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ESPN:
Valentine: Pedroia on DL with new thumb injury — The Boston Red Sox put second baseman Dustin Pedroia on the 15-day disabled list Friday with what manager Bobby Valentine called a sprained right thumb. — Infielder Pedro Ciriaco was recalled from Triple-A Pawtucket to take his place.
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Ian Browne / MLB.com:
Thumb will likely land Pedroia on disabled list — BOSTON — The Red Sox have been dealt another injury blow, as Dustin Pedroia will likely go on the disabled list before the Red Sox open a four-game series against the Yankees on Friday night, a Major League source has confirmed.
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Peter Abraham / Boston Globe:
Pedroia headed to disabled list — This time, Dustin Pedroia is going on the disabled list. — The second baseman resisted the idea in May when he tore the adductor muscle at the base of his right thumb. He missed six games and hasn't been the same since, hitting .210 with a .282 on-base percentage and one home run in 105 at-bats.
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ESPN:
Source: Red Sox to put Pedroia (thumb) on DL — Boston Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia will be placed on the 15-day disabled list before Friday night's series opener against the New York Yankees, a major league source confirmed to ESPNBoston.com. — Tests on Pedroia's jammed right thumb …
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Marc Thaler / ESPN:
Red Sox OF Crawford hears racial slur in rehab — MANCHESTER, N.H. — Before many of the 18 pitches he saw in his third rehab start for Double-A Portland on Thursday night, Boston Red Sox left fielder Carl Crawford was forced to tune out a heckler behind home plate.
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Fox Sports:
Red Sox could deal, if healthy — The Red Sox have waited all season to get healthy. They placed second baseman Dustin Pedroia on the disabled list on Thursday, and could do the same with third baseman Will Middlebrooks on Friday. So, imagining this team as healthy probably is unrealistic, not to mention premature.
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Joe Capozzi / Fish Tank blog:
Marlins slugger Giancarlo Stanton to return Saturday, play in All Star festivities — Giancarlo Stanton returned from a 30-minute workout today to test his knee and said he will return to the Marlins lineup Saturday. — He also said he should be abloe to participate in the Home Run Derby Monday and the All Star game Tuesday.
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Joe Capozzi / Fish Tank blog:
Marlins slugger Giancarlo Stanton should know Friday if he will go to All Star game
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Mark Didtler / Newsday:
Joba Chamberlain on track to pitch in minors next week — Photo credit: Newsday/Thomas A. Ferrara | Yankees reliever Joba Chamberlain points while on the mound in the seventh inning against the Tigers on Opening Day 2011. (Mar. 31, 2011) — TAMPA, Fla. — Joba Chamberlain feels ready …
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Dan Connolly / Baltimore Sun:
Orioles are ‘going hard’ after Brewers' Greinke, industry source says — Executive with another major league club says team appears to be most aggressive suitor for Milwaukee right-hander, but will they have enough to get him? — With the non-waiver trade deadline coming at the end of the month …
Fox Sports:
Certainly a new era in Nats baseball — WASHINGTON — In at least one corner of our nation's capital, there is no talk of spending cuts. — Quite the opposite phenomenon is taking place at Nationals Park: The surprising Washington Nationals have the best record in the National League …
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Associated Press:
Starlin Castro gets first game off — NEW YORK — Starlin Castro was out of Chicago's lineup for the first time this season because manager Dale Sveum wants to watch the game with the Cubs' prized young shortstop. — Sveum says he wanted to talk about game situations with the 22-year-old Castro …
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Associated Press:
Lynn pitches Cardinals past Rockies 6-2 — ST. LOUIS—Rookie right-hander Lance Lynn tossed six shutout innings and Matt Holliday and Carlos Beltran drove in a pair of runs apiece, leading the St. Louis Cardinals to a 6-2 win over the Colorado Rockies on Thursday.
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Troy E. Renck / Denver Post:
Cardinals pound Rockies' Christian Friedrich in fifth inning
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Mark Gonzales / Boston Herald:
Kevin Youkilis leads White Sox to sweep of Rangers — CHICAGO — After they improved to eight games over .500 with a three-game sweep of the two-time defending American League champions, manager Robin Ventura carefully answered whether his White Sox are a very good team or a great team.
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David Waldstein / New York Times:
In Japan, Yankees' Kuroda Was Molded by Pain — As a boy, he sneaked away from an abusive high school coach to gulp water from a polluted river. He saw some of his teammates, desperate with thirst, drink from a puddle, and he heard of others who would do so from a toilet.
Chris Haft / MLB.com:
F. Sanchez has season-ending back surgery — WASHINGTON — Freddy Sanchez's 2012 season has ended before it started. His career with the Giants, and perhaps as an active Major Leaguer, also could be over. — Sanchez, San Francisco's oft-injured second baseman, underwent surgery Thursday …
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