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Associated Press:
Red Sox LF Crawford has sprained ligament in elbow — CHICAGO (AP) - Carl Crawford has a sprained ligament in his throwing elbow and the Boston Red Sox left fielder will remain sidelined for a while. — The team released a statement Thursday night saying Crawford's diagnosis …
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Youkilis Hits Slam, Red Sox Tag Humber in 10-3 Win — CHICAGO (AP) — Kevin Youkilis hit a grand slam, Jarrod Saltalamacchia homered twice and the Boston Red Sox roughed up Philip Humber in a 10-3 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Thursday night. — Youkilis, mired in an early-season slump …
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Boston Herald, Over the Monster and Associated Press
ESPN:
Carl Crawford to miss 3 months — Crawford's woes — Buster Olney discusses Carl Crawford's elbow injury, and what it means for him and the Red Sox. — Boston Red Sox outfielder Carl Crawford will be out three months while rehabbing the ulnar collateral ligament in his left elbow, a league source told ESPN's Pedro Gomez.
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Red Sox Monster, the joy of sox, Boston Globe and Yahoo! Sports
Peter Abraham / Boston Globe:
Crawford could miss three months
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HardballTalk, Over the Monster, Getting Blanked and Fire Brand
Peter Abraham / Boston Globe:
Saltalamacchia, Red Sox catching fire
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Over the Monster and Associated Press
Larry Celona / New York Post:
Detroit Tigers slugger Delmon Young busted after Midtown hotel brawl — Detroit Tigers slugger Delmon Young was arrested early this morning after he allegedly assaulted a man in front of a Midtown hotel, police sources told The Post. — Cops were called to the Hilton Hotel on Sixth Avenue around 2:40 …
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Tigers' Young arrested on hate crime charge — NEW YORK (AP) — Detroit Tigers left fielder Delmon Young has been arrested on a hate crime harassment charge in New York after police say he attacked a group of men and yelled anti-Semitic epithets. — Police say Young was standing outside of the Hilton New York.
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Minneapolis Star Tribune and baseballmusings.com
Detroit Free Press:
Tigers outfielder Delmon Young accused of hate crime-related assault in New York City … Detroit Tigers outfielder Delmon Young faces a hate crime-related charge in connection with a dispute outside a hotel along New York's 6th Avenue early this morning, a New York police spokesman told the Free Press.
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HardballTalk, Baseball Nation and Deadspin
Andrew Marchand / ESPN:
Schilling: Pineda could be back in less than year — Girardi: ‘We Were Counting on Him’ — Yankees manager Joe Girardi discusses the loss of Michael Pineda for the 2012 season and how the team will move on without him. — NEW YORK — Nearly two decades after suffering the same torn anterior labrum …
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Baseball Nation, The Yankee Analysts, It's About The Money and Pinstripe Alley
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Brian Erni / MetsBlog.com:
About Last Night: Mets are working counts, being patient — Yesterday during their ninth inning comeback, the Mets forced Marlins closer Heath Bell to throw 46 pitches, drawing four walks. — The Mets have seen the most pitches per-plate appearance in the National League, with four players …
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Fish Stripes
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Associated Press:
Houston pitcher Kyle Weiland goes on disabled list — HOUSTON (AP) — The Houston Astros have placed pitcher Kyle Weiland on the 15-day disabled list and infielder Marwin Gonzalez on the paternity list. — Weiland has bursitis in his right shoulder. His stint on the DL is retroactive to Wednesday.
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baseballmusings.com
Adam Kilgore / Washington Post:
Ryan Zimmerman feels little improvement in shoulder, disabled list grows more likely — Third baseman Ryan Zimmerman felt little improvement in the inflamed AC joint in his right shoulder after taking brief batting practice this afternoon, increasing his chances of landing on the disabled list.
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Capitol Avenue ClubCapitol …, HardballTalk, Federal Baseball and Baseball Nation
Globe and Mail:
Tigers release Brandon Inge — Slumping third baseman Brandon Inge was released by the Detroit Tigers on Thursday. — The team announced the move following a 5-4 loss to the Seattle Mariners. Inge is batting .100 (2 for 20) with a home run and two RBIs this season.
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Bless You Boys
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Associated Press:
Figgins Hits Tiebreaking Double for Mariners
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ESPN and Associated Press
Associated Press:
HRs by Jones, Davis Help Orioles Top Blue Jays 5-2 — BALTIMORE (AP) — Adam Jones led off the eighth inning with a tiebreaking homer and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-2 on Thursday night, completing a three-game sweep with their fourth straight victory.
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Camden Chat
Troy E. Renck / Denver Post:
Mets' Kirk Nieuwenhuis on hot streak coming “home” to Denver — Nieuwenhuis coming “home” — PITTSBURGH — As running backs go, Kirk Nieuwenhuis is one heck of a baseball player. The former football star at Denver Christian returns to the Mile High City for the first time since running wild …
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NY Daily News, MetsBlog.com and Amazin' Avenue
