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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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Jayson Stark / MLB:
MLB could change HR Derby rules — KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The booing of beleaguered Home Run Derby captain Robinson Cano finally had faded by Tuesday afternoon. But the aftermath could cause Major League Baseball to consider a new rule to include at least one hometown slugger in future Home Run Derbies …
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Fans go too far with Cano reaction
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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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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:
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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