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Search for: Offline summarization (match summaries) Hybrid summarization Online summarization Offline summarization (match articles) U.S. World Finance Sci/Tech Entertainment Sports View Today's Images Back to Archive Index About Newsblaster About today's run Newsblaster in Press Academic Papers Article Sources: seattletimes. nwsource.com (142 articles) washingtonpost.com (142 articles) news.bbc.co.uk (138 articles) nytimes.com (128 articles) latimes.com (128 articles) boston.com (125 articles) baltimoresun.com (97 articles) dallasnews.com (83 articles) suntimes.com (77 articles) sfgate.com (75 articles) abcnews.go.com (68 articles) cbc.ca (49 articles) nypost.com (28 articles) timesonline.co.uk (26 articles) foxnews.com (24 articles) ft.com (21 articles) sportsillustrated. cnn.com (12 articles) cbsnews.com (12 articles) cnn.com (11 articles) money.cnn.com (8 articles) latimesblogs. latimes.com (6 articles) wired.com (5 articles) usatoday.com (3 articles) health.nytimes.com (2 articles) swamppolitics.com (2 articles) haaretz.com (2 articles) blog.wired.com (2 articles)	Rays select SS Tim Beckham with top pick in draft Summary from multiple countries, from articles in English The Florida Marlins selected Riverside Patriot High catcher Kyle Skipworth sixth overall, the second consecutive year the franchise chose a high school power hitter from the Southland with their first pick. (article 8) The West Coast was also well represented at the college level, as six who played in the Pacific 10 Conference this season were chosen in the opening round. (article 8) The Orioles used the fourth pick in today's amateur baseball draft to select left-hander Brian Matusz from the University of San Diego. (article 1) The Dodgers pick 15th, but the Angels will have to wait until the 74th pick, having given up the 27th pick to the Minnesota Twins for signing free agent Torii Hunter. (article 7) Florida high school first baseman Eric Hosmer went to the Kansas City Royals, and the Baltimore Orioles took top college pitching prospect Brian Matusz out of San Diego with the fourth pick. (article 3) After left-handed pitcher Edgar Olmos of Birmingham was drafted by the Florida Marlins with the 83rd pick, the first 49er was taken when shortstop Danny Espinoza was selected by the Washington Nationals with pick No. 87. (article 9) Brett Lawrie of Langley, B.C., hopes to follow in the footsteps of Los Angeles Dodgers all-star catcher Russell Martin. (article 6) Other summaries about this story: Summary from United States, from articles in English (8 articles) [compare] Summary from Canada, from articles in English (1 articles) [compare] Event tracking: Track this story's development in time Story keywords pick, Beckham, draft, Alvarez, Pitcher Source articles O's take pitcher Matusz with fourth pick - (baltimoresun.com, 06/05/2008, 216 words) Rays select SS Tim Beckham with top pick in draft (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 06/05/2008, 1079 words) Rays select SS Beckham with top pick - (baltimoresun.com, 06/05/2008, 273 words) In Upper Manhattan, Cheers for the No. 2 Pick (nytimes.com, 06/06/2008, 862 words) Mariners look for some help with 20th pick in amateur draft (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 06/05/2008, 822 words) Brewers draft B.C.'s Brett Lawrie 16th (cbc.ca, 06/05/2008, 646 words) Kyle Skipworth could be a top pick (L.A. Times, 06/05/2008, 395 words) Florida Marlins take Kyle Skipworth with sixth pick in baseball draft (L.A. Times, 06/06/2008, 601 words) Softball: Blue tops Red in South Bay all-star game (latimesblogs.latimes.com, 06/05/2008, 206 words) blaster@cs.columbia.edu