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Associated Press:
Lincecum Gets 1st W, Giants Beat Mets in DH Opener — NEW YORK (AP) — Tim Lincecum posted his first win of the season despite another uneven performance, Nate Schierholtz and Buster Posey homered and the San Francisco Giants beat the New York Mets 6-1 Monday in the first game of a doubleheader.
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Matthew Cerrone / MetsBlog.com:
Final Score: Giants 6 Mets 1 — The Mets lost to the Giants by the score of 6-1 this afternoon at Citi Field. — To get a full recap and boxscore, click here for SNY.TV. — The Least You Should Know... - Tim Lincecum tossed 108 pitches and left the game in the fifth inning …
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Amazin' Avenue
Peter Abraham / Boston Globe:
Schedule creates opportunity for Red Sox — Here is the Red Sox schedule for the next 22 games: — April 23-25: At Minnesota (3) — April 26-29: At Chicago (4) — April 30-May 2: Oakland (3) — May 4-6: Baltimore (3) — May 7-9: at Kansas City (3) — May 10-13: Cleveland (4)
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Over the Monster
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Jon Heyman / CBSSports.com:
Willis said to leave team w/o permission; Duquette still wants him for pen — Dontrelle Willis' interesting career has taken another interesting turn, as he has left the Orioles' Triple-A Norfolk team without permission and is at least temporarily on the restricted list.
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MLB Rumors, Baseball Nation, HardballTalk and Deadspin
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Allen Barra / Runnin' Scared:
How “Perfect” Was Philip Humber's Perfect Game? — You got a guy who is 29 years old and making a comeback from Tommy John surgery - and, to top it off, hasn't won a game this year. He throws a perfect game and nobody - and I mean nobody, including me - wants to put a damper on it.
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HardballTalk, Hardball Times and baseballmusings.com
Mark Polishuk / MLB Rumors:
Boras: Mike Gonzalez Close To Signing New Deal — Free agent reliever Mike Gonzalez is throwing bullpen sessions for suitors and agent Scott Boras tells MLB.com's T.R. Sullivan that he expects his client “should sign in the next ten days” with a new team. Boras also noted that Gonzalez …
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HardballTalk and Postcards From Elysian Fields
Fox Sports:
The evolution of Roy Halladay — The last time I wrote about Phillies ace Roy Halladay, in the middle of spring training, he called it, “poor reporting on the extreme end of poor reporting.” — What I reported was that two scouts had expressed concern about Halladay's lack of velocity and sharpness …
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Crashburn Alley and MLB Rumors
Chris Jaffe / Hardball Times:
Ivan Rodriguez career highlights — It was recently announced that veteran catcher and current unsigned free agent Ivan Rodriguez intends to officially retire in Texas on Monday. — When a great player like Rodriguez retires, it's nice to look back over his career, what his highs and lows were …
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FanGraphs Baseball, Yahoo! Sports and baseballmusings.com
Chris Jaffe / Hardball Times:
The 10 greatest games in Tiger Stadium history — Last week, as I'm sure many of you know, Fenway Park celebrated its centennial anniversary. It had a big celebration and media attention. That's appropriate, as the park has lasted all this time. However, while it's the only baseball stadium …
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HardballTalk and TigerBlog
Steve Dilbeck / Los Angeles Times:
For the Dodgers: It's the last homestand of Frank McCourt — That's right kiddies, it's the last go-round for Frank McCourt, Dodgers owner. Don't get all weepy on me now. — No more pulling $189 million out of the team, only not to make payroll. No more legally not paying taxes on his Dodgers earnings.
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baseballmusings.com
Bill Madden / NY Daily News:
NY Mets, not Yankees, have best starting pitching rotation in New York City, surprisingly — So far, Amazin's proving to have better starters than in the Bronx — Jon Niese is just part of a pretty deep New York Mets pitching rotation. — The contrasting climactic events at Fenway Park …
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Wall Street Journal, MetsBlog.com, New Jersey Online and New York Times
Jeff Wilson / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
Texas Rangers' hero admits winning squeeze bunt was foul ball — DETROIT — Alberto Gonzalez had never attempted a suicide squeeze before Sunday afternoon, even though Ron Washington said that the utility infielder is the kind of player who must execute the do-or-die play.
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Lone Star Ball, Pinstripe Alley, ESPN and Rangers Blog
Fox Sports:
Rockies-Pirates postponed by rain — PITTSBURGH (AP) — Monday night's game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Colorado Rockies has been postponed by inclement weather. — The game was called six hours before the scheduled 7:05 p.m. first pitch due to a steady rain scheduled to fall throughout the area until Tuesday morning.
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baseballmusings.com