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Michael Hiestand / USA Today:
MLB, Fox turn back World Series clock with earlier start times — Major League Baseball and Fox will announce today a real TV throwback: World Series action starting before 8 p.m. ET. — That hasn't happened, in a regularly scheduled weeknight Series game, in at least 34 years.
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Tom Singer / MLB.com:
World Series games will start earlier — MLB, FOX Sports respond to concerns of fans — World Series games this October will start approximately 40 minutes earlier, a concerted response by FOX Sports and Major League Baseball to concerns about late broadcasts inconveniencing East Coast and young fans.
Keitholbermann / Baseball Nerd:
Vin Scully, Voice Of The Yankees — The advent of the Mets' annual visit to Dodger Stadium always reminds me of one of the greatest baseball stories nobody tells. — Let's correct that. — A decade ago, when I was still working full-time in sports and in Los Angeles …
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Lar / wezen-ball.com:
Revisiting the 1992 Expansion Draft — I wrote this article about 3 weeks back, as a submission to the “Baseball Prospectus Idol” competition the guys over there were having. For those of you who didn't see that before (I only saw it thanks to a Rob Neyer link), this was a competition …
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Baseball Prospectus:
Prospectus Idol: Meet the Finalists by Baseball Prospectus — Meet the Finalists — It is our privilege to present the slate of competitors in the first-ever edition of Prospectus Idol. The objective of this competition is to find a new Baseball Prospectus columnist …
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Batter's Box Interactive …, The Good Phight, Statistically Speaking and Around the Majors
Daniel Kaplan / SportsBusiness Journal:
Three banks set to finance Cubs purchase — Chicago Cubs buyer Tom Ricketts is close to lining up three banks to arrange the $450 million financing necessary to complete his acquisition of the team, financial sources said, positioning him to clear a substantial hurdle in the long-running sale of the club.
Bryan Hoch / MLB.com:
Wells swings against PED users — Former Yanks hurler weighs in on Clemens, Rodriguez — NEW YORK — Former big leaguer David Wells came out swinging Sunday against those who have used performance-enhancing drugs, counting the achievements of former teammate Roger Clemens …
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Cjennings / Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees Blog:
Cashman: “The most important thing is performance” — A big thank you to Times-Tribune photographer Jason Farmer to passing along some of his extra photos from today's game. — Last time Chien-Ming Wang pitched for Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, general manager Brian Cashman more or less told us …
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Cjennings / Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees Blog:May 17: Yankees vs. Columbus (Bruney's start)
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Scott Proctor's Arm
Corey Brock / MLB.com:
Werth, Gonzalez NL's most underrated — Pair produces results while remaining under the radar — One flies beneath the radar, in his own dugout, no less. The other flies under the cover of darkness and relative anonymity, because he is getting his hits while most of the country is sleeping.
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MLB Rumors
Sam Page / Amazin' Avenue:
An Open Letter To ESPN — To whom it may concern: — Please remove Steve Phillips from all of your baseball broadcasts. During Baseball Tonight and SportsCenter, Phillips has been a relatively unspectacular commentator. Allowing Phillips to speak outside of these timed …
New York Post:
BASEBALL FANS DESERVE BETTER THAN STERLING — DON'T misinterpret this; it isn't a rip, it's a plea, a plea for change. Enough is enough. For those who care about baseball, a preventable, 20-year problem has become a crisis. — John Sterling, the radio Voice of the Yankees and a man …
Los Angeles Times:
Clayton Kershaw pitches seven no-hit innings in Dodgers' victory — Dodgers starting pitcher Clayton Kershaw didn't give up a hit until the first batter of the eighth inning Sunday against the Florida Marlins — He gives up a leadoff double in the eighth inning, ending bid for no-hitter as Dodgers cruise past Marlins.
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Bottom9 Baseball
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ESPN:
Power Rankings: Solid road trip lands Dodgers back at No. 1 — ESPN.com — In 2009, the Los Angeles Dodgers have already set a modern major league record for the most consecutive home victories (13) to start a season. But their recent road trip was what catapulted them back to the top of the MLB Power Rankings.
Matt Gagne / NY Daily News:
Mauer blocks Gardner at plate after fake throw to 1st — The play at the plate felt more like a dive for the pylon - and Brett Gardner was stopped at the goal line. — With the Yanks and Twins tied in the bottom of the ninth Sunday, Gardner made a wild sprint for home but Minnesota catcher Joe Mauer got …
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It is about the money, stupid
Geoff Baker / Seattle Times:
Improving Mariners looking to trade Yuniesky Betancourt to the Pirates for Jack Wilson? — A nice win by the Mariners yesterday, as seen in the photo above. They needed a weekend like this. That's two good series in a row by the Mariners, even though they only got results on this one occasion.
