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MLB.com:
Zumaya underwent surgery on Wednesday — DETROIT — The Detroit Tigers today announced righthanded pitcher Joel Zumaya underwent surgery yesterday at the Scripps Clinic in San Diego. Zumaya had an AC joint reconstruction on his right shoulder, a procedure performed by Dr. Heinz Hoenecke and Dr. Jan Fronek.
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Jason Beck / MLB.com:
Reliever Zumaya to miss first half of '08 — Righty has surgery after sustaining injury during evacuation — DETROIT — Thankfully, Joel Zumaya did not lose his home or his family in the San Diego wildfires. Whether he lost his fastball should be trivial by comparison, but after a freak accident …
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The Daily Fungo
Associated Press:
Zumaya injured during fires; out until midseason? — DETROIT — Tigers reliever Joel Zumaya is expected to be sidelined until midseason after injuring his throwing shoulder while moving items during the California wildfires. — Zumaya had surgery Wednesday on his right shoulder in San Diego.
Dylan Hernandez / Los Angeles Times:
Torre is new Dodgers manager — The former Yankees manager signs a three-year deal to replace Grady Little, who resigned Tuesday. News conference is scheduled for Monday. — It's official: Joe Torre is the new manager of the Dodgers. — Torre and the Dodgers finalized a three-year deal today …
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Ken Gurnick / MLB.com:
It's official: Dodgers hire Torre — Ex-Yankees skipper brought in to replace Little in LA — LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers made it official on Thursday, hiring future Hall of Fame manager Joe Torre to replace Grady Little, who resigned on Tuesday. — Why Joe Torre?
ESPN:
Torre succeeds Little as Dodgers manager — LOS ANGELES — Joe Torre was hired Thursday to manage the Los Angeles Dodgers, taking the job two weeks after walking away from the New York Yankees. — Torre's contract is for three years and slightly more than $13 million, ESPN.com's Jayson Stark reports …
MSNBC:
Bonds would boycott Hall of Fame over asterisk — If Hall displays HR ball with asterisk, slugger won't step inside Cooperstown — NEW YORK - Barry Bonds would boycott Cooperstown if the Hall of Fame displays his record-breaking home run ball with an asterisk. — That includes skipping his potential induction ceremony.
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Quo Vadimus
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Associated Press:
Giants acknowledge interest in A-Rod — SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco Giants general manager Brian Sabean plans to "kick the tires" to determine the feasibility of signing free agent Alex Rodriguez, but characterized the team's chances of acquiring the slugger as "a reach."
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MLB Trade Rumors
NY Daily News:
Mets target Posada while Yankees move slowly on catcher — In the past two weeks, the Yankees have severed ties with Joe Torre and Don Mattingly, two of the team's most popular figures of the past 20 years. Is Jorge Posada next? — Industry sources are becoming increasingly baffled …
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Tom Haudricourt / Brewers Blog:
Melvin willing to talk to Schilling — Doug Melvin has no idea what the odds are of Curt Schilling coming to Milwaukee. — But he's willing to find out. — Melvin told me last night that he'll place a call to Schilling's agent, Ed Hayes, to see what they have on their mind for 2008.
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MLB Trade Rumors
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Greg Spira / Baseball Prospectus:
The 2007 Internet Baseball Awards — Results and Wrap-Up — It's time to announce the winners of the 16th annual Internet Baseball Awards. More than 1,400 baseball fans from cyberspace participated in this effort to honor those players and managers whose performance in 2007 were most deserving.
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The Joy of Sox
Curt Schilling / 38 Pitches:
Talks begin and 38 Studios plugs along... So the first day of Free Agency begins. I cannot divulge names because the teams involved asked that I not do so at this point, but the first day resulted in initial contact with 3 teams. Kind of weird to be doing this with no agent but at the same time pretty cool.
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SOX & Dawgs
Sports Illustrated:
NL East Hot Stove Preview — 2007 Attendance: 3.1 million, sixth in the NL — Key Free Agents (2007) — INF-S Abraham Nunez (club option declined) — Key Free Agents (2008) — Key Long-Term Commitments — 2B-L Chase Utley, $13.1M/year through 2013 — RHP Brett Myers, $10.25M/year through 2009
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Mets Today
Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Cashman addresses some issues — Just returned from the Stadium. The televised part of the press conference was pretty standard. — Joe Girardi and Brian Cashman met with the print writers later on and that's where we got some information. — The coaching staff will be as was reported here.
Adam Rubin / NY Daily News:
Mets pick up Moises Alou's option for 2008 — Moises Alou wants to complete some unfinished business with the Mets: reaching the postseason and beyond. He will get that chance, after the Mets picked up his $7.5 million option on Wednesday. The team also announced the re-signing …
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