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Chris Haft / MLB.com:
Vogelsong out four to six weeks with broken hand — Righty pitches five shutout innings before suffering injury while batting — SAN FRANCISCO — Ryan Vogelsong's eventful life took another dramatic turn Monday night, turning elation into frustration. — Vogelsong fractured two bones …
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Michael Rosenberg / Sports Illustrated:
Harper playing too hard for own good? — The Nationals' Bryce Harper is one of the best young players in baseball, but he can't continue to play with reckless abandon. — SAN FRANCISCO — Bryce Harper returned to the Washington Nationals' lineup Monday night, in the best ballpark atmosphere in the world …
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Jorge Ortiz / USA Today:
Ryan Vogelsong fractures hand as Giants blank Nationals — SAN FRANCISCO - Ryan Vogelsong was enjoying by far his best start of a rough season. Then, in a matter of one pitch he didn't even throw, what might have been the starting point of a turnaround ended abruptly.
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Adam Kilgore / Washington Post:
Mike Rizzo has not begun talks with Nationals on contract extension
Mike Rizzo has not begun talks with Nationals on contract extension
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MLB.com:
Hart takes BP as rehab progress inches along — MILWAUKEE — Corey Hart hit two more milestones Monday in his recovery from right knee surgery but will not be ready to come off the 60-day disabled list when his term expires on May 30, Brewers officials concede.
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Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
Bonds on Cabrera: 'He's the best,' but ... It's probably foolish, if not absurd, to draw comparisons to Detroit Tigers third baseman Miguel Cabrera. — Cabrera, after all, is the greatest player in the game of baseball. — The last time we've seen greatness like this is from one of the …
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Michael Baron / Metsblog:
Game 43: Reds vs. Mets at 7:10 PM — The Good: Rick Ankiel has a five-game hitting streak, during which he's hitting .368. He's 7-for-23 in seven games with the Mets. — The Bad: Mets starting pitchers are 3-8 with a 5.64 ERAin the month of May. Overall, they're 10-18 with a 4.45 ERA, 10th worst in the Major Leagues.
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Michael Baron / Metsblog:
Final Score: Reds 4 Mets 3 — The Least You Should Know... Shaun Marcum allowed four runs in six innings, three of which came in the first inning - he is now winless in his first five starts with the Mets. — Marcum allowed a go-ahead home run to Jay Bruce in the sixth inning.
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Brian McTaggart / MLB.com:
Altuve leaves Boras to rejoin former agency — Astros second baseman pushing for second straight All-Star appearance — HOUSTON — Astros second baseman Jose Altuve recently left agent Scott Boras and signed with Scott Pucino and Wil Polidor of Octagon — the agency that originally represented …
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Michael Clair / Baseball Prospectus:
Dollar Sign on the Glistening Muscle: Scouting Ballplayers in 1980s Playgirl — Most of our writers didn't enter the world sporting an @baseballprospectus.com address; with a few exceptions, they started out somewhere else. In an effort to up your reading pleasure while tipping our caps …
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Andy Martino / NY Daily News:
NY Mets have discussed demoting Davis, Tejada, Valdespin — why not all three at once? ; Reds' Chapman eats pastries — Ike Davis, lost and haunted, is the one absorbing all the boos at Citi Field, reading the reports of a possible demotion to the minors, meeting with the general manager about it.
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Carroll Rogers / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Braves bullpen preparing for life without O'Flaherty, Venters — Sponsored Links — As Eric O'Flaherty traveled to Gulf Breeze, Fla. to see Dr. James Andrews on Monday, the Braves continued to prepare for life in the bullpen without two of their top three set-up men.
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Associated Press:
Sanabia Outpitches Hamels; Marlins Beat Phils 5-1 — MIAMI — Alex Sanabia outpitched Cole Hamels in a matchup of struggling starters, leading the Miami Marlins past the Philadelphia Phillies 5-1 on Monday night. — Justin Ruggiano and Nick Green each drove in two runs for Miami in front …
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Troy E. Renck / Denver Post:
Patrick Corbin dominates Rockies, who lose to Diamondbacks — Long before he began impersonating Randy Johnson, Patrick Corbin was a YouTube sensation. — In an eight-second video taken a few years ago, there's Corbin in a small gym, taking one dribble with his right hand before executing a vicious 360-degree jam.
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csnphilly.com:
Carlos Ruiz, Ryan Howard to have MRIs on Monday — As his teammates packed up their gear and got ready to head to the airport for the eight-game trip that begins in Miami on Monday night, Carlos Ruiz limped across the clubhouse in his workout gear. — Instead of heading to Miami on Monday …
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