sports.yahoo.com - 6/29/2009
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This and every weekday a.m. during baseball season, let's rise and shine together to recap the most recent diamond doings. Roll Call starts in New York, New York. So nice they got two teams. Only one has Mariano Rivera . Game of the Day Yankees 4, Mets 2 Mariano 500: Another four-out ...
pinstripealley.com - 6/29/2009
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More photos » by Kathy Willens - AP
New York Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira, left, looks...
on as second baseman Robinson Cano embraces closer Mariano Rivera after Rivera closed out his 500th save in the ...
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Rivera's 500th save: What they're saying
legendofcecilioguante.com - 6/29/2009
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Yes, you're reading that title right. This Mets
devotee is saying something nice about a Yankee ....
Don't expect it to happen again. Congratulations to Mariano Rivera on his 500th save. If you're a real fan of the Mets or the Yankees, pure unadulterated hatred is typically reserved for the other ...
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Congrats, Mo
passion4baseball.blogspot.com - 6/29/2009
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This writer has never hidden that fact that
he is a Fan first and a reporter second....
What this blog attempts to do is to give its readers informed observations from a fan's perspective. As such, it is impossible to hide the favorite players who creep into those observations from time to time. ...
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The Great Mariano Rivera
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Phillies Breakfast Links: June 29, 2009
The Good Phight —
Who will be next IronPig to be promoted? Reports state that Carlos Carrasco will get the nod on Thursday in place of Antonio Bastardo.
Antonio Bastardo of Philadelphia Phillies to miss next start The dreaded shoulder strain...
Morning Juice: Rivera saves 500th; only 2,296 RBIs behind Aaron Yankees sweep Mets behind Chien Ming Wang and Mariano Rivera, who notched his 500th career save and first RBI on a bases loaded walk from Frankypoo in the ninth.
Local writers score ...
DMV: Dunn Almost Does the Warehouse
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DMV is a daily roundup of District-Maryland-Virginia (mostly) sporting links.
Nats avoid the sweep in Baltimore thanks to another strong start from John Lannan and homers from Adam Dunn and Willie Harris. [WaPo, Sun]
Watch Adam Dunn one-hop the B&O Warehouse with a 445-foot homer that Jim Palmer says may be the farthest he’s seen at Camden. [MLB via BLS]
WaPo column debuts by defending Acta (sounds familiar). [Tracee Hamilton]
Jinx: Mike MacDougal has been effective as the ...
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Victory sinks in for Chien-Ming —
NYDailyNews.com - Baseball 6/29/2009
Mariano Rivera's 500th save may have grabbed the headlines Sunday night, but there was another number that could have been even more important to the Yankees: One. As in Chien-Ming Wang's first victory of the season.
ROUGH, WILD NIGHT FOR FRANCISCO —
NY Post: Sports 6/29/2009
> On a night when the Yankees closer achieved another career milestone, the Mets closer suffered a career embarrassment. Francisco Rodriguez, who has been nearly perfect for the Mets this year, walked Mariano Rivera with the bases loaded ...
