NEW YORK (Reuters) – Detroit Tigers outfielder Delmon Young apologized on Friday for an incident that led to a hate crime charge against him for allegedly yelling anti-Semitic remarks during a scuffle with tourists in New York. Police say Young, 26, scuffled with four tourists from Illinois outside a hotel near Times Square early on Friday after the group gave money to a panhandler wearing a yarmulke. The baseball player is accused of yelling anti-Semitic remarks during the incident, but it was unclear at whom the remarks were directed, police said. …

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Baltimore: RH closer Jim Johnson, hospitalized since Tuesday due to flu-like symptoms and a bacterial infection, hopes to go home today. Manager Buck Showalter said Johnson was still trying to keep down food. … RHP Joel Pineiro, who signed a minor league deal with the Orioles on April 11, pitched a five-inning simulated game, according to MASNsports.com. The Web site reported that Pineiro next will join Class AAA Norfolk. Pineiro, 33, has pitched in parts of 12 big-league seasons. He went 7-7 with a 5.13 ERA in 27 games (24 starts) last year with the Angels.

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The Texas Rangers squared off against the New York Yankees in Arlington on Wednesday, April 26th and when all was said and done the Rangers won 7-3 and also won their sixth straight series since the season began.

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Baseball has a way of testing the resilience of teams and players, as the Yankees are learning with Michael Pineda.

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The Philadelphia Phillies are going further and further away from their old reputation as a home run hitting team. Phillies fans like myself can barely remember when they hit multiple home runs on a given night – and were expected to do it every night.

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Baltimore: RH closer Jim Johnson was hospitalized due to flu-like symptoms. The team was awaiting reports to determine if the issue was a virus or food poisoning, according to MASNsports.com. … 2B Robert Andino was due to leave the club after Tuesday’s game to return to Miami for the birth of his third child. Andino will be placed on paternity leave, and the Orioles will add a fill-in from the minors. The team might opt to add an outfielder depending on the status of LF Nolan Reimold’s stiff neck. Reimold was out of the starting lineup, and he is day-to-day.

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We know New York Yankees all-time hits leader Derek Jeter (.411) has offensively been a man possessed so far in 2012, but now his longtime teammate, Alex Rodriguez, is starting to do damage at the plate, too.

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Hal Steinbrenner wants a leaner more financially restrained New York Yankees. As reported by the New York Times back in March, the Yankees managing general partner would like to cut payroll by approximately $20 million within the next two years.

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Maybe I’m going out on a limb here, but I’m pretty confident when I say that the 2012 Chicago Cubs will never have to worry about accusations of steroid usage amongst the players on their roster. What I’m starting to wonder is whether Sammy Sosa will be recognized for hitting more home runs in one season than this entire 2012 roster.

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The Texas Rangers beat the Detroit Tigers 3-2 on Sunday, April 22nd and left Comerica Park with a series win. The Tigers are a really good team and while I had hoped for a sweep I realistically thought that Texas would leave with a series split at best. The Rangers offense tends to go cold in Detroit yet they scored 20 runs in the first two games. That, however, was followed by just five runs in the last two. Not only does the massive dimensions of Comerica Park factor into Texas’ offensive woes there is also the Tigers’ starting pitchers, and one Justin Verlander.

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