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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 …
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.
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
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
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
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.
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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