Top News:
Ben Shpigel / New York Times:
Yankees Explore a Trade to Send Johnson Home — Randy Johnson is 43 and coming off back surgery and two uneven seasons in New York. He does not have much time left to add to his legacy, and if he does, he may not end up doing it as a Yankee. That is because the Yankees appear open …
Discussion:
Giants Cove, Mike's Mets, Pride of the Yankees, MetsBlog.com, Always Amazin' and Ben Maller's Sports …
RELATED:
NY Daily News:
Yanks taking Randy offers — Padres make best pitch yet — Randy Johnson's rocky stay in New York may be ending after two seasons. — The Yankees are talking to several clubs about possibly trading Johnson and are inclined to make a deal, according to baseball officials.
Discussion:
Baseball Prospectus, Purple Row, Baseball Musings, True Blue LA, MLB Trade Rumors and Gaslamp Ball
Amy K. Nelson / ESPN.com:
Official: Diamondbacks, Yankees talking Unit trade … In the past week the Arizona Diamondbacks have offered a package of players to the New York Yankees in exchange for Randy Johnson, a baseball official said. — In need of starting pitching — and a marquee name that will draw more fans …
Discussion:
Over the Monster, Hot Foot, MLB Trade Rumors, YanksBlog.com, Pinstripe Alley, Sports Frog, Yanksfan vs Soxfan and MLB Rumors
Sports Illustrated:
Exit stage left? — Yankees dangling Johnson, may join Zito sweepstakes — If they can pull off the blockbuster trade they're talking about, the New York Yankees could replace one star left-hander with another. — Randy Johnson is available, and the Yankees have begun trade talks …
Bill Center / San Diego Union-Tribune:
Padres rumored in mix for Big Unit — Yankees trying to trade Johnson before bidding for Zito or Clemens — Randy Johnson wants to be closer to home. — And the Yankees apparently wouldn't mind ridding themselves of his $16 million salary for 2007 in an effort to sign Barry Zito or Roger Clemens, both free-agent pitchers.
Joseph A. Reaves / Arizona Republic:Unit back to Arizona? Just do it — Makes perfect sense.
Discussion:
Can't Stop The Bleeding
Ed Price / New Jersey Online:Yankees: Talking with Diamondbacks about Johnson deal
Discussion:
The LoHud Yankees Blog, Purple Row, Off the Facade, AZ Snakepit, 6-4-2 and Can't Stop The Bleeding
Joe Cowley / Chicago Sun Times:
Sox swap potential for potential — McCarthy, groomed for starting job, traded to Rangers for lefty Danks — Even with the news during the winter meetings that the White Sox had traded veteran pitcher Freddy Garcia, starting pitcher-in-waiting Brandon McCarthy was skeptical.
Discussion:
South Side Sox
RELATED:
Stan Grossfeld / Boston Globe:
Heartfelt gesture — Ortiz helps establish cardiac unit for children in Dominican Republic — SAN PEDRO DE MACORIS, Dominican Republic — Last January, David Ortiz was preparing for the 2006 baseball season in his hometown of Santo Domingo. Unlike previous seasons …
Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
Angels sign Hillenbrand to one-year deal — Free-agent first baseman Shea Hillenbrand has agreed to a one-year contract with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, FOXSports.com has learned. — The New York Yankees had shown interest in Hillenbrand, but are now believed to be turning …
Barry M. Bloom / MLB.com:
Gossage hopes this is his year — Former flamethrower seeks Hall induction as pioneering closer — Rich Gossage is hoping that his eighth year on the Hall of Fame ballot will be sprinkled with some magic. Each year since the Baseball Writers Association of America has had the opportunity …
Jeff Albert / Baseball Analysts:
Selection by Swing — The draft is a crapshoot, right? Maybe so. Honestly, I don't know, because I've never been in position to make decisions on drafting players. There are countless things to consider, all with the purpose of determining which players are most likely to make it to the big leagues.
Discussion:
Knuckle Curve
Eric Simon / Amazin' Avenue:
The Top 50 Mets of All Time: #50 Rey Ordonez — Posted on Tue Dec 26, 2006 at 02:35:42 AM EST — We begin our list of the fifty best players in the history of the Mets' franchise with the unusual selection of Rey Ordonez. What makes his inclusion so bizarre is that his value as a Met came exlusively from his glove.
Discussion:
THE BOOK
Marty Noble / MLB.com:
2006 Mets put together an Amazin' run — Team gets off to hot start, but injuries, Cards end Series hopes — Injuries are part of every season for every team. For the 2006 Mets, they were a bigger part. In February, the team's monogram began to morph — from NYM to MRI …
Mark Newman / MLB.com:
Dreamseats can become a reality — Baseball fans can catch all of the action in comfort, style — The best seat in Major League Baseball history might have been immediately behind home plate when Babe Ruth was calling his shot at Wrigley Field at the 1932 World Series.
Discussion:
Hot Foot
Ed Eagle / MLB.com:
Season begins and ends with optimism — Bucs' big ideas for '06 dashed early, but progress made late — The Pittsburgh Pirates ran the gamut of emotions in 2006, from the genuine optimism that they were on the verge of snapping their long streak of losing seasons, to the bitter disappointment …
Discussion:
Where have you gone …
