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Associated Press:
Yankees Overcome Injuries to Beat Blue Jays — NEW YORK (AP) — David Phelps struck out a career-high nine in four innings after relieving the injured Ivan Nova, Chris Stewart threw out two baserunners to quash potential rallies as an emergency fill-in for Francisco Cervelli and the New York Yankees beat …
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Andrew Marchand / ESPN:
Cervelli leaves Yanks game after hurting hand — NEW YORK — After hurting his hand in the top of the first inning, New York Yankees catcher Francisco Cervelli was forced to leave Friday night's game against the Toronto Blue Jays. — Cervelli, whose hot bat and solid defense …
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HardballTalk and Associated Press
Bryan Hoch / MLB.com:
Balky back keeping Youk on the bench — NEW YORK — Kevin Youkilis tried to take swings in the batting cage at Yankee Stadium on Thursday, but his sore lower back is still not game-ready, manager Joe Girardi said. — “It's just stiff,” Girardi said. “He's not rotating the way he wants to rotate …
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Jon Heyman / CBSSports.com:
Commissioner Selig insists he's retiring after next season — Commissioner Bud Selig on retiring in 21 months: ‘You can believe it.’ (USATSI) — Baseball commissioner Bud Selig seemingly has planned to step down, retire or vacate his job almost since he took office back in 1992.
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SI Tracking Blog, MLB Rumors and HardballTalk
ESPN:
Records: Fake scripts used for PEDs — MIAMI — The South Florida clinic suspected by Major League Baseball investigators of being a source of performance-enhancing drugs for more than 30 players, including Alex Rodriguez and Melky Cabrera, in some instances obtained the banned substances …
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CBSSports.com, HardballTalk and SI Tracking Blog
Metsblog:
Final Score: Phillies 4 Mets 0 — The least you should know... Dillon Gee was rolling along until four straight hits, capped off by a Ryan Howard three-run home run, quickly put the Phillies on the board and in the lead for good in the sixth inning. — The Mets were only able to pick …
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Amazin' Avenue, The Good Phight and Phillies Nation
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Matthew Cerrone / Metsblog:
Final Score: Dodgers 3 Mets 2
Final Score: Dodgers 3 Mets 2
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True Blue LA and Amazin' Avenue
Fox Sports:
Marlins owner denies lineup tampering — Jeffrey Loria: 'I don't make decisions on who to pitch and when ... ' — Did Miami Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria personally instruct his baseball staff to flip-flop starting pitchers in a doubleheader Tuesday against the Twins?
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The Good Phight, Fish Tank blog, HardballTalk and Athletics Nation
Associated Press:
Sanchez dazzles with 17 K's in Tigers' romp — Recap — Box Score — Play-By-Play — Photos — Conversation — Anibal Sanchez strikes out 17 as Tigers blow out Braves — DETROIT — Anibal Sanchez struck out 17 in eight marvelous innings for Detroit, confounding the Atlanta Braves …
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Bless You Boys and Talking Chop
Fox Sports:
Mariner GM's time may be up soon — General managers in trouble always want more time. — Time for prospects to develop. Time for injured players to heal. Time for the GM's blueprint to become a fully formed vision of a championship contender. — Mariners GM Jack Zduriencik is running out of time.
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HardballTalk, The Crawfish Boxes, MLB Rumors and Lookout Landing
Gordon Wittenmyer / Chicago Sun Times:
Cubs plan to use No. 2 pick on Mark Appel or Jonathan Gray — MIAMI — Baseball's amateur draft is six weeks away, but the pitching-hungry Cubs already have narrowed their focus for the No. 2 overall pick to the top two college pitchers in the draft: Stanford's Mark Appel and Oklahoma's Jonathan Gray.
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Bleed Cubbie Blue and MLB Rumors
Fox Sports:
Trout vs. Harper: Who ya got? — The debate began one year ago Sunday, only we didn't know it at the time. — The Angels were off to a confounding, inconsistent start when Mike Trout ascended from Triple-A Salt Lake for his season debut on the afternoon of April 28, 2012.
Scott Lauber / Boston Herald:
Papi powered: David Ortiz lifts Red Sox to series-opening win over Astros — By: — If David Ortiz isn't careful, he may inspire a following of teammates to regard spring training as nothing more than a two-month waste of their time. — How else to explain the way Ortiz' season has started?
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Over the Monster, Boston Globe, The Crawfish Boxes and baseballmusings.com