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Marc Carig / Newsday:
David Wright injures hamstring in wild win for Mets … Mets — Mets vs. Phillies … Mets — Wright's career … David Lennon — Lennon: Harvey left in daze after long-awaited start at Citi
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Tyler Kepner / New York Times:
Matt Harvey Delivers in Home Debut, but Mets' Victory Is Painful
Matt Harvey Delivers in Home Debut, but Mets' Victory Is Painful
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Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
Diamondbacks Promote Yasmany Tomas — The Diamondbacks have called up recent Cuban signee Yasmany Tomas from Triple-A, the club announced. Tomas had opened the season in the upper minors despite inking a six-year, $68.5MM contract to join Arizona over the offseason.
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Associated Press:
Haren, Hechavarria Help Marlins Win 2nd Straight — ATLANTA — Dan Haren gave up three hits in seven innings, Adeiny Hechavarria went 3 for 3 with a homer and three RBIs and the Miami Marlins beat the Atlanta Braves 6-2 on Wednesday. — With its second straight victory, Miami has its first winning streak of the season.
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PHI Homepage News:
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David Murphy / Philly.com:
Why isn't Ruf getting a real shot from the Phillies? — RYAN HOWARD and Grady Sizemore were in the Phillies' lineup last night in New York, and Darin Ruf wasn't, and neither of those two occurrences should have surprised anybody who has watched the Phillies over the past year.
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Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
Angels in pickle with high-priced Hamilton, who is backed by CBA — FOX Sports — Angels owner Arte Moreno told the truth last Friday when he informed reporters that Josh Hamilton's contract included language to protect the team if Hamilton had a drug relapse.
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Thomas Harding / MLB.com:
Rockies third baseman bounces off tarp, nearly doubles up runner — 4/14/15: Rockies third baseman Nolan Arenado sprints down the left-field line and slams into the tarp as he secures a fly ball for the out — SAN FRANCISCO — Rockies third baseman Nolan Arenado had just lived the play of the night …
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Patrick Saunders / Denver Post:
COLORADO ROCKIES / MLB — ADAM OTTAVINO HAS BEEN NAMED THE ROCKIES' NEW CLOSER — The Denver Post — Colorado Rockies reliever Adam Ottavino, right, shakes hands with catcher Nick Hundley after recording the last out of the game against the San Francisco Giants during a baseball game on Tuesday, April 14, 2015, in San Francisco.
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Rob Neyer / Fox Sports:
A DEFINITIVE (AND HIGHLY SUBJECTIVE) 2014 BOBBLEHEAD RANKING: NL EDITION — I'm crazy for bobbleheads. I tried for a while to pretend that I'm not a collector, because being a collector brings all sorts of unwanted pressure. But I've now got bobbleheads in boxes, that I'm not even displaying.
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Maria Cramer / BostonGlobe.com:
Jurors ‘shocked’ defense said Hernandez was present at murder — FALL RIVER — Relieved jurors in the Bristol County murder trial of former New England Patriots star Aaron Hernandez said Wednesday they were surprised by the defense's acknowledgment during closing arguments that he was present at the slaying.
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David Cooper / Toronto Star:
Slow turf matches slow start at home for Blue Jays — Blue Jays' new turf “definitely a lot slower,” Jose Bautista says — Daniel Norris only gave up two hits Tuesday but one was a first-inning home run to Steven Souza Jr. — It was suggested to Jose Bautista on Tuesday that the Rogers Centre's …
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NY Daily News:
MLB trying to figure link to why stanozolol is resurfacing in positive drug tests — So much for the end of baseball's Steroid Era. — Four Major League Baseball pitchers — including Mets reliever Jenrry Mejia — have been suspended for 80 games in recent weeks for the hard-core steroid stanozolol …
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