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Carrie Muskat / MLB.com:
Notes: Spring treating Miller well — Likely to make No. 5, righty fine-tuning approach in final weeks — MESA, Ariz. — For the first time since 2004, Wade Miller will be on a team's Opening Day roster. It feels pretty good. — Miller is penciled in as the Cubs' fifth starter …
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Cubs 11, Brewers 7 — Cubs at the plate: The Cubs jumped all over the Brewers' top pitching prospect, Yovani Gallardo, scoring five first-inning runs on five hits, including Jacque Jones' three-run home run. It was the first homer of the spring for Jones, who finished 2-for-4 and scored twice.
Carrie Muskat / MLB.com:
Lee helps Cubs plate 16 vs. Mariners — First baseman collects four hits; Barrett homers twice in rout — CUBS 16, MARINERS 4 — Mariners at the plate: Jeremy Reed reached on a two-base error by left fielder Cliff Floyd and scored on Mike Morse's single in the first.
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6-4-2
Dave van Dyck / Chicago Tribune:Floyd goes to bat defending his defense
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The View From The Bleachers
Evan Grant / Dallas Morning News:
Rangers rename their home — Ameriquest out; it's now Rangers Ballpark in Arlington — egrant@dallasnews.com — The Liberty Bell no longer tolls for the Rangers. — The club on Monday severed its relationship with Ameriquest Mortgage, the financially troubled lending company that uses …
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T.R. Sullivan / MLB.com:
It's now Rangers Ballpark in Arlington — Team works out deal with Ameriquest to get its 'brand back' — SURPRISE, Ariz. — Welcome back to the Ballpark in Arlington. — It is now Rangers Ballpark in Arlington. — The bell is gone. — The Rangers announced on Monday that they are taking …
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The Griddle
Marty Noble / MLB.com:
Mets pitching has room to improve — Glavine, Maine, Pelfrey looking good, but others have not — PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — His extended workday complete, Billy Wagner developed a sense of accomplishment from something as routine as an appearance in a simulated game on Monday.
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Marty Noble / MLB.com:
Mailbag: Might Wright bat second? — Mets beat reporter Marty Noble answers fans' questions — Will manager Willie Randolph have David Wright bat second instead of Paul Lo Duca? Jose Reyes, Wright, Carlos Beltran, Carlos Delgado and Moises Alou is a pretty powerful first five.
Mark Gonzales / Chicago Tribune:
Non-roster invitee seizes chance — SURPRISE, Ariz. — Non-roster invitee Adam Russell has pitched himself into consideration for a spot on the White Sox's Opening Day roster. — "Russell, enjoy the ride, because he's in the picture," manager Ozzie Guillen said with a smile Monday …
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South Side Sox
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Scott Merkin / MLB.com:
Notes: Garland gaining confidence — White Sox righty throws 93 pitches in Minor League game — TUCSON, Ariz. — When a pitcher wins 18 games in back-to-back seasons, working out of baseball's toughest division, there wouldn't seem to be much for him to prove during Spring Training — especially in a start against Minor Leaguers.
Scott Miller / CBS SportsLine.com:
No more baby steps: Seattle to let loose Hernandez — Miller: Five things to know — PEORIA, Ariz. — Psst, pay attention here. Because something is about to occur in the quiet Pacific Northwest that could — could — positively rock the baseball world this summer, shake the AL West and rattle the Cy Young cages.
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MLB.com:
Retooled Brewers expect big things — Deeper staff, return to health may lift franchise to contention — PHOENIX — Is this the year in which the Milwaukee Brewers finally break through to not only a winning, but a contending season? — Well, the reasons on their side of the argument …
Joe Frisaro / MLB.com:
Marlins taken out to sea by Astros — Olsen strikes out five in 5 1/3 innings, gives up four base hits — ASTROS 4, MARLINS 2 — Marlins at the plate: Hanley Ramirez singled, stole second and scored on Josh Willingham's RBI single to center in the first.
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Marlins Today
Chris Haft / MLB.com:
Notes: Feliz's new approach paying off — Benitez has best outing; Lowry still searching for timing — SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Anybody who has watched Pedro Feliz hit knows that he either pulls the ball or doesn't hit it at all. — He's trying to stop being so one-dimensional.
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Giants Cove
Jeff Horrgan / Boston Herald:
NESN puts clamps on local stations — FORT MYERS - The baseball season officially hasn't begun, but local television stations are already dusting themselves off from an unexpected brushback pitch thrown their way by Red Sox [team stats]-owned New England Sports Network. — NESN memo:
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The Feeding the Monster Blog
ESPN:
Wells makes major lifestyle changes due to diabetes — PEORIA, Ariz. — David Wells revealed Sunday that he has been diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes, but he vows to beat the disease and he has already drastically changed his lifestyle in order to do so. — Wells, 43, told The San Diego Union Tribune …
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Dan Connolly / Baltimore Sun:
Angelos the answer man … FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. // Orioles owner Peter Angelos emerged from the club's spring training offices moments before yesterday's exhibition game against the Boston Red Sox and told a group of waiting reporters that he was there to watch a game and not to make statements.
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