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New York Mets - TeamReport

MLB Team Report - New York Mets - INSIDE PITCH Seeking offense, the Mets shored up their outfield Monday by signing outfielder Rick Ankiel to a big-league contract. Ankiel, whom the Astros cut last week, arrived at Busch Stadium about two hours prior to Monday's game, then started in center field batting seventh. His arrival was so fresh that he did not even have his own bat and glove, borrowing that gear from catcher John Buck and pitcher Jon Niese, respectively.

Kansas City Royals - TeamReport

MLB Team Report - Kansas City Royals - INSIDE PITCH Billy Butler and the Royals knew this wouldn't last. And it didn't. Butler was mired in a 4-for-35 skid, but on Monday he broke out of that with a 5-for-5 game, the second five-hit game of his career, and drove in five runs as the Royals routed the Angels 11-4.

Houston Astros - TeamReport

MLB Team Report - Houston Astros - INSIDE PITCH The Astros will be without their smallest -- and arguably best -- player for a few days. Second baseman Jose Altuve was placed on the bereavement list Tuesday night before a 6-2 loss at Detroit. He is expected to miss two games then return to the team Saturday night at Pittsburgh for the middle game of a three-game series. Houston finishes its three-game series at Detroit on Wednesday then is off Thursday before playing the Pirates on Friday night.

Pittsburgh Pirates - TeamReport

MLB Team Report - Pittsburgh Pirates - INSIDE PITCH Manager Clint Hurdle likes to call catcher Russell Martin a "game changer." The Pirates found out what they had been missing when Martin returned to the lineup Tuesday night and helped spark a 4-3 victory over visiting Milwaukee in 12 innings. Martin went 2-for-4 with two doubles, an RBI, a walk and a strikeout. Perhaps most important: The Brewers did not steal any bases.

Detroit Tigers - TeamReport

MLB Team Report - Detroit Tigers - INSIDE PITCH Avisail Garcia is scheduled to make his first start of 2013 in center field for Detroit. Garcia, impressive in a short September-October stint with the Tigers last season, was brought up Tuesday after Detroit placed Austin Jackson on the disabled list with a sore left hamstring. He pinch-hit Tuesday night and remained in Detroit's 6-2 victory over Houston, going 0-for-2.

St. Louis Cardinals - TeamReport

MLB Team Report - St. Louis Cardinals - INSIDE PITCH Matt Carpenter was the Cardinals' top pinch hitter last season with 11 runs batted in on eight hits, and the Cardinals' bench, relatively unproductive this season, could use him. But Carpenter is a regular now -- and at second base, a new position for him this spring.

Sixty years after his death, Jim Thorpe's family feuds over body

By Joe McDonald JIM THORPE, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - The tiny hamlet of Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, could lose its namesake, an American sports hero whose interment put the town on the map. A family squabble has turned into a federal court battle over the remains of the legendary Native American athlete and Olympic medalist, who died in 1953 and whose life was depicted in "All American," a 1951 movie starring Burt Lancaster.

"Mad Men" star Hamm shooting new film in India

Hollywood actor Jon Hamm, best known as the dapper Don Draper in hit US TV series "Mad Men", has begun shooting his new film in the home of Bollywood, according to those working on the movie. Hamm is in Mumbai for the making of Disney's "Million Dollar Arm", based on a true story, in which he stars as sports agent J. B. Bernstein who discovers two Indian teenagers and signs them up to play baseball.

"Mad Men" star Hamm shooting new film in India

Hollywood actor Jon Hamm, best known as the dapper Don Draper in hit US TV series "Mad Men", has begun shooting his new film in the home of Bollywood, according to those working on the movie. Hamm is in Mumbai for the making of Disney's "Million Dollar Arm", based on a true story, in which he stars as sports agent J. B. Bernstein who discovers two Indian teenagers and signs them up to play baseball.

"Mad Men" star Hamm shooting new film in India

Hollywood actor Jon Hamm, best known as the dapper Don Draper in hit US TV series "Mad Men", has begun shooting his new film in the home of Bollywood, according to those working on the movie. Hamm is in Mumbai for the making of Disney's "Million Dollar Arm", based on a true story, in which he stars as sports agent J. B. Bernstein who discovers two Indian teenagers and signs them up to play baseball.
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