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• Q&A with Dontrelle Willis of the Long Island Ducks

  to get work in a competitive baseball league and that's it. I would hope everybody playing wants to get back to the Major Leagues, but it's not really my thought process. I'm just playing to get myself ready. I'm not even up to 100 pitches yet so there are   Read more »

• Yankees are missing Derek Jeter's bat, glove at shortstop

  .256 with a .696 OPS. Jeter's OPS last season was .791.Yankees shortstops rank 23rd in OPS and are 12th in the American League, leading only the Angels, Rays and Mariners.Jeter, who turns 39 in June, has only twice posted an OPS below .718 during his first   Read more »

• Yankees call up Dellin Betances

  The pitcher who was sent down to make room for Betances, Marshall, was ranked the sixth-best prospect in the Yankees system by Baseball America before the season.Betances began this season in Triple A as a starter, but was recently switched to the pen out   Read more »

• Hal Steinbrenner believes 'scrappy' Yankees can win with $189 million payroll

  the Yankees can win with a much lower payroll next season, Steinbrenner agreed."And some talent down in the minor leagues that quite frankly may have never gotten the chance to do something like this -- certainly not this year," he said. "There's been a lot   Read more »

• Video: Baseball for the blind

  take a quick break from the world of Major League Baseball in this blog post and look at the sport in its lower-case form: baseball.The Long Island Bombers are a blind and visually impaired team who play what's called beep baseball.Watch the video below and   Read more »

Around the web

• Every MLB Team’s Biggest Midseason Need

  create fodder for both trades and benching. The gears have already begun turning on who will become buyers and sellers in Major League Baseball from here on out; success or lack thereof for squads from Houston to Boston are already positioning what kinds of 5/21/13 from Rant Sports Read more »

• Study challenges notion that umpires call more strikes for pitchers of same race

  (PhysOrg.com) -- Ticket revenue increases by roughly half of a million dollars for each international player added to a Major League Baseball team, showing a sharp swing in fan favoritism for internationally diverse teams, ... (HealthDay)—Recent examples of 5/21/13 from PhysOrg.com Read more »

• MLB: St. Louisans Howard, Scherzer shine

  was held today in Chesterfield. Prospect Carlos Martinez has immense talent, which is why the Cardinals rushed him to the majors. So why isn't he pitching? PGA Tour players might revolt against putter ruling by USGA. CHESTERFIELD • Makayla Hussong was staring 56 m ago from St. Louis Post-Dispatch Read more »

• Seattle Mariners - TeamReport

  12-0 loss to the Angels. He is now 0-3 in five career starts against the Angels. --3B Kyle Seager was the only American League player with a minimum of 90 plate appearances not to ground into a double play this season going into Tuesday's game against the 6:25 AM from Chicago Tribune Read more »

• Phillies 2013 Mock Draft: Projecting Their Top 5 First-Round Targets

  they drafted Cole Hamels with the 17th pick. The Phillies' top-16 pick is a result of a 2012 season in which they played .500 baseball, ending with an 81-81 record. While it wasn't a losing record, it was the first time the Phillies had not finished a season 6:03 AM from Bleacher Report Read more »