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1:50 PM ET, May 10, 2010

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Fox Sports:
Perfect game takes GM by surprise  —  Ken Rosenthal has been the senior baseball writer for FOXSports.com since Aug. 2005.  He appears weekly on MLB on FOX.  Follow him on Twitter.  —  As usual, Billy Beane was working out.  —  Beane, the A's general manager, always works out at McAfee Coliseum during home games.
Discussion: Halos Heaven and HardballTalk
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Andrew Marchand / ESPN:
Rodriguez speaks up: ‘Good for him’ … BOSTON — During the sixth inning of Oakland Athletics pitcher Dallas Braden's perfect game Sunday, New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez was asked what he thought.  —  “No more about him, please,” Rodriguez said before scurrying off.
Amalie Benjamin / Boston Globe:
Red Sox salvage the finale  —  When David Ortiz stepped to the plate in the third inning last night, something was missing.  Ortiz had ditched his pink bat, used to promote breast cancer awareness on Mother's Day, picking up his usual lumber.  It seemed an interesting choice.
Discussion: Surviving Grady and The Soxaholix
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External / Associated Press:
Lester, Red Sox cool off Yankees to avoid home sweep  —  BOSTON — Jon Lester's strong performance saved the Boston Red Sox from another embarrassing weekend.  —  After losing 10-3 and 14-3 to the New York Yankees, the Red Sox salvaged the finale of their three-game series …
Bryan Hoch / MLB.com:
Girardi Yankees' first ejection of 2010
Discussion: Fack Youk
Maury Brown / The Biz of Baseball:
Sources: MLB to Seize Control of the Texas Rangers This Week  —  UPDATE: See additional information added to this report via the SportsBusiness Journal.  —  According to multiple sources, if the stalemate between Major League Baseball and a group of 40 creditors of Hicks Sports Group …
Murray Chass / Murray Chass On Baseball:
TIGERS SWEET ON JACKSON  —  A story was circulating last week that the Yankees traded Austin Jackson to the Tigers for Curtis Granderson because they had soured on the minor league outfielder.  Mike Francessa, the WFAN all-everything expert, probably gave the story its widest circulation.
Discussion: HardballTalk
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Tim Britton / MLB.com:
Yanks-Tigers has look of a reunion
Discussion: HardballTalk
Mark Simon / ESPN:
Everything's not all Wright  —  Right now David Wright already owns a place in the Mets record books for striking out in eight straight at-bats.  —  He's got seven strikeouts in his last two games.  No Mets position player has ever struck out at least three times in three-straight games.
Discussion: MetsBlog.com
Andrew Baggarly / Mercury News:
Giants update: Buster Posey not yet ready for majors, San Francisco GM Brian Sabean insists  —  Sabean: Posey still not ready for prime time  —  NEW YORK — Hot-hitting prospect Buster Posey remains at Triple-A Fresno because Giants officials are not convinced he is ready to catch in the major leagues yet, GM Brian Sabean said.
Discussion: HardballTalk and Fanhouse MLB Blog
Eric Gilmore / MLB.com:
Rays respect Braden's accomplishment  —  'He's a battler.  He's a competitor,' Shields says of opponent  —  OAKLAND — History repeated itself Sunday for the Tampa Bay Rays, but not in the way they wanted to make it into the record books.  —  For the second time in less than a year …
Rick Hummel / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cardinals rout Pirates behind help from substitutes  —  PITTSBURGH — When Internet zealots caught wind of the Cardinals' lineup Sunday morning, they no doubt went into apoplexy, given that the Cardinals already had lost four of the first six games on this trip.  No Matt Holliday, no Colby Rasmus, no Skip Schumaker.
Discussion: Viva El Birdos
Mike Sielski / Wall Street Journal:
Perez Can't Find the Plate  —  Oliver Perez is the four-year-old who won't stop crying during the six-hour flight.  He's the college roommate who won't clean his side of the room.  He's the directory-assistance operator who can't find any listings in “Kalamazoo” because he thinks it's spelled with a C.
Ben Goessling / The Goessling Game:
With win over Marlins, Nats continue to create new identity  —  One year ago tomorrow, the Nationals started a 10-day stretch of games that would define their 59-103 season.  It began with three softball-score losses on the West Coast: 10-8 to Arizona, then 11-7 and 9-7 to San Francisco.
Michael Baron / MetsBlog.com:
Post Game: Giants 6, Mets 5  —  The Giants (18-12) defeated the Mets (17-14) by the score of 6-5 this afternoon at Citi Field.  —  The Mets lost for the first time at Citi Field since April 21, ending their ten game home winning streak.  —  For a full recap and box score, check out SNY.tv here.
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Associated Press:
Giants halt Mets' 9-game home winning streak
Discussion: ESPN and Yahoo! Sports
Jim Street / MLB.com:
Mariners part ways with Cockrell  —  Triple-A counterpart Powell promoted to big leagues  —  SEATTLE — The Mariners have dismissed hitting coach Alan Cockrell and promoted Triple-A hitting coach Alonzo Powell, the club announced on Sunday.  —  Powell will assume the role of the Mariners' hitting coach effective immediately.
Discussion: MLB Daily Dish
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Greg Johns / Mariners blog:
Slumping Mariners fire hitting coach Cockrell
 
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Kevin Baxter / Los Angeles Times:
Mariners end eight-game losing streak against Angels
Discussion: Halos Heaven and Lookout Landing
Jim Armstrong / Denver Post:
Dodgers pin first loss of year on Rockies' Ubaldo Jimenez
Discussion: Yahoo! Sports
TSN.ca:
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Corey Brock / MLB.com:
Correia scratched due to brother's death
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Associated Press:
Blackburn, Twins blank Orioles in Mauer's return
Discussion: MLB Rumors and Twinkie Town
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Cubs fall to the Reds 5-3
Tommy Craggs / Deadspin:
Today In Hilarious Baseball Stat-Geek Mockery: Dan Shaughnessy And Pudding
Ben Goessling / The Goessling Game:
Slaten called up; Chico DFAed (but staying)
Discussion: Yahoo! Sports and MLB Rumors
Wayne Coffey / NY Daily News:
In 48th season with New York Yankees, Gene Monahan faces lonely battle
Nick Cafardo / Boston Globe:
At Fenway, seats are full but something is missing
Discussion: MLB Rumors
 

 
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