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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
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Mike Axisa / MLB Rumors:
Indians To Sign Johnny Damon — 12:33pm: Damon confirmed to Bowden that he has agreed to sign with the Indians (Twitter link). — THURSDAY, 7:45am: There's no agreement in place at this point, Rosenthal tweets. Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com and Jim Bowden of ESPN and MLB Network Radio …
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Boston Globe, Yahoo! Sports, DRaysBay, MLB Daily Dish, CBSSports.com and Baseball Nation
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C. Trent Rosecrans / CBSSports.com:
Johnny Damon excited to join Indians
Johnny Damon excited to join Indians
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Baseball Nation and NESN.com
Paul Hagen / MLB.com:
Burrell grateful for chance to retire with Phillies — Even on the last day of his playing career, wearing a San Francisco Giants uniform in a game against the Colorado Rockies, Pat Burrell found himself thinking about the Phillies. — He had already decided this would be it.
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The Good Phight and Phillies Nation
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Tim Dierkes / MLB Rumors:
Pat Burrell Retires — APRIL 12th: The Phillies have announced that Burrell will sign a one-day minor league contract and retire with the club that originally drafted him. The retirement ceremony will be held on May 19th. — JAN. 30th: Pat Burrell is retiring, MLBTR has learned.
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SI Tracking Blog
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, The Good Phight and baseballmusings.com
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Associated Press:
Royals' Jeff Francoeur delivers pizza to A's fans — OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Pizza delivery, courtesy of Jeff Francoeur. — The Kansas City Royals' right fielder had 20 personal pizzas delivered Wednesday to a small but animated group of Oakland Athletics fans in section 149 of the Coliseum.
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baseballmusings.com
Eric Gilmore / MLB.com:
Anderson continuing to make progress — Left-hander planning to throw BP after successful bullpen session — OAKLAND — A's left-hander Brett Anderson took another step Tuesday in his recovery from Tommy John surgery when he threw his first full bullpen session, using all his pitches.
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HardballTalk
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.
Discussion:
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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Matt Gelb / Philly.com:
Phillies Notes: Slow but steady progress for Howard — When Dan Baker yelled Ryan Howard's name into the microphone behind home plate Monday at Citizens Bank Park, the crowd cheered. It was louder when Howard, wearing his No. 6 jersey, popped from the dugout and jogged to the first-base line for pregame introductions.
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HardballTalk
Andy / High Heat Stats:
Comparing 2012 offense to 2011 (it's crashing and burning, folks) — Here's a quick look at offensive numbers in 2012 vs 2012. Both are through the first 142 games of each season. — (First number is 2011, second number is 2012, all are on a per-game basis):
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HardballTalk
David Pinto / baseballmusings.com:
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