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Chad Jennings / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Rodriguez: “I've never quite heard that” — In a very bizarre game, perhaps the most bizarre moment came in the sixth inning when Alex Rodriguez got into a shouting match with Oakland starter Dallas Braden. — “He just told me to get off his mound,” Rodriguez said. “I was a little surprised.
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Mark Feinsand / Blogging The Bombers:
A-Rod: “I thought it was pretty funny” — As I detailed earlier, Dallas Braden was not very happy with Alex Rodriguez after A-Rod ran across the pitcher's mound and over the rubber following a foul ball in the sixth inning on Thursday. — “If I've got the ball in my hand and I'm out there on that mound …
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Sports Illustrated:
Yanks turn 1st triple play since '68, but fall to A's
Yanks turn 1st triple play since '68, but fall to A's
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Yanks turn team's first triple play since '68
Yanks turn team's first triple play since '68
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Sean McAdam / Comcast SportsNet:
Wakefield out as Matsuzaka readies for return — BOSTON — When Daisuke Matsuzaka returns to the Red Sox starting rotation next week, it will be Tim Wakefield - and not, as widely speculated, Clay Buchholz — who will be bumped to accommodate him. — The Red Sox announced Thursday afternoon …
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Adam Rubin / ESPN:
New York Mets to bat Jose Reyes third this weekend vs. Atlanta Braves — NEW YORK — The game's consummate leadoff hitter is headed to the No. 3 hole in the New York Mets' lineup. — Manager Jerry Manuel has informed Jose Reyes that he intends to bat the shortstop third this weekend …
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Andy Martino / NY Daily News:
New York Mets manager Jerry Manuel toying with idea of moving first baseman Ike Davis up in lineup — When David Wright arrived in New York in July 2004, then-Mets manager Willie Randolph assigned his new phenom to the seventh spot in the batting order. Wanting to limit pressure on Wright …
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Joe Cowley / Chicago Sun Times:
Sox' situation: Grave — Weak early play, stronger Twins threaten to bury best-laid plans — Obituaries are supposed to be saved for the dead. In this case, call it working ahead. — On the South Side, you can start picking out the coffin, the plot and the pallbearers.
Adam McCalvy / MLB.com:
Roaring 20: Brewers unleash historic offense — Milwaukee pounds out 25 hits, including four home runs — PITTSBURGH — Jim Edmonds called it, “crazy.” Prince Fielder and Ryan Braun just tried to enjoy it. — Edmonds, Fielder and Braun all homered Thursday in a 20-0 rout of the Pirates …
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Marc Topkin / St. Petersburg Times:
Zobrist gets 5-year extension; announcement today — The Rays this afternoon will announce a contract extension for Ben Zobrist that could keep him under their control through 2015. — The first three years, during which Zobrist would have been eligible for arbitration, are guaranteed.
Jason Beck / MLB.com:
Guillen strains hamstring, headed for DL — Tigers outfielder slips rounding third base in fifth inning — ANAHEIM — Tigers outfielder Carlos Guillen left Thursday's game against the Angels with a left hamstring strain after he slipped and fell on his way toward home on a would-be RBI single.
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Roger Clemens in bloody mess as government probes truth behind Brian McNamee's medical waste — WASHINGTON - One of the most shocking moments in the war that broke out two years ago between Roger Clemens and his former trainer came when Brian McNamee told the government that he had saved …
Paul Sullivan / Chicago Tribune:
Talking with Cubs psychologist helping Silva — Main thing he learns is patience — Mets' Ike Davis slides into second base as Ryan Theriot dives over the top of him. (Chris McGrath, Getty Images / April 22, 2010) — NEW YORK — Chalk up one for the Cubs' shrink.
Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
MLB's barber blends charisma, clips, charm, with benefits — Angel Lucas Pena, a wiry man in braids, hustles through the lobby of a Copley Square hotel in Boston to the elevator. He gets off at the 33rd floor and walks to a room where he gives a secret knock.