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72-year-old motorcyclist from Matt Bush’s DUI hit-and-run case finally released from hospital
Apr 11, 2012, 10:15 PM EDT
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Good news, courtesy of the Tampa Bay Times‘ Marc Topkin: Tony Tufano, 72, the victim in the Rays minor league RHP Matt Bush DUI hit-and-run crash, was released from the hospital today and is home, daughter in law Shannon Moore said. Tufano is using a walker and will receive home care, with family attorney Richard Hirsch saying…
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Jonathan Broxton struck out the side Sunday to earn his first save for the Royals. His outing Wednesday didn’t go so well. After Oakland’s Seth Smith reached on an Alcides Escobar error in the 12th, Broxton walked two batters and hit two more to take a blown save and a loss in a 5-4 game.…
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Stephen Drew, who is making his way back from a fractured ankle, will take a step forward on Thursday, hitting in an extended spring training game. The plan is for Drew to take four at-bats in the game and run lightly out of the box if he puts the ball in play, manager Kirk Gibson…
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As first reported by Bill Ladson of MLB.com, Nationals closer Drew Storen underwent minor surgery Wednesday on his throwing elbow. The procedure, performed in D.C., was designed to remove bone fragments and was deemed a success. The Nationals aren’t saying for certain how long Storen will be out, but sources told Ladson on Wednesday evening…
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Chris Heisey was on the bench for the third time in six games Wednesday, but he didn’t seem to mind. He might actually be in line for more time there after delivering a pinch-hit game-winning single in the bottom of the ninth against the Cardinals. “I can’t really explain why I’m more relaxed pinch-hitting than…
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The Orioles added some additional pitching depth Wednesday, signing Joel Pineiro to a minor league contract. He’ll pitch out of the rotation at Triple-A Norfolk initially. There was shockingly little interest in Pineiro over the winter, and he ended up signing a minor league deal with the Phillies even though it was obvious they had…
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Buster Posey was a late scratch from Wednesday’s starting lineup due to a shingles, CSN Bay Area’s Andrew Baggarly reports. According to Baggarly, Posey said he came down with the painful rash and blisters after Sunday’s game and that it made it difficult for him to sleep. Still, he expects to play Thursday. With Posey…
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Vladimir Guerrero faces no charges related to … whatever happened
Apr 11, 2012, 5:30 PM EDT
The police say Vlad Guerrero assaulted one of their own. Vlad Guerrero said he did nothing of the kind. Now Vlad Guerrero’s lawyer says that Vlad faces no charges out of it. Advantage: Vlad. I know nothing about the criminal justice system in the Dominican Republic. But after several random cases down there in the…
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Scott Baker has battled elbow problems since 2010, throwing just 135 innings last year and beginning this year on the disabled list, and after a recent setback the Twins announced today that he’ll undergo season-ending surgery. It’s not Tommy John surgery, but rather a repair of his flexor pronator tendon, which carries a six-month recovery…
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MLBPA head: PED users, Pete Rose should be in the Hall of Fame
Apr 11, 2012, 5:00 PM EDT
Michael Weiner spoke to the National Press Club today, and among his comments were his views on the Hall of Fame: he thinks Cooperstown ”is for the best baseball players that have ever played,” and that’s regardless of their status as PED cheats or gambling cheats for that matter. He said that PED users should be in,…
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Jeremy Hellickson checks out OK after taking a ball to the head
Apr 11, 2012, 4:30 PM EDT
Jeremy Hellickson got hit in the head with a batting practice home run at Comerica Park this morning, but after being taken to an area hospital for tests, everything seems to be checking out OK. He’ll have more tests tomorrow, but this is pretty good news, yes? He should be cleared to make his next…
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Justin Verlander shut out the Rays for eight innings … and then lost for the first time since July
Apr 11, 2012, 4:16 PM EDT
Justin Verlander cruised through eight shutout innings this afternoon, toying with the Rays lineup while needing just 81 pitches to record 24 outs. And then everything unraveled in the ninth inning. Verlander allowed three singles and a walk before being removed with one out and a 2-2 tie, but Daniel Schlereth and Jose Valverde turned…
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Must-Click Link: The tragedy of playing for the Baltimore Orioles
Apr 11, 2012, 4:00 PM EDT
Ever see those anti-drug posters where they show a meth-head’s downward spiral in the form of increasingly depressing mugshots? Yeah, those are pretty sobering! Well, there is a baseball equivalent. Remember kids: don’t play for the Baltimore Orioles. Not even once.
