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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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Jerry Crasnick / ESPN:
Given a chance to play, Pierre thriving — Speedster flourishing in the spot previously held by the currently suspended Ramirez — The mayor of JuanPierreWood, an idyllic subdivision of Chavez Ravine, believes in giving an honest effort for a day's pay. He's making $10 million this year.
Los Angeles Times:Clayton Kershaw pitches seven no-hit innings in Dodgers' victory
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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.
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 …
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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.
Alyson Footer / MLB.com:
Bourn, Pence quick studies at the plate — Young Astros outfielders applying lessons from veterans — HOUSTON — Young players fall into one of two categories. Either they think they have everything figured out and never ask for help, or they appreciate their coaches and veteran teammates enough …
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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Associated Press:
Jays pad AL-best record with four-game sweep of Chisox — TORONTO (AP) — Alex Rios hit a go-ahead triple in the eighth inning Monday and the Toronto Blue Jays completed a four-game sweep, beating the Chicago White Sox 3-2. — After Jim Thome tied it in the top of the eighth …
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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 …
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.
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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.
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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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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