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Bill Madden / NY Daily News:
Greed between the lines — 'Loyal' A-Rod just after cash — TAMPA - Just when we thought the circus might finally have left Yankee spring training and been replaced by a tranquil, business-like routine, Alex Rodriguez manages to get himself all over the back pages again - and for all the wrong reasons again.
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MLB Trade Rumors
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Johnette Howard / Newsday:
For once, A-Rod rings true — As a cranky, hopelessly cynical, card-carrying member of the "Why Doesn't He Just Shut Up?" Club, it was easy to expect the worst as I dragged myself, muttering, to WFAN's Web site Wednesday and clicked on the link for the Alex Rodriguez radio interview that had caused a stir on Tuesday.
Joe Capozzi / Palm Beach Post:
Sanchez, Reed duel for CF job — FORT LAUDERDALE — There are more than two weeks left in spring training, but the Marlins have seen enough of Reggie Abercrombie to know that he won't be their center fielder this season. — Abercrombie was sent to minor-league camp Wednesday as the Marlins narrowed …
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FishStripes
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Matthew Leach / MLB.com:
Notes: Encarnacion headed for DL — Schumaker progressing well; Reyes works his sinker — JUPITER, Fla. — Days after Juan Encarnacion acknowledged that he won't rush anything in order to be ready for Opening Day, his manager put it more forcefully. Encarnacion is likely to be on the disabled list …
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Baltimore Sun:
Orioles' Benson is out for 2007 … FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. // Three weeks into a scheduled four-week rehabilitation program, Orioles pitcher Kris Benson has chosen to have season-ending surgery to repair a partially torn right rotator cuff. — Benson met with Orioles vice president Jim Duquette …
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Oriole Post
Mark Feinsand / NY Daily News:
Hughes heads to minors — TAMPA - Phil Hughes may have been sent packing from Yankees camp before last night's game, but the 20-year-old phenom still could emerge later this season to begin his career in pinstripes. — Hughes showed his age during his three exhibition outings, posting a 7.71 ERA in 4-2/3 innings.
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Pinstripe Alley
ESPN:
Rose admits to betting on Reds every night — Pete Rose revealed Wednesday that he bet on the Reds "every night" while he was manager of the team and that the Dowd Report was correct when it said he did so. — Rose spoke Wednesday with Dan Patrick and Keith Olbermann on ESPN Radio to discuss …
Joe Capozzi / Palm Beach Post:
60 seconds with Marlins announcer Roxy Bernstein — Staff writer Joe Capozzi spoke with Marlins announcer Roxy Bernstein, who also does work for the University of California: — How did you become close friends with Adam Duritz, the lead singer of Counting Crows?
Ben Shpigel / New York Times:
Pelfrey Has to Struggle, Making the Mets Happy — Mike Pelfrey lost his fastball Wednesday somewhere among the orange groves and cattle farms that line the roads between here and Port St. Lucie. That would not have mattered to him six months ago. He would have thrown it anyway …
Associated Press:
Dodgers release Tatis, make Billingsley reliever — VERO BEACH, Fla. — The Los Angeles Dodgers released third baseman Fernando Tatis on Wednesday — three days after he failed to report to their minor league camp. — The Dodgers reassigned Tatis on Sunday in the club's first round of roster cuts.
Jeff Goldberg / Hartford Courant:
Delcarmen Seeing Change With His Eyes Closed — FORT MYERS, Fla. — Manny Delcarmen has practiced pitching with his eyes closed. Since doing so, he has been opening others. — Delcarmen, 25, is vying for one of the last slots in the Red Sox bullpen and has turned his spring around …
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Peter's Red Sox Forever
Joe Cowley / Chicago Sun Times:
Yell on wheels: Reliever Sisco gets carted by angry Williams — TUCSON, Ariz. — Maybe it's because Opening Day is less than three weeks away. Or perhaps it's the fact that spending a month straight in Tucson can wear on a man. — But there was no question White Sox general manager Ken Williams …
Karen Guregian / Boston Herald:
Breathe in deeply: Drew draws on healthy regimen — FORT MYERS - J.D. Drew [stats] brought plenty of baggage to his first spring training with the Red Sox [team stats]. — Red Sox forum: — There was his history of incomplete seasons. The time spent nursing various wounds.
Troy E. Renck / Denver Post:
Exams rule out ligament injury — Surprise, Ariz. - Reliever Dave Veres' improbable comeback still may have a happy ending, but his chance of beginning the season with the Rockies has vanished because of a strained right forearm. — Veres, 40, underwent medical exams that ruled out ligament damage in his elbow.
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Purple Row