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Stephen Strasburg dominates the Mets, tops 100 pitches for the first time
Apr 11, 2012, 3:45 PM EDT
This afternoon’s Stephen Strasburg-Johan Santana matchup was every bit as fun to watch as it looked on paper. Santana was very solid, albeit in another short outing, throwing five innings of one-run ball with eight strikeouts despite averaging just 88.1 miles per hour with his fastball. Strasburg was very shaky early on, but quickly got…
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The home opener on Friday at Fenway is gonna be rockin’! This after the Red Sox dropped another one — a particularly dispiriting one — 3-1 to the Blue Jays. The Red Sox had three hits, all singles. All in the third inning. After that they went down in order in the fourth through eighth…
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My kids want to go to California, so I am planning on taking them to California on a vacation sometime this summer. The first thought was to head towards Los Angeles, or at least somewhere near there like the Orange County beaches. But it’s expensive! The airfares are pretty steep to LAX at the moment,…
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Ryan Braun is out of the Brewers’ lineup for this afternoon’s game because of what the team is calling chest and ribcage tightness, but manager Ron Roenicke told Adam McCalvy of MLB.com that they believed it’s a minor injury. Braun has played at least 150 games in each of his four full seasons in the…
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What has been driving the huge free agent deals we saw this past winter, the large contract extensions we’ve seen recently and the $2 billion sale price of the Los Angeles Dodgers? Why, big-time increases in broadcast rights fees, that’s what. Today at Variety our friend Jon Weisman takes a look at this phenomenon, what…
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David Wright‘s broken right pinkie finger is apparently a much less significant injury than it sounds, as the Mets third baseman will avoid surgery and might even be back in the lineup by the end of this week. “I think David’s gonna be fine,” manager Terry Collins told Adam Rubin of ESPN New York. “I…
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Yesterday Vlad Guerrero was arrested for allegedly attacking a police officer. Today he was released, and he denies that he did anything wrong: The Listin Diario newspaper in the DR reports Vlad Guerrero has been released: “I am going home, did nothing wrong, got nothing else to say” — Rafael Rojas C (@rafaelrojasc) April 10,…
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Authorities wisely choose not to prosecute the Camden Yards Batman underwear streaker
Apr 11, 2012, 12:03 PM EDT
He’s not the attention-whoring, Batman underwear-and-cape-wearing weirdo Baltimore wants. But he is the attention-whoring, Batman underwear-and-cape-wearing weirdo Baltimore needs. In case you missed his antics at last Friday’s Twins-Orioles game: Despite some nifty moves, he was apprehended. Which just shows you that he is not the real Batman, because Batman frequently takes his exercise when police…
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Terry Francona won’t attend 100th anniversary of Fenway Park, got into an argument with Larry Lucchino
Apr 11, 2012, 11:51 AM EDT
Next week the Red Sox will celebrate the 100th anniversary of Fenway Park and Terry Francona was invited, but the former manager won’t be in attendance because of how his tenure in Boston ended. Here’s some of what Francona told Dan Shaughnessy of the Boston Globe: Somebody went out of their way to make me…
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Jeremy Hellickson taken out on a cart after getting hit in the head during a BP session
Apr 11, 2012, 11:32 AM EDT
UPDATE: He’s doing OK. Details are sketchy at the moment, but it appears that Rays starter Jeremy Hellickson was hit in the side of the head with a baseball, presumably batted, while throwing a bullpen session at Comerica Park this morning. Marc Topkin is tweeting from the scene. He spoke with Joe Maddon who says…
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Brandon Phillips on $72.5 million extension: “I cried … this is the best day of my life”
Apr 11, 2012, 11:19 AM EDT
Brandon Phillips sat out yesterday’s game with a sore hamstring, but still had plenty of reason to celebrate after signing a six-year, $72.5 million million contract extension with the Reds earlier in the day. Here’s some of what an emotional Phillips said at the press conference announcing the deal: I cried about this. This is…
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Matt Bush was involved in three separate hit-and-runs on the day he was arrested
Apr 11, 2012, 11:03 AM EDT
This is just … wow: Rays minor league pitcher Matt Bush got in a previous hit-and-run accident three hours before police arrested him in North Port Mar. 22 for a DUI-hit-and-run crash, according to Venice Police records. Marc Topkin has the details from the police reports in the story. No one else was hurt —…
