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NY Daily News:
David Wright could return to NY Mets lineup on Friday against Philadelphia Phillies, according to Terry Collins' gut feeling — Wright fitted for splint on fractured pinkie before Mets' 4-0 loss — David Wright can't get on field but he takes it all in as Mets fall on 50th anniversary of franchise's first game.
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Peter Botte / NY Daily News:
NY Mets' Jason Bay boils over and gets thrown out in Wednesday's 4-0 loss against Washington Nationals — Collins stands up for struggling outfielder — Jason Bay can't believe he is called out on strikes by home plate umpire Larry Vanover (l.) in the Mets loss to Washington.
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Associated Press, Amazin' Avenue and MetsBlog.com
Anthony Rieber / Newsday:
Ike Davis relieved to get his first hit — In his 19th at-bat of the season, Ike Davis finally got his first hit, a sixth-inning single to right in the Mets' 4-0 loss to the Nationals Wednesday. — “I have numbers on my average now,” said Davis, who is batting .050 after going 1-for-4 with two strikeouts.
Associated Press:
Halladay, Phillies Beat Marlins — PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Roy Halladay's presence was a bigger obstacle for the Miami Marlins than Ozzie Guillen's absence. — Halladay threw seven sharp innings and the Philadelphia Phillies broke out of their offensive slump, beating the Marlins 7-1 …
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Fish Stripes, Phillies Nation, baseballmusings.com and The Good Phight
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C. Trent Rosecrans / CBSSports.com:
Johnny Damon excited to join Indians — Johnny Damon is leaving one team and readying to join another — the Cleveland Indians. — As for the team he's leaving, the 38-year-old Damon played in a soccer game on Wednesday night before sending word that he expects to sign with the Indians soon.
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Baseball Nation and NESN.com
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Mike Axisa / MLB Rumors:
Indians To Sign Johnny Damon
Indians To Sign Johnny Damon
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DRaysBay, CBSSports.com and MLB Daily Dish
Alex Pavlovic / Boston Herald:
Rockies pound Tim Lincecum, Giants, 17-8 — DENVER—Tim Lincecum had four inches cut off his famous locks before Wednesday's game and joked that he was trying to look like Tom Cruise in “Mission Impossible—Ghost Protocol.” — Lincecum's ensuing start was no blockbuster, more of an epic box office bomb.
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baseballmusings.com and Purple Row
Stephen Hawkins / Associated Press:
Jaso helps Mariners rally for 4-3 win over Rangers — ARLINGTON, Texas—John Jaso had an RBI single with two outs in the ninth to cap a three-run rally off new Rangers closer Joe Nathan and give the Seattle Mariners a 4-3 victory over the two-time defending American League champions Wednesday night.
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Lookout Landing and Yahoo! Sports
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Associated Press:
Twins Pick Up 1st Win of Season, 6-5 Over Angels — MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Jamey Carroll had his first two hits with Minnesota, including the go-ahead single in the seventh, and Josh Willingham hit a two-run homer to lift the Twins to their first victory of the season, 6-5 over the Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday night.
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boston.stats.com, Twinkie Town and Associated Press
Joe Capozzi / Fish Tank blog:
Marlins slugger Giancarlo Stanton might have to deal with sore left knee all year — Giancarlo Stanton returned to the starting lineup Wednesday and singled in each of his first two at-bats against Roy Halladay. — But the right-fielder said doctors have not pin-pointed exactly what is wrong with his sore left knee.
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HardballTalk, baseballmusings.com and SI Tracking Blog
David Pinto / baseballmusings.com:
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Pinstripe Alley and Over the Monster
Tom Singer / MLB.com:
Pirates still engage in lost art of infield — LOS ANGELES — Early arriving media and maintenance crews saw the Pirates revive a lost practice at Dodger Stadium on Wednesday: Infield. — Clint Hurdle's Bucs are one of the very few Major League teams that still regularly take infield practice …
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True Blue LA
Kristie Rieken / Associated Press:
Braves win second straight, 6-3, over Astros — HOUSTON—Jason Heyward homered and drove in two runs, David Ross hit a two-run double in his 2012 debut and the Atlanta Braves beat the Houston Astros 6-3 on Wednesday night. — Ross, the backup catcher, drove in Chipper Jones and Dan Uggla …
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The Crawfish Boxes
Robert MacLeod / Globe and Mail:
Bautista isn't worried by slow start — What, me worried? — So says Jose Bautista, the Toronto Blue Jays slugger who has been uncharacteristically off with the bat so far through five games this season. — And when you consider that the Jays will be going up against Jon Lester …
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Baseball Prospectus, Bluebird Banter and Over the Monster
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Scott Lewis / Drunk Jays Fans:
Here's One Way to Taunt a Red Sox Fan
Here's One Way to Taunt a Red Sox Fan
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Surviving Grady, Boston Globe and BBTF's Baseball Primer …
Peter Abraham / Boston Globe:
Bard gets no help from his BABIP
Bard gets no help from his BABIP
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Baseball Nation, Over the Monster and MLB.com