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Associated Press:
Dodgers Beat Giants 4-3 to Keep Champs Winless — LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Dodgers' newfound aggression on the basepaths paid off with a second straight victory over the defending World Series champions. — Rafael Furcal singled in the go-ahead run to highlight a three-run sixth inning …
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Tony Jackson / ESPN:
Dodgers are off and running — New first-base coach Davey Lopes has already instilled a new confidence on basepaths — LOS ANGELES — The baseball part of the day began early, one of the advantages of waking up in California being that day games from the East Coast are on by mid-morning.
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Associated Press:
Giants Remain Winless With 4-3 Loss to Dodgers — LOS ANGELES (AP) — Another game, another loss and more miscues for the winless San Francisco Giants. — The defending World Series champions lost 4-3 to the rival Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday night, committing two errors to go with the three …
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Dylan Hernandez / Los Angeles Times:
Matt Kemp-powered Dodgers beat Giants, 4-3 — Dodgers use Matt Kemp's offense, his baserunning and San Francisco's errors to fuel their second consecutive victory to start the season. — For the first two games of the season, the Dodgers' entire offense has consisted of three weapons …
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McCovey Chronicles and Dodgers Blog
Associated Press:
Giants fan remains hospitalized after attack
Giants fan remains hospitalized after attack
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Mercury News, baseballmusings.com and 6-4-2
Fox Sports:
Plenty to like with Dodgers' stars
Plenty to like with Dodgers' stars
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True Blue LA, LADodgerTalk.com, Bats and The Big Lead
Associated Press:
Ka'aihue Homer Powers Kansas City Past Angels 2-1 — KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kila Ka'aihue hit Michael Kohn's second pitch of the ninth inning for a game-ending home run, lifting the Kansas City Royals to a 2-1 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Friday night.
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Dick Kaegel / MLB.com:
Royals won't have captain under Yost — KANSAS CITY — Don't look for the Royals to have a team captain under manager Ned Yost. He takes his cue from his former boss at Atlanta, Bobby Cox. — “I've never done that, never even thought about doing it,” Yost said. “You're a product of your environment.
Associated Press:
Lester, Crawford, Bard Let Down Red Sox in Opener — ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The Boston Red Sox are counting on Jon Lester, Carl Crawford and Daniel Bard to be among their leaders this season. — On opening day, they shared much of the blame for a 9-5 loss to the Texas Rangers.
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Rangers chase Lester, outslug Red Sox in opener
Rangers chase Lester, outslug Red Sox in opener
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Chad Finn / Boston Globe:
Former Red Sox GM Lou Gorman dies
Former Red Sox GM Lou Gorman dies
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HardballTalk, Yahoo! Sports, baseballmusings.com and FenwayNationWorld
Michael Baron / MetsBlog.com:
Final Score: Marlins 6, Mets 2 — The Mets lost to the Marlins by the score of 6-2 tonight in Miami. — For a full recap and box score, check out SNY.TV. — The Least You Should Know: — Mike Pelfrey (0-1, 10.38 ERA) started for the Mets, and did not pitch well …
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Tim Reynolds / Associated Press:
Johnson takes no-hitter into 7th, Marlins top Mets
Anthony McCarron / NY Daily News:
TV personality Keith Olbermann puts Yankee coach on blast with Twitter photo; MLB to call Yankees — Major League Baseball officials will call the Yankees Saturday to remind them of baseball operations bulletin C-4, which forbids team staff from communicating pitch types and pitch speed …
Pat Jordan / New York Times:
The Phillies' Four Aces — When I pitched in the minor leagues, we called it “stuff.” A pitcher's currency. Hard stuff, breaking stuff, slow stuff, trick stuff. Trick stuff was Phil Niekro's knuckleball. He won 318 major league games by digging his fingernails into the seams of a ball …
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The Zo Zone, The700Level.com and BronxBanterBlog.com
Associated Press:
Hernandez dazzles in complete-game win as M's beat A's — OAKLAND, Calif. — Felix Hernandez pumped his fist and marched off the mound with his usual swagger and sense of humour. — King Felix made a little more history for the Mariners on opening day doing what he does best: throwing heat.
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Mark Sheldon / MLB.com:
Edmonds criticizes Reds in radio interview — CINCINNATI — Outfielder Jim Edmonds played a total of 13 games for the Reds last season. And in a 17-year career, it is a 13-game stretch that, for the most part, he'd prefer to erase. — Edmonds retired this spring because of a right Achilles tendon injury.
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