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2:20 PM ET, September 12, 2014

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ESPN.com:
Stanton hit in face by pitch, exits on stretcher  —  Miami Marlins star outfielder Giancarlo Stanton was driven off the field in an ambulance after being hit in the face by a pitch during Thursday's game against the Milwaukee Brewers.  —  Stanton was bleeding from the face after being struck …
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Dan Loumena / Los Angeles Times:
Marlins' Giancarlo Stanton has facial fractures after he's hit [Video]  —  Miami Marlins slugger Giancarlo Stanton has multiple facial fractures, dental damage and a cut that required stitches after he was hit by an 88-mph pitch from the Brewers' Mike Fiers in the fifth inning of a 4-2 loss to Milwaukee.
Jim Hoehn / MLB.com:
Hit in face, Stanton has laceration, multiple fractures  —  Slugger requires stitches, also suffers dental damage; will return to Miami on Friday  —  9/11/14: After Giancarlo Stanton was hit in the face and then Reed Johnson in the hand by Mike Fiers' pitches, benches clear in Milwaukee
Wallace Matthews / ESPN:
Jeter out of Yankees' lineup after hit by pitch  —  BALTIMORE — Derek Jeter is not in the lineup for the New York Yankees on Friday afternoon after being hit on the left elbow by a 94 mph fastball Thursday night.  —  Jeter was not in the clubhouse before Friday's game …
Discussion: HardballTalk and Associated Press
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TSN.ca:
Happ, Blue Jays commence series with Rays in Toronto  —  The Sports Network  —  J.A. Happ wants to be like his teammates.  —  The left-hander gets a chance to prolong a stretch of recently solid starting pitching for the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday night, when they host the Tampa Bay Rays …
David Pinto / baseballmusings.com:
Cobb On the Corn  —  Alex Cobb owns a no-hitter through five innings against the Yankees.  He would have been perfect except for a dropped fly ball by Kevin Kiermaier.  It was a no doubt error, as he was under the ball and it hit his glove.  Cobb struck out three so far.
NY Daily News:
Source: Mark Newman, the exec in charge of Yankees' minor-league system, plans to retire  —  Newman, who has overseen the minor-league system for the past decade and a half, was nearing the end of his contract, and the source said the Yankees had planned on making a change with his position even if he had not decided to retire.
Discussion: MLB Trade Rumors
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George A. King III / New York Post:
Yankees' VP of baseball operations Mark Newman retiring: sources  —  BALTIMORE — According to voices inside and outside the Yankees' organization, the minor league development program will have a new leader next year, The Post has learned.  —  Mark Newman, a senior vice president …
Marc Carig / Newsday:
Bartolo Colon ejected after plunking two batters in loss to Nationals … Though Bartolo Colon had plunked only three batters all season, few blinked Thursday night when the Mets righthander hit the Nationals' Ian Desmond.  Even though it came after a two-run homer by Adam LaRoche …
Discussion: New York Post, ESPN and Metsblog
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Metsblog:
Game Recap: Nationals 6 - Mets 2
Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Chris Davis Suspended 25 Games For Adderall Use  —  12:30pm: Jeff Passan of Yahoo Sports reports that Davis did not have a TUE for Adderall in 2013 (Twitter links).  His previous TUE came earlier in his career than last year's breakout.  As Passan notes, this opens the possibility that Davis …
Canadian Press:
Red Sox beat first-place Royals in series opener  —  KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The last-place Boston Red Sox took advantage of three critical errors by the first-place Kansas City Royals, pulling away late in a 6-3 victory Thursday night that ended a four-game losing streak.
Discussion: Royals Review and ESPN
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ESPN:
Red Sox chairman hints at free-agency spree
Discussion: Over the Monster
Kristie Ackert / NY Daily News:
Matt Harvey promises to be ready for Opening Day, Mets ace predicts win over Nationals on April 6  —  Harvey said that his elbow feels good and confirmed that he will end his season soon with a bullpen session, never facing batters and not throwing at 100%, as The New reported Sept. 4.
Discussion: HardballTalk
Mark Newman / MLB.com:
Postseason schedule set; Fall Classic opens Oct. 21 Playoffs begin with AL Wild Card Game on Sept. 30, followed by NL game a day later  —  Major League Baseball announced the postseason schedule on Thursday, starting on Sept. 30 with the American League Wild Card Game presented by Budweiser …
Discussion: The Big Lead
Nick Groke / Denver Post:
ROCKIES MANAGER WALT WEISS WON'T LET HIS PLAYERS GO ON CRUISE CONTROL  —  Rockies manager Walt Weiss occupies the dugout during a game against the Washington Nationals at Coors Field.  (The Associated Press)  —  NEW YORK — The Rockies, mercifully, were mathematically eliminated from playoff contention this week.
Discussion: Purple Row
 
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