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Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
“Unsportsmanlike” Posada could be suspended by MLB for role in brawl — Joe Girardi was not real thrilled with his team and held a meeting after the game to tell them that. — “We've already had a discussion,” he said. “I told them there is a lot at stake here and we can't afford …
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Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Game 146: Blue Jays at Yankees (Updates with Pettitte being skipped — YANKEES (93-52) — Pitching: RHP Sergio Mitre (3-2, 7.02). — BLUE JAYS (65-79) — Scutaro SS — Hill 2B — Lind DH — Wells CF — Overbay 1B — Encarnacion 3B — Barajas C — Bautista RF — Snider LF
Mark Feinsand / NY Daily News:
Sparks fly in Bronx as Jorge hits back — You can't accuse the Yankees of not caring. — Getting blown out in the eighth inning, the Bombers went down fighting. Jorge Posada and Toronto lefthander Jesse Carlson were at the center of a wild bench-clearing brawl in the bottom of the eighth …
Canadian Press:
JAYS BEAT YANKEES IN GAME MARRED BY BENCH-CLEARING BRAWL — NEW YORK — As soon as New York catcher Jorge Posada bumped Toronto reliever Jesse Carlson after crossing home plate, almost everyone at Yankee Stadium knew a fight was coming. — Posada and Carlson got into a scrap near the New York dugout …
Mark Feinsand / New York Daily News Blogs:
Blogging The Bombers — Jorge Posada can say whatever he wants, he is 100 percent responsible for the bench-clearing brawl that took place between the Yankees and Blue Jays on Tuesday night. — He ought to know better. — I know Posada is a fiery player whose heart and passion …
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Tyler Kepner / Bats:Fight Night in the Bronx
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Mark Newman / MLB.com:
MLB announces master 2010 schedule — Opening of Twins' new Target Field one of many highlights — Major League Baseball announced its master 2010 regular-season schedule for all 30 clubs on Tuesday, meaning you can start dreaming ahead now. — You just might see Stephen Strasburg …
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MLB:New York Yankees to open and close 2010 season at Boston Red Sox
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Lyle Spencer / MLB.com:
Lackey, Angels endure ‘familiar’ result — Dice-K shines in return as Sox win possible playoff preview — BOSTON — Once again, there was no fun to be had at Fenway Park for the Angels. — That was the exclusive domain of Daisuke Matsuzaka, David Ortiz and their Red Sox pals …
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Dave Cameron / FanGraphs Baseball:
Joe Morgan And The A's — At the risk of digging up the carcass of a dead horse just to kick it again, I want to take a second and point out something Joe Morgan said about the A's in his his most recent chat on ESPN.com. Yes, I know, highlighting things from a Joe Morgan chat isn't exactly a new idea …
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B.J. Rains / MLB.com:
Pineiro hopes to remain a Cardinal — St. Louis (85-61) vs. Florida (77-68), 1:15 p.m. CT — ST. LOUIS — Free-agent-to-be Joel Pineiro has informed his agent, Adam Katz, that he would like to try and work out a deal to remain with the Cardinals beyond this season.
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Adam Rubin / NY Daily News:
Feliciano eyeing a multiyear deal from Mets — ATLANTA - Pedro Feliciano wants to break his own franchise record for relief appearances in a season. Then the southpaw would like his agent to work out a multi-year deal with the Mets, he told the Daily News.
Roger Rubin / NY Daily News:
Pettitte to miss start with shoulder fatigue — Andy Pettitte is suffering from shoulder fatigue and will miss his scheduled start Wednesday against the Blue Jays. The Yankees believe he will only have to miss the one start. He is still slated to pitch next Monday against the Los Angeles Angels in Anaheim.
Chico Harlan / Nationals Journal:
Flores Has Torn Right Labrum; Will Miss 3-6 Months — The Nats pulled off a rare feat Tuesday night, actually losing a nine-inning game in roughly two innings. They were down 5-0 at the end of the second; that was also the final score. Cliff Lee was dealin' the whole night, and the Nationals …
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Aaron Gleeman / Circling The Bases:
Report: Cubs ‘plan on shopping’ Carlos Zambrano — Paul Sullivan of the Chicago Tribune reports that the Cubs “plan on shopping” Carlos Zambrano this offseason, but the odds of a trade seem fairly slim. — The most obvious hurdle is that Zambrano has a full no-trade clause as part …
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Ken Gurnick / MLB.com:
Ethier helps Dodgers pad West lead — Slugger hits 29th homer; LA ups division edge to four — LOS ANGELES — The soft part of the schedule kicked in again just in time for the Dodgers on Monday night, when they outlasted the last-place Pirates, 6-2, while the Giants were pounding the Rockies …
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Darren Rovell / Sports Biz with Darren Rovell:
Exclusive: Yankees Ticket Prices Coming Down For '10 Season — The New York Yankees know the recession happened. — CNBC has exclusively obtained the 2010 ticket price list that the Yankees will send out to its season ticket holders in the coming days and prices for more than 80 percent of the stadium will remain the same.
Jeff Schultz:
Cox won't commit to returning for another season — The Braves released their 2010 schedule Tuesday. But that is the extent of guarantees we're going to get from the organization right now — and I'm including the return of Bobby Cox. — When asked if he would come back for a 25th season …
Enrico / The700Level.com:
Phillies May Have Found Their New Closer — In one of the funnier instances of fans behaving badly, a Phillies fan made a great snag on a pop up behind the plate only to hand the prized ball to the young lady sitting with him and WHOOPS! there goes the ball. Both of their reactions are pretty money.
