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Manny Ramirez apologizes to his Los Angeles Dodgers teammates — Suspended outfielder Manny Ramirez met with his Los Angeles Dodgers teammates on Friday for the first time since he was banned 50 games by Major League Baseball for violating its drug policy. — A source told ESPN …
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Ken Gurnick / MLB.com:
Ramirez has short meeting with team — Dodgers see suspended Ramirez at team hotel in Miami — MIAMI — Suspended outfielder Manny Ramirez held a brief meeting with manager Joe Torre, Dodgers teammates and coaching staff at the club's hotel Friday afternoon.
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Associated Press:
Yankees rally for win in A-Rod's new stadium debut — NEW YORK (AP) — Melky Cabrera capped a three-run rally in the ninth inning with a two-run single, and the New York Yankees stopped a five-game home losing streak with a 5-4 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Friday night.
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Cabrera's two-run single delivers Yankees past Twins in A-Rod's N.Y. return — NEW YORK — Brett Gardner was visiting with a young girl at Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital on Friday, when she gave him a bracelet. — “She told me that if I kept it, I would hit a home run,” he said.
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Ken Gurnick / MLB.com:
Milton ready to get back to big leagues — Los Angeles (25-12) at Florida (17-19), 3:10 p.m. PT — MIAMI — On 12 occasions since 1947, the Dodgers started left-handers in four consecutive games, according to David Smith of Retrosheet. — They're about to do it again …
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Kevin Baxter / Los Angeles Times:
Pierre takes lead in 6-4 win — Reporting from Miami — There's nothing good about losing a slugger such as Manny Ramirez, no matter the reason. — But the loss can be a whole lot easier to take when you have someone like Juan Pierre to replace him, something Pierre proved again Friday night …
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Juan C. Rodriguez / Sun-Sentinel:
Coghlan, fan reach hard bargain — MILWAUKEE - In spite of a fan's efforts to shake down the Marlins for merchandise in exchange for Chris Coghlan's first home run ball, Coghlan ultimately took possession of it after Wednesday's game. — Nick Yohanek, aka “The Happy Youngster,” …
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Charles McGrath / New York Times:
Another Side of Kerouac: The Dharma Bum as Sports Nut — Almost all his life Jack Kerouac had a hobby that even close friends and fellow Beats like Allen Ginsberg and William S. Burroughs never knew about. He obsessively played a fantasy baseball game of his own invention …
Troy E. Renck / Denver Post:
Rockies rally for big win — Colorado Rockies' Brad Hawpe, right, rounds third to greetings from coach Rich Dauer, left, after hitting a two-run ninth-inning home run off Pittsburgh Pirates closer Matt Capps in a baseball game in Pittsburgh Friday, May 15, 2009. The Rockies won 3-1. (AP |
Associated Press:
White Sox OF Dye suspended for tossing helmet … TORONTO (AP) — Chicago White Sox outfielder Jermaine Dye has been suspended two games and fined an undisclosed amount after he threw his helmet and it bounced off an umpire. — Major League Baseball imposed the penalty Friday.
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Corey Brock / MLB.com:
Struggling Padres shake up roster — Towers makes flurry of moves, hints more may come — SAN DIEGO — A Padres team that has lost 20 of its last 24 games got a new look on Friday as several fresh faces stepped through the home clubhouse doors at PETCO Park.
Mark Newman / MLB.com:
Rice enjoys memories during Hall tour — Red Sox slugger to be inducted to Cooperstown in July — COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — After all that time, Jim Rice was right at home. — “He always envisioned making it here,” his wife Corine said Friday in the chilly archives vault in the basement …
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John Marshall / Baltimore Sun:
Greinke, Royals easily beat Orioles — Kansas City right-hander earns seventh victory of season — Orioles starter Adam Eaton pitches in the first inning against the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium. Eaton allowed seven runs and 10 hits in five innings during the Orioles' 8-1 loss.
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Rays come back from 7-run deficit to top Indians — ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — B.J. Upton's ninth-inning homer off Luis Vizcaino capped the biggest comeback in Tampa Bay history and the gave the Rays an 8-7 victory over the Cleveland Indians on Friday night.
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Orange County Register:
Reporter gets called into Angels manager's office — Discussion about Scioscia's teams and their lack of power. — Recommend — The call came at about 5 p.m., interrupting my internal debate about doing a blog post or striding into the press-box dining room for a plate of Chicken Alfredo …
Anthony DiComo / MLB.com:
Mets to lean on Sheffield — New York (19-15) at San Francisco (18-16), 10:15 p.m. ET — SAN FRANCISCO — The havoc that Carlos Delgado's hip injury has wreaked on the Mets now has manager Jerry Manuel scheming. Knowing that Delgado's absence allows opposing pitchers to take something …
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