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1:15 PM ET, April 3, 2013

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Darren Rovell / ESPN:
Robinson Cano to hire Jay-Z  —  Roc Nation, an entertainment company founded by Shawn Carter, also known as Jay-Z, will announce on Tuesday that it is getting into the sports representation business through a partnership with Creative Artists Agency (CAA).  —  The company, which will be known …
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Associated Press:
Cardinals Hit 3 Home Runs in 6-1 Win Over D-Backs  —  PHOENIX (AP) — Matt Holliday, Pete Kozma and Jon Jay homered and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 6-1 on Tuesday night to even their season-opening series at a game apiece.  —  Jaime Garcia (1-0) gave up two hits …
Associated Press:
Yu Darvish Loses Perfect Game With 2 Outs in 9th  —  HOUSTON (AP) — Yu Darvish was one out from a perfect game when Marwin Gonzalez grounded a clean single through the pitcher's legs, and the Texas Rangers beat the Houston Astros 7-0 on Tuesday night.  —  The celebrated right-hander …
Andy Martino / NY Daily News:
Shane Victorino, distracted by free agency last year, took less money to taste Boston Red Sox-Yankees rivalry; Mets, Blue Jays  —  You can't catch this buzz in Cleveland, not if you're Shane Victorino, and you took a long drink of Philly during that town's baseball peak.
Lee Enterprises / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cards Notebook: Matheny cautious with Freese  —  • By Derrick Goold dgoold@post-dispatch.com 314-340-8285  —  PHOENIX  Matheny struck a new note of caution with third baseman David Freese, acknowledging Tuesday that the schedule of games in Jupiter, Fla., may not allow Freese enough …
Discussion: HardballTalk
Teddy Mitrosilis / ESPN:
For Harvey, pitching is the easy part  —  The Mets right-hander is learning to tap his intensity when he needs it … NEW YORK — Ten weeks before his first start of the 2013 season, Matt Harvey is firing a baseball in the batting cage underneath Citi Field.
Discussion: Metsblog and Amazin' Avenue
Associated Press:
Giants' Madison Bumgarner shuts down Dodgers  —  LOS ANGELES — Madison Bumgarner pitched two-hit ball over eight innings, giving the San Francisco Giants a 3-0 win against the Dodgers while overshadowing the major league debut of high-priced Los Angeles pitcher Hyun-Jin Ryu on Tuesday night.
Alden Gonzalez / MLB.com:
Revamped Halos bullpen shows early promise  —  CINCINNATI — There's no shortage of blame for why the Angels fell short of their lofty expectations in 2012.  You can point to an offense that inexplicably navigated through April with the second-fewest runs per game in the American League.
Discussion: Halos Heaven
TBO.com:
RAYS  —  ST. PETERSBURG - The Rays begin the 2013 season this afternoon against the Baltimore Orioles fully intent on winning the American League East title, the American League pennant and the final game of the World Series.  —  “I think you're doing everyone a disservice if you don't believe that,” third baseman Evan Longoria said.
Jim Callis / Baseball America:
Draft Bonus Pools Rise 8.2 Percent  —  Assigned pick values for the first 10 rounds of the 2013 draft have increased 8.2 percent from last year's numbers, according to documents obtained by Baseball America.  The total value for those rounds is $202,501,600.
Kristie Ackert / NY Daily News:
NY Mets pitcher Dillon Gee able to put blood clot scare in perspective during brother's battle with leukemia  —  On July 8, team doctors discovered the blood clot in Dillon's right shoulder.  He was put into ICU and scheduled for surgery the following Friday.  His season was over.
Discussion: Metsblog
Dan Shaughnessy / The Boston Globe:
Jackie Bradley's Red Sox debut was a show-stopper  —  NEW YORK — First walk.  First hustle on the basepaths.  First strikeout.  First run.  First RBI.  First “tremendous” catch.  —  How long before Dr. Charles Steinberg produces “The Ballad of Jackie Bradley Jr.?”
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Let the youngsters play
Associated Press:
Wieters, Davis, Jones Power Orioles Past Rays 7-4  —  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Baltimore played like a confident bunch that's left 2012 behind and is intent on proving a surprising breakthrough season wasn't a fluke.  —  Adam Jones keyed a seventh-inning rally with a go-ahead double …
Discussion: Camden Chat and CBSSports.com
 
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