June 2012 - Baseball Wiretap

Jones: Moyer Off Base About Sign Stealing
Chipper Jones left Coors Field on Saturday night incensed that Jamie Moyer had accused him of relaying signs from second base.

MLB.com

Johan Santana Gets First Win Since 2010
The Mets defeated the Diamondbacks 4-3 on Saturday, helping give Johan Santana his first victory since the 2010 season.

New York Post

Pujols Connects On First HR With Angels
The homerless drought ended with a two-run shot in his 111th at-bat with Los Angeles.

Associated Press

Indians Hand Darvish First ML Loss
Yu Darvish struck out 11 batters on Sunday afternoon, but was still handed his first Major League loss against the Indians.

Associated Press

Pettitte Roughed Up In Triple-A Start
In the first Triple-A start of his comeback, Andy Pettitte pitched five shaky innings.

Associated Press

Utley Eager To Begin Rehab Assignment
The second baseman has missed all 28 games this season as he rehabilitates his sore left knee.

Courier-Post

Derrek Lee On Milwaukee's Radar
The Brewers are keeping tabs on free-agent Derrek Lee with Matt Gamel lost for the season because of a torn ACL.

Boston Globe

Could Mariners Release Chone Figgins?
Chone Figgins had a .189 average entering Saturday.

Boston Globe

Morneau Returns To Disabled List
Justin Morneau has not played since Monday.

Associated Press

Marlins Remove Bell From Closer Role
Heath Bell blew his fourth save in seven opportunities Friday night when he allowed the Padres to tie the score at 8 with a run in the ninth inning.

Associated Press

Angels Give Struggling Pujols Day Off
The Angels did not have Albert Pujols in their starting lineup on Saturday for the first time this season.

Associated Press

Cubs May Skip Garza's Turn In Rotation
Matt Garza was already been pushed back a day because of the flu.

MLB.com

Cliff Lee Expects To Face Mets Wednesday
Cliff Lee threw a lengthy bullpen session Saturday morning at Nationals Park.

MLB.com

Cook Suffers Bizarre Injury In Start For Boston
Aaron Cook made his first start for the Red Sox on Saturday, lasting less than two innings because of a bizarre injury.

MLB.com

Encarnacion Reworked Swing This Winter
Edwin Encarnacion was a second-half player earlier in his career, but he has nine home runs so far in 2012.

Tim Brown/Yahoo! Sports

Second Player Yankees Acquired In Montero Deal Suffers Injury
Yankees pitching prospect Jose Campos is considered one of their best young arms.

Examiner

Indians Trade Spilborghs To Rangers
Ryan Spilborghs, 32, has been assigned to the Class AAA affiliate of Texas.

Cleveland Plain Dealer

Zimmerman Swings, Expects To Come Off DL
Ryan Zimmerman was put on the disabled list by the Nationals on April 28, retroactive to April 21, with right shoulder inflammation.

Associated Press

Executive: I Wouldn't Deal With Delmon Young
Delmon Young was involved in an incident in New York City last week.

Jayson Stark/ESPN.com

Abreu Had Other Options, Liked Dodgers
Bobby Abreu has a relationship with manager Don Mattingly from their time together with the Yankees.

Jon Heyman/CBS Sports (via Twitter)

Struggling Pujols: I'd Boo Myself If I Could
A large portion of the fans at Angels Stadium made their displeasure in Albert Pujols heard on Friday night with a hearty round of boos.

MLB.com

Mr. Met Tops List Of Favorite Mascots
The live character debuted in 1964, the year the Mets moved into Shea Stadium.

Forbes.com

Infamous Buckner Ball Sells For $418,250
The baseball that rolled through the legs of Red Sox first baseman Bill Buckner in the 1986 World Series was sold at auction Friday for $418,250.

Associated Press

Yankees Won't Actively Pursue Closer
New York is comfortable with Rafael Soriano and David Robertson going forward in the wake of Mariano Rivera's season-ending knee injury.

Jon Heyman/CBS Sports (via Twitter)

White Sox Shift Sale From Starter To Closer
The White Sox are shifting Chris Sale from the starting rotation to the bullpen.

ESPN.com

Rivera Says He'll Return From Knee Injury
Mariano Rivera isn't going to let a season-ending knee injury end his Hall of Fame career.

Wallace Matthews/ESPN.com

Report: Miguel Tejada Close To Signing With O's
Miguel Tejada is reportedly close to signing a minor-league deal with the Orioles.

San Jose Mercury News

Appel, Buxton Among Candidates For No. 1 Pick
Unlike in recent seasons, there is no clear-cut choice for the first overall selection in this June's First-Year Player Draft.

MLB.com

Lillian Musial Dies At 91
The wife of Cardinals Hall of Famer Stan Musial has died at the age of 91.

Associated Press

Best-Selling New Era Hats: Yankees, Braves
The top-selling New Era hats include the Yankees, Braves, Red Sox, Reds and Dodgers.

Cardboard Connection