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Rany / Rany on the Royals:
Time Out. — “You love the Red Sox, but have they ever loved you back?” — The New York Yankees had a 10-game losing streak once. It was in 1913. — The Los Angeles Dodgers had a 10-game losing streak in 1992. That's their only double-digit losing streak since they moved into Dodger Stadium - in 1962, 50 years ago.
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Dave Cameron / FanGraphs Baseball:
Evaluating the Royals — The Kansas City Royals have lost 11 consecutive games, and at 3-13, they have the worst record in baseball. Even their most ardent supporters are walking away. Whatever optimism their farm system had generated before the season began has been washed away in a sea of losses …
Dave Skretta / Associated Press:
Blue Jays hand Royals 11th straight loss, 4-1
Blue Jays hand Royals 11th straight loss, 4-1
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Jerry Crasnick / MLB:
Dontrelle Willis filing grievance — Pitcher Dontrelle Willis is filing a grievance against the Baltimore Orioles, alleging that the club placed him on the restricted list and is preventing him from signing with another organization even though he left the Orioles' Triple-A affiliate with the consent of a team official.
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Roch Kubatko / School of Roch:
Willis: “I don't have anything to lie about. I'm more embarrassed than anything”
Willis: “I don't have anything to lie about. I'm more embarrassed than anything”
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Jon Heyman / CBSSports.com:
Willis said to leave team w/o permission; Duquette still wants him for pen
Willis said to leave team w/o permission; Duquette still wants him for pen
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Associated Press:
Uribe, Capuano lead Dodgers over Braves 7-2 — LOS ANGELES—Juan Uribe tied a career high with four hits and drove in three runs, and Chris Capuano pitched out of trouble for seven innings to lead the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 7-2 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Monday night.
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Mark Bowman / MLB.com:
Knee discomfort keeps Chipper out of lineup — LOS ANGELES — As Chipper Jones gingerly made his way around the visitors' clubhouse at Dodger Stadium on Monday, he was displaying some of the left knee discomfort that has intensified over the past couple of days.
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Mike Nichols / MetsBlog.com:
Mike Pelfrey headed to disabled list; Carson called up — The Mets will place Mike Pelfrey on the 15-day disabled list with elbow swelling, the team said. — To take Pelfrey's place on the roster, the Mets have recalled RHP Robert Carson from Double-A Binghamton.
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Michael Baron / MetsBlog.com:
Mets place Jason Bay on 15-day DL with fractured rib — The Mets have placed Jason Bay on the 15-Day DL with a nondisplaced fracture of a rib on the left side. — To take Bay's place on the roster, the Mets recalled infielder Zach Lutz from Triple-A Buffalo.
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New York Post:
Yankees, StubHub in big spat over ticket prices — The Yankees and StubHub are having a spat about ticket prices, and it could lead to a divorce at the end of this season, according to sources familiar with the negotiations. — The marriage has been on the rocks for a while.
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Fox Sports:
Lincecum searching for Freak of old — NEW YORK — If I didn't know better, if the guy on the mound had been someone other than Tim Lincecum, I would have just dismissed him as another struggling major league starter. — Tim Lincecum doesn't labor. Tim Lincecum doesn't top out at 92 mph and sit at 89-90.
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Paul Sullivan / Boston Herald:
Joe Mather's 2-run single in 9th lifts Cubs past Cardinals — CHICAGO — The Chicago Cubs are off to one of their worst starts in team history, which is pretty amazing considering how many horrendous teams they've trotted out since 1876. — But if past is prologue, perhaps the early-season trauma …
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Associated Press:
Peavy's 3-hitter leads White Sox past A's 4-0 — OAKLAND, Calif.—Jake Peavy pitched a three-hitter, Adam Dunn and Paul Konerko hit back-to-back homers and the Chicago White Sox beat the Oakland Athletics 4-0 on Monday night for their fourth straight victory.
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Jerry Crasnick / ESPN:
Ruben Tejada doing just fine for Mets — Replacing Jose Reyes a huge challenge, but Mets' new shortstop sure has ability — New York Mets shortstop Ruben Tejada was born and raised in Panama, the home of career saves leader Mariano Rivera. But the Yankees' closer is not the future Hall of Famer who summons Tejada's inner fan-boy.
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