the night. But he barely had time to try. — Before the top of the fourth …
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Erin Durkin / NY Daily News:
Bronx bargain to watch Yanks — Even the cheap seats are getting cheaper. — It's not just the top seats at the new Yankee Stadium that are selling poorly - tickets around the stadium are being resold online at prices well below face value, Crain's New York reports.
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Dick Kaegel / MLB.com:
Closer Soria placed on disabled list — Hochevar recalled to start; Ponson headed to bullpen — ANAHEIM — The Royals placed closer Joakim Soria on the 15-day disabled list after Sunday's game because of lingering soreness in his right shoulder. — Pitcher Luke Hochevar was recalled …
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Baseball Crank
Andrew Baggarly / Extra Baggs:
Giants closer Wilson upset after Dodgers' Blake mocks him — Just got back upstairs from the postgame clubhouse after the Giants' 13-inning victory. Everyone was weary but very happy to clinch a series and a winning road trip. But Brian Wilson was not. — A friend sent Wilson a photo …
Alyson Footer / MLB.com:
Berkman injury necessitates move — Houston (14-17) at Colorado (12-18), 7:40 p.m. CT — HOUSTON — The general belief regarding Lance Berkman is that he will not be sidelined long enough to justify going on the disabled list, but after he missed two games with a third to arrive the next day …
