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Michael Baron / MetsBlog.com:
Updated: Gee on DL with blood clot, rotation adjusted — Dillon Gee will be placed on the 15-day disabled list with a clot in the artery in his right shoulder. — 4:45 pm: Terry Collins told reporters in Kansas City that Chris Young will start in Gee's place on Friday.
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Adam Rubin / ESPN:
Mets P Dillon Gee hospitalized — New York Mets right-hander Dillon Gee has been hospitalized in New York, multiple members of the organization confirmed. — Manager Terry Collins, reached in Kansas City, said Gee experienced numbness in his fingers and was due to undergo an angiogram.
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Mike Chambers / Denver Post:
Darnell McDonald loved in Boston despite move from Red Sox to Yankees — For a Red Sox fan in Colorado, it was nice to see a clean-cut Darnell McDonald in a Yankees uniform last weekend. Unlike Johnny (Expletive) Damon, who was given his unofficial middle name by Boston fans upon choosing …
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Michael Silverman / Boston Herald:
Papelbon: Francona exit ‘closed the door’ on return
Papelbon: Francona exit ‘closed the door’ on return
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Jon Heyman / CBSSports.com Sports News …:
Angels have joined race for Greinke, and may compete with rival Rangers — The Los Angeles Angels have jumped into the race for Brewers star righthander Zack Greinke and are likely to battle their division rival Texas Rangers and others for Greinke — assuming he becomes available.
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csnphilly.com:
Hamels stays smooth as stare down with Phils continues — KANSAS CITY — Cole Hamels is handling the free-agent dance like a Fred Astaire in red pinstripes. — In one breath, he says he loves Philadelphia, especially the fans, and appreciates all that the Phillies have done for him.
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Mandy Housenick / Morning Call:
Rollins keeping perspective with trade talks looming
Rollins keeping perspective with trade talks looming
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What If?:
Relativistic Baseball — What would happen if you tried to hit a baseball pitched at 90% the speed of light? — Ellen McManis — Let's set aside the question of how we got the baseball moving that fast. We'll suppose it's a normal pitch, except in the instant the pitcher releases the ball, it magically accelerates to 0.9c.
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New York Post:
Rehab doctor: Rivera could pitch for Yankees this season — Four days a week, Mariano Rivera makes the trip from his Westchester home to Manhattan. Four days a week, he puts in three hours of stretching, exercising and sweating designed to get him back from his torn ACL and on a major league mound.
Fox Sports:
Fans go too far with Cano reaction — KANSAS CITY, MO. — Fans boo. — It is a fundamental truth of baseball, football, soccer and varsity tiddlywinks. Fans spend good money on tickets. Fans have opinions. Fans are entitled to express themselves, as long as they do not break the law or run afoul of good taste.
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Troy Renck / On the Rox:
Carlos Gonzalez hits four HRs in derby, doesn't advance to second round
Carlos Gonzalez hits four HRs in derby, doesn't advance to second round
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Danny Knobler / CBSSports.com Sports News …:
Tigers have some interest in Garza, and more notes from All-Star Futures Sunday
Tigers have some interest in Garza, and more notes from All-Star Futures Sunday
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Fox Sports:
Orioles intend to sign Gausman — KANSAS CITY, MO. — Baltimore Orioles general manager Dan Duquette is confident about the team's chances of signing first-round pick Kevin Gausman. — “We intend to sign him,” Duquette told FOXSports.com in an interview Tuesday, hours before he planned …
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Albert Burford / New Orleans Times-Picayune:
Kevin Gausman will return for another season at LSU
Kevin Gausman will return for another season at LSU
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Associated Press:
Baseball cards in Ohio attic might fetch millions — TOLEDO, Ohio — Karl Kissner picked up a soot-covered cardboard box that had been under a wooden dollhouse in his grandfather's attic. Taking a look inside, he saw baseball cards bundled with twine. They were smaller than the ones he was used to seeing.
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Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Trade talk surrounds San Diego closer Street — Image — KANSAS CITY • San Diego closer Huston Street, the Padres' lone representative for the All-Star Game, has been the subject of trade speculation and will spend the next three weeks the object of intensifying media coverage of his availability.
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David Laurila / FanGraphs Baseball:
Q&A: Glen Perkins, Stud Reliever & Stat Geek — The numbers show that Glen Perkins has been an effective pitcher since moving from the starting rotation and into the bullpen. The Minnesota Twins southpaw knows those numbers as well as anyone, and not just his won-lost record, his ERA and his WHIP.
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