Cardinals-Giants Preview (The Associated Press)

Carlos Beltran doesn't like to miss games, and he may not have to for the time being.

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Beltran out third straight game with sore knee (The Associated Press)

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) St. Louis Cardinals slugger Carlos Beltran was out of the lineup Wednesday night for a third straight game with a sore right knee, though he and manager Mike Matheny believe he will avoid a stint on the disabled list.

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Contemplating the Most Recent Red Sox Disaster: A Fan’s Perspective (Yahoo! Contributor Network)

The year was 2007 and the New York Mets were one season removed from a heartbreaking seven-game defeat to the eventual champion St. Louis Cardinals. It was then considered painful, for certain, but rationalized as the necessary next step toward greater achievements. Met fans never absolved Carlos Beltran for staring frozen at a third strike knee-buckler to end their hopes.

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Should Carlos Beltran Get a Video Tribute when He Returns to Citi Field? Fan’s View (Yahoo! Contributor Network)

According to a NYDailyNews.com report, the New York Mets will give Miami Marlins shortstop, Jose Reyes, a video tribute upon his return to Flushing, NY, on Apr. 24.

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NL Capsules (AP)

CINCINNATI (AP) Carlos Beltran and David Freese homered again on Tuesday night, and Kyle Lohse provided another stingy performance, leading the St. Louis Cardinals to a 3-1 victory over the Cincinnati Reds.

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Niese’s ex-teammate says he’ll pay up (The Canadian Press)

JUPITER, Fla. - Carlos Beltran plans on paying New York Mets lefty and former teammate Jonathan Niese in person for a $10,000 nose job.

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Niese’s ex-teammate says he’ll pay up (AP)

Carlos Beltran plans on paying New York Mets lefty and former teammate Jonathan Niese in person for a $10,000 nose job. Beltran, now with the St. Louis Cardinals, said Thursday that he'll have a check for Niese when his new team plays the Mets in spring training. The clubs are about a 40-minute interstate drive apart in Florida.

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Niese accepts Beltran’s offer to pay for surgery (AP)

Last summer, Carlos Beltran offered to foot the bill if then-Mets teammate Jonathan Niese received a nose job. Now it's time to pay up. "Carlos and I were joking around about it and he said he wanted me to get a new nose," Niese said Wednesday. "Yeah, he'll pay. I sent him the bill." The surgery, performed last October, didn't straighten the 25-year-old pitcher's...

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Jonathon Niese has a new nose, thanks to former teammate Carlos Beltran (Yahoo! Sports)

It looks like Mets reporters have already sniffed out the spring's oddest story. It's true. New York Mets pitcher Jonathon Niese arrived at the team's camp on Monday and said that he had received a nose job over the offseason. … Continue reading ?

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Jonathon Niese has a new nose, thanks to former teammate Carlos Beltran ()

It looks like Mets reporters have already sniffed out the spring's oddest story. It's true. New York Mets pitcher Jonathon Niese arrived at the team's camp on Monday and said that he had received a nose job over the offseason. Better yet, the bill for the surgery is supposed to be picked up by former teammate Carlos Beltran, who promised to handle the tab before he was traded to the San Francisco Giants last July.  

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