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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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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
Matthew Cerrone / MetsBlog.com:
Note: Home Plate from Shea in Parking Lot — According to MetsBlog reader Andrew, who sent in the following photo, the old home plate from Shea Stadium has been embedded in to the pavement, in the parking lot, on the same plot of land where it rested Sept. 28, 2008.
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 …
