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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
Associated Press:
Rangers end stadium naming rights deal with Ameriquest — ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The Texas Rangers are putting the Ballpark back in their ballpark. — Three years after changing their stadium name to Ameriquest Field, the Rangers severed a 30-year naming rights deal Monday …
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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MLB.com:
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
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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the metropolitans
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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.
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
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Sean McAdam / projo.com Rhode Island news:Sox are looking ahead in advance
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Bradford on Baseball
Karen Guregian / Boston Herald:Sox missing idiot: Team lacking Millar's levity
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The House That Dewey Built
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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Bill Center / San Diego Union-Tribune:
Wells has new ailment: diabetes — PEORIA, Ariz. - David Wells' life changed two weeks ago when he learned he has Type 2 diabetes, also called adult-onset diabetes. — "Obviously, this is a concern," the Padres' 43-year-old pitcher said yesterday. "But it's beatable. And I'm going to beat it.
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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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Yanksfan vs Soxfan:
A Conversation with Peter Abraham — One of the great joys of the 2006 baseball season was the emergence of Peter Abraham's Lohud Yankees Blog. Abraham's writing has taken fans into the Yankee clubhouse in an unprecedented way, giving us a daily—and sometimes hourly—behind the scenes look at the Bombers.
Derek Zumsteg / Baseball Prospectus:
How the Seattle Mariners Can Win the World Series — Brad talks with Derek Jacques about the Mariners' chances on Baseball Prospectus Radio. Click to download the mp3. — Can a team that's finished in their division cellar for three straight years win the World Series?
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U.S.S. Mariner
John Beamer / Hardball Times:
2007 Projected Division Standings — Thanks to the extremely hard work of the contributors at this site, The Hardball Times keeps on getting better. No doubt by now you have flicked through our latest offering: The 2007 Preseason Annual. There is no excuse not to own a copy …
Bill Ladson / MLB.com:
Notes: Battle for left field — Church, Snelling competing to be the Opening Day starter — VIERA, Fla. — For most of the spring, Nationals manager Manny Acta said that Ryan Church was the starting left fielder no matter what Church did during the exhibition season.
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Dave Sheinin / Washington Post:Bowden: Left Field Race Is Still Open
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William World News
Anthony McCarron / NY Daily News:
Kyle goes slow in 2nd year — Works on off-speed — TAMPA - You can hear it when Kyle Farnsworth pitches, low rumbles and gasps from the crowd when the Yankee reliever nears 100 miles per hour on the scoreboard radar gun. Jorge Posada has noticed it from his crouch behind the plate.
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River Ave. Blues
Karen Guregian / Boston Herald:
Snyder grateful for Schilling's advice — FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Four years ago, Kyle Snyder [stats] was in desperate need of a friend - and a lifeline. He found both in the guy playing catch with him every day in Tempe, Ariz. — His name was Curt Schilling [stats].
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Joe Capozzi / Palm Beach Post:
60 seconds with Stan Kasten, the president of the Washington Nationals — Joe Capozzi spoke with Stan Kasten, the president of the Washington Nationals. — The Marlins and Nationals will play the last home opener at RFK Stadium on April 2. Will President Bush throw out the first pitch?
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Capitol Punishment
