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Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
White Sox GM Williams won't sit still — Perhaps no general manager is trying harder than the White Sox's Ken Williams to stay ahead of the escalating market for starting pitching. — If, at first glance, Williams' logic appears elusive, so be it. After a moment's reflection — OK …
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Jayson Stark / ESPN:
Vazquez, White Sox agree to $34.5M extenstion … The Chicago White Sox have agreed to terms on a three-year, $34.5-million contract extension with right-handed pitcher Javier Vazquez. He will make exactly $11.5 million in 2008, 2009 and 2010. — "Javier and his representative made a proposal …
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Associated Press:
Dice-K flashes glove, holds Marlins scoreless — JUPITER, Fla. — Daisuke Matsuzaka reached to snare a line drive, then grinned and bowed to his shortstop. — It turns out the rookie from Japan is a pretty good fielder. — He can pitch, too: Matsuzaka threw three scoreless innings …
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Tom D'Angelo / Palm Beach Post:
Marlins debate existence of 'gyroball' — JUPITER — Jason Stokes insists he saw it. Joe Borchard described it, but wasn't sure what it was. — So the legend of the gyroball grows - if there is a gyroball. — No batter has ever claimed to see the mystifying pitch supposedly thrown by Boston Red Sox phenom Daisuke Matsuzaka.
Associated Press:
Pirates' Sanchez injures knee — Reigning N.L. batting champ scheduled for MRI — BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) — Reigning NL batting champion Freddy Sanchez sprained a ligament in his right knee Tuesday and left the Pittsburgh Pirates' 11-10, 10-inning loss to the Philadelphia Phillies.
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Justice B. Hill / MLB.com:
Sanchez injured, Bucs pitchers struggle — Batting champ leaves game with knee injury after third — PHILLIES 11, PIRATES 10 — Phillies at the plate: Ahead in the count in the third inning, Ryan Howard drove a fastball into the gap in right-center to knock in a pair of runs, which gave the Phillies a 3-0 lead.
Sports Illustrated:
Inside the Steroid Sting — SI's Luis Fernando Llosa and L. Jon Wertheim, on the scene for the Florida raids, continue to report on the ongoing investigation that promises to rock sports — The Palm Beach Rejuvenation Center is decidedly less exotic than its name might suggest.
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ESPN:
Two more arraigned in nationwide steroids probe — ALBANY, N.Y. — Two more people linked to a nationwide investigation into the illegal sale of steroids were arraigned Tuesday on drug-related charges as published reports implicated more athletes, including former Atlanta Braves relief pitcher John Rocker …
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Bob Klapisch / NorthJersey.com:
Willie tinkers with hitting Wright after Reyes — PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. - This was a few minutes before noon in Willie Randolph's office, long before his Mets would take the field on a perfectly sunny, perfectly nondescript spring training day. But the Mets' lineup against the Indians …
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Tyler Kepner / New York Times:
At 88, a Hall of Famer Who's Still in There Pitching — The driver's door of the white Buick LaCrosse opened, and one of the senior members of the Baseball Hall of Fame stepped out briskly Tuesday morning. He was wearing the official Cleveland Indians uniform, buttoned to the top …
Winter Haven / Greenwich, Connecticut …:
Wang long on Ws, short on Ks — You've got Andy Pettitte's elbow, Mike Mussina's age, Kei Igawa's inexperience in the major leagues and Carl Pavano's ability to function as a responsible adult. — Valid concerns, all, about the Yankees' starting rotation.
Jim Suhr / Associated Press:
Man faces new federal charges in alleged shakedown of athlete — ST. LOUIS (AP) — The athlete targeted in an alleged $150,000 shakedown by an unemployed ex-con was former St. Louis Cardinal second baseman Ronnie Belliard, a person close to the matter confirmed to The Associated Press on Tuesday.
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Joe Frisaro / MLB.com:
Johnson out two months — Marlins' potential No. 2 starter sidelined by nerve irritation — JUPITER, Fla. — Tests revealed that Josh Johnson has ulnar nerve irritation in his right biceps area that will result in him being out at least two months. — The Marlins' 23-year-old right-hander underwent …
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Dallas Morning News:
Rangers can be best in West — This column should come with the following warning from the Surgeon General: — IF YOU ARE PRONE TO ATTACKS OF DOUBT OR FEAR THE POSSIBILITY OF A JINX, DO NOT READ THE NEXT 500 OR SO WORDS. GO IMMEDIATELY TO THE QUESTIONS.
Ben Shpigel / New York Times:
Mets Rookie Uses All the Angles to Disguise His Pitches — On one of the first nights of the rest of his baseball life, Joe Smith returned home from practice at Wright State and practiced some more. Sitting in front of his television, Smith popped in a baseball video game …
Tom Singer / MLB.com:
Gagne has 'huge day' in comeback bid — Bullpen session is his best in two years, says Texas closer — SURPRISE, Ariz. — Eric Gagne became a bit less of a mystery to himself Tuesday. As for the rest of the American League, they will just have to wait a bit longer to solve the puzzle he can represent.
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