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ESPN:
Rays' Scott piles on Boston: Fenway's a ‘dump’ — Tampa Bay Rays designated hitter Luke Scott told MLB.com he thinks Fenway is “a dump” as the Boston Red Sox prepare to kick off their 100th season in the ballpark. — “As a baseball player, going there to work, it's a dump,” said Scott …
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MLB Daily Dish, MLB and Yahoo! Sports
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Howard Ulman / Globe and Mail:
Beckett rebounds, Red Sox pound Rays — Josh Beckett pitched eight solid innings Friday and the Boston Red Sox rebounded from a rough road trip by winning their eighth straight home opener, 12-2 over the Tampa Bay Rays. — Boston won despite losing centre fielder Jacoby Ellsbury because of an injured right shoulder.
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Boston Globe, Associated Press and Over the Monster
Peter Abraham / Boston Globe:
Jacoby Ellsbury ‘felt something move’ in shoulder
Jacoby Ellsbury ‘felt something move’ in shoulder
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WEEI and the joy of sox
Bill Chastain / MLB.com:
Maddon, Scott have mixed opinions of Fenway
Maddon, Scott have mixed opinions of Fenway
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HardballTalk, MLB Daily Dish, Getting Blanked, baseballmusings.com and NESN.com
Associated Press:
Modest Crowd for Marlins Game After Ozzie Flap — MIAMI (AP) — Havana-born Isabel Diaz arrived at the Miami Marlins' ballpark two hours before the first pitch Friday, ready to root for the home team but not quite prepared to forget Ozzie Guillen's remarks about Fidel Castro.
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Associated Press:
Betemit lifts Orioles over Blue Jays 7-5 — (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Chris Young) — TORONTO—Wilson Betemit hit a go-ahead, two-run single in the eighth inning and the Baltimore Orioles rallied to beat the Toronto Blue Jays 7-5 Friday night, snapping a three-game skid.
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Camden Chat
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Richard Griffin / Toronto Star:
Jays lucky to have coach Brian Butterfield, and he feels the same way
Mark Polishuk / MLB Rumors:
Make Or Break Year: Adam Lind
Make Or Break Year: Adam Lind
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Toronto Sun, Bluebird Banter, Camden Chat, Drunk Jays Fans and Batter's Box Interactive …
Bill Shaikin / Los Angeles Times:
Dodgers' sale to group fronted by Magic Johnson is OK'd by court — During a tense six-hour court session, the deal is closed despite strong objections from Major League Baseball, which wants more control over the club as it moves out of bankruptcy. — Magic Johnson will be the new face of the Dodgers ownership.
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HardballTalk and Baseball Nation
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Adam Kilgore / Washington Post:
Mark Lerner on Stan Kasten, Mike Rizzo, the 2012 season and never selling the Nationals — Nationals Principal Owner Mark Lerner sat in the team's dugout yesterday morning, about two hours before the first pitch of the season at Nationals Park. The team he presides over has finally produced …
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MLB Rumors
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Associated Press:
Indians Use Big First Inning to Beat Royals, 8-3 — KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Michael Brantley had a pair of hits during a seven-run first inning, and the Cleveland Indians roughed up Luke Hochevar before knocking him from the game in an 8-3 victory Friday that spoiled the Royals' home opener.
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Royals Review and Yahoo! Sports
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Howard Megdal / Capital New York:
Will the Mets seriously do to David Wright what they did to Jose Reyes? — Who says the New York Mets aren't consistent? — With David Wright dealing with a fractured pinky, the Mets have elected not to issue any obvious public statements about Wright that would be commonplace everywhere else in the sport.
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Associated Press:
McCann, Uggla Lead Braves Past Brewers 10-8 — ATLANTA (AP) — Brian McCann equaled a career high with four hits, including a homer and four RBIs, and Dan Uggla's broken-bat single in the eighth inning gave the Braves a wild 10-8 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers in Atlanta's home opener Friday night.
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Talking Chop
Michael Baron / MetsBlog.com:
Final Score: Mets 5 Phillies 2 — The Mets (5-2) defeated the Phillies (3-4) by the score of 5-2 tonight in Philadelphia. — For a full recap and box score, check out SNY.TV. — The Least You Should Know: — R.A. Dickey started for the Mets and he was great, allowing just a solo home run …
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baseballmusings.com, The Good Phight, Phillies Nation and Amazin' Avenue
Associated Press:
Harrison Goes 8 as Rangers Breeze by Twins 4-1 — MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Matt Harrison breezed through eight innings and Ian Kinsler homered to lead the Texas Rangers to a 4-1 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Friday night. — Harrison (2-) allowed one run on seven hits with four strikeouts …
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Twinkie Town and Associated Press
Associated Press:
Cain Pitches 1-Hitter, Giants Win Home Opener — SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Matt Cain threw a one-hitter, allowing only a single by Pittsburgh pitcher James McDonald in the sixth inning during a near-perfect performance Friday as the San Francisco Giants beat the Pirates 5-0 in their home opener.
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Associated Press and Bucs Dugout
Fox Sports:
Lucrative 1B contracts a risk for teams — I'm intrigued by the showdown this weekend between Albert Pujols, the Los Angeles Angels' $240 million first baseman, and Mark Teixeira, the New York Yankees' $180 million man. — I doubt that any of us will be as fascinated in 2016 …
Ben Nicholson-Smith / MLB Rumors:
Phillies To Sign Mike Fontenot — The Phillies have agreed to sign infielder Mike Fontenot, Jim Bowden of ESPN and MLB Network Radio tweets. The Phillies announced that the Paragon Sports International client gets a minor league deal. — Fontenot, who was released by the Giants toward …
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