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ESPN.com:
Yankees hire Girardi to succeed Torre as skipper — NEW YORK — Joe Girardi is back in pinstripes, taking over as New York Yankees manager from his mentor. — Girardi was hired Tuesday, agreeing to a three-year contract to replace Joe Torre in New York's dugout.
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Sports Illustrated:
Girardi picks Yankees over Dodgers — Turns down last-minute attempts from Dodgers — Joe Girardi, rebuffing last-minute attempts by the Dodgers to become their manager, has agreed to succeed Joe Torre as Yankees manager. — And, in a major twist, Torre may switch from the Yankees to the Dodgers.
NY Daily News:
Mariano Rivera meeting with Yankees to discuss new deal — A deal to bring Mariano Rivera back to the Bronx may be in the works, as the All-Star closer and his agent are meeting with the Yankees Tuesday at Legends Field. — Fernando Cuza, who represents Rivera, showed …
NY Daily News:
Joe Girardi agrees to 3-year deal to manage Yankees — DAILY NEWS STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS — Joe Girardi has agreed to a three-year contract to manage the Yankees. — The agreement to take over as Joe Torre's replacement is worth an average salary of at least $2 million annually …
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Pinstripe Alley
Peter Abraham / THE JOURNAL NEWS:
Torre to manage Dodgers; Mattingly will be his bench coach — The Los Angeles Dodgers have decided to fire manager Grady Little and replace him with former Yankees manager Joe Torre, The Journal News has learned. — Torre, 67, could be named manager as soon as tomorrow, according to two sources close to the situation.
Kobrien / On the Yankees beat:
Mattingly to be on conference call — There's still no word when the Yankees might formally announce the hiring of Joe Girardi as manager. They have yet to schedule a conference call. But runner-up Don Mattingly is having a conference call at 4 p.m., so I'll be sure to pass on his thoughts on the situation.
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MY BASEBALL BIAS
Tyler Kepner / New York Times:
Dodgers Could Reunite Torre and Mattingly — Joe Torre and Don Mattingly parted ways with the Yankees this month, but they may stay together in a major league dugout next season. — Two major league officials said yesterday that the Los Angeles Dodgers planned to fire Grady Little …
Bill Plaschke / Los Angeles Times:Hiring Torre's all right; treatment of Little's all wrong
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Can't Stop The Bleeding
Scott Miller / CBS SportsLine.com:
If you still like or support A-Rod, stop reading now — DENVER — Alex Rodriguez is a weasel. — Fantastic player. Great hitter. Fabulous, skilled, amazing, incredible hitter. GQ dresser. Nice eyes. — And a complete, colossal and utter weasel.
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Phillies Nation
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ESPN.com:
Schilling writes goodbye letters to Red Sox mates — BOSTON — Curt Schilling isn't going to make his teammates read his blog. He wrote some of them letters to say goodbye. — "I actually broke out a pen and paper the last couple days," Schilling said Tuesday in his weekly radio appearance …
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Troy E. Renck / Denver Post:
Holliday, others uncertain as business season begins — If only Matt Holliday could live in that snapshot. The night the Rockies clinched the National League Championship Series, he's wearing a smile and swimming goggles, his face splashed with champagne. — The Rockies were in the World Series.
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Mark Hale / New York Post:
A-ROD ON MENU AT MET MEETING — Exactly one month after their season stunningly collapsed, the Mets will hold organizational meetings today, and Alex Rodriguez surely will be one of the topics of discussion. — In addition to Rodriguez and what stance they should take with other free agents …
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Matthew Cerrone / MetsBlog.com:
Buzz: Mets Leaning Towards A-Rod — According to a MetsBlog.com poll of more than 3,600 people, 47 percent of those polled do not want free-agent 3B Alex Rodriguez on the Mets, while 38 percent do, leaving 15 percent undecided. — However, this morning, in a report for the Bergen Record, Bob Klapisch writes...
MLB.com:
Hackman suspended — The Office of the Commissioner of Baseball announced today that free agent Minor League player Luther Hackman has received a 50-game suspension for testing positive for a performance-enhancing substance in violation of the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program.
