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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.
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.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer:
Mariners Notebook: Sherrill is latest shaky performer in bullpen — PEORIA, Ariz. — If you ever wondered what a deflated man looks like, then the picture of Mariners reliever George Sherrill on Monday afternoon would answer your query. — As the 6-foot, 225-pound Sherrill trudged …
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David Andriesen / Seattle Post-Intelligencer:
Countdown to Opening Day of the 2007 Mariners — Ten questions — and answers — on how the 2007 Mariners are coming together — PEORIA, Ariz. — Opening Day (April 2) at Safeco Field is two weeks away. The lineup is more or less set, as is the starting rotation.
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.
Art Thiel / Seattle Post-Intelligencer:
A descriptive voice for M's — PEORIA, Ariz. — Driving to lunch, Dave Sims paused the conversation to listen to Dave Sims. — The car radio was tuned to the local ESPN radio affiliate playing a promotional teaser — the final seconds of Sims' call from the 2006 NCAA basketball regional in Washington …
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U.S.S. Mariner
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
