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Bart Hubbuch / Mets Blog:
K-Rod collapses from spasms — (UPDATED 2.0) BOSTON — Chaos reigned in the Fenway Park hallway outside the Mets' clubhouse late Saturday night after closer Frankie Rodriguez suddenly collapsed due to apparent back spasms. — Rodriguez, the Mets' prized $37 million offseason addition …
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Associated Press:
Red Sox rally for 12-5 win over Mets — Kevin Youkilis hit a three-run homer two innings after his long foul ball was upheld by a replay review, Mike Lowell also had a three-run shot and the Boston Red Sox [team stats] avoided being swept at home for the first time this season by beating the New York Mets 12-5 on Sunday.
Brian Costa / New Jersey Online:
Reliever Bobby Parnell leaves New York Mets teammates in awe with 100-mph fastball … BOSTON — John Maine saw what Bobby Parnell did Friday night in person, and he saw it again on tape. And yet still, Maine asked Joe Scarola, the Mets' manager of video operations, to burn the clip onto a CD for him.
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John Tomase / Boston Herald:
Jonathan Papelbon yields HR to squander victory — Solid night of work gone in an instant — + Recent Articles + Recent Blog Entries + Email + Bio — It's hard to blame the umpires for consulting instant replay on a home run that otherwise was obvious last night.
Sam Borden / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Game 44: Phillies at Yankees — YANKEES (25-18) — Phillies (23-18) — Notes: Melky Cabrera's three walkoff RBIs this season are the most by a Yankee in a season since Claudell Washington had four in 1988. ... Sabathia's last start against the Phillies was also his last start before becoming a Yankee.
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Associated Press:
Giambi hits 400th homer, but A's lose to D'backs — OAKLAND (AP) — Jason Giambi couldn't thoroughly appreciate his latest accomplishment, not with the way his Oakland Athletics are playing these days. — On the night Giambi hit his 400th career home run and should have been celebrating, he was left to ponder another one-run defeat.
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Associated Press:
Rick Ankiel activated by St. Louis Cardinals — ST. LOUIS — The St. Louis Cardinals activated Rick Ankiel from the 15-day disabled list Sunday, reversing course from a day earlier after the outfielder had a strong workout. — Ankiel had been on the DL since May 4 after a headfirst crash …
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Associated Press:
Braves batter Blue Jays, run Toronto's skid to six games — ATLANTA (AP) — Brian McCann homered twice, pinch-hitter Chipper Jones drove in the go-ahead run with a bases-loaded single in the seventh inning and the Atlanta Braves beat the Toronto Blue Jays 10-2 Sunday to cap a three-game sweep.
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Rick Morrissey / Chicago Tribune:
How could Chicago Cubs not see Rich Harden's injury coming? — Perhaps Cubs will get the bad stuff out of way early this time around — The quote of the season thus far from Cubs manager Lou Piniella (and, yes, it is early): — “The amazing thing about it is, every time I've talked to him he's felt really good.
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Andrew Baggarly / Mercury News:
Giants G.M. Sabean exploring trade routes — SEATTLE — The Giants aren't hitting, which means Brian Sabean is taking a pounding. — With a quarter of the season complete, the club's long-tenured general manager acknowledged what anyone reading the box scores could divine …
Nick Cafardo / Boston Globe:
They're getting the short shrift at short — Red Sox lacking at a key position — It's not that the Red Sox don't value the position of shortstop. It's just that their decisions involving it - after the one that sent Nomar Garciaparra to the Cubs in a three-team deal that netted them Orlando Cabrera - haven't always worked out.
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Associated Press:
Jose Canseco faces Kazuhiro Sasaki's pitches in Japan — YOKOHAMA, Japan — Jose Canseco was back in the batter's box Sunday, facing former Seattle Mariners closer Kazuhiro Sasaki before the start of a Japanese professional baseball game. — Canseco took nine pitches from Sasaki as part of a pre-game ceremony at Yokohama Stadium.
NY Daily News:
Bondy: Yankees enjoy homer heaven — The flags at the top of the frieze promised a stiff wind blowing in from left field. But in the Bronx these days, home runs trump nature and every law of baseball known to man. — There were four more homers Saturday, a total of 11 in two days at a ballpark averaging nearly four per game.
