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Nick Cafardo / Boston Globe:
Johnny D arrives — ORLANDO — Johnny Damon just pulled up to the hotel here at the GM Meetings in his brand new Ferrari. He said he met with new Yankees' manager Joe Girardi and general manager Brian Cashman and received assurances that he would be the Yankee left fielder next season.
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Joel Sherman / New York Post:
HE MIGHT BE STAY-ROD — LONG SHOT ARBITRATION SCHEME COULD KEEP ALEX IN BRONX — The last tiny, but real, lifeline between the Yankees and Alex Rodriguez still exists - arbitration. — When asked last weekend if the Yanks would offer arbitration to Rodriguez, GM Brian Cashman said, "of course."
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River Ave. Blues
Murray Chass / New York Times:
Bidding War for Rodriguez Needs 2 Teams — Alex Rodriguez is not attending the general managers meetings, so no general managers have been throwing thousand dollar bills or offers at him. But his agent, Scott Boras, isn't ready to entertain any offers yet.
Mark Feinsand / NY Daily News:
Angels join Mets in chase for A-Rod — LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - Scott Boras is scheduled to meet with the Mets this week concerning you-know-who, and Tuesday the new GM of the Angels certainly made it known his team will be in the A-Rod sweepstakes. — But other than the Giants and Dodgers …
Mark Feinsand / NY Daily News:
Yankees want Miguel Cabrera, won't trade big three pitchers — LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - If the Yankees want Miguel Cabrera to succeed Alex Rodriguez as their third baseman, it's going to cost them. — Brian Cashman met with the Marlins at about 6 p.m. last night at the GM meetings.
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Hot Stove New York, Pinstripe Alley, Baseball Musings, NJ.com, The House That Dewey Built, Replacement Level … and FanHouse
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Nick Cafardo / Boston Globe:
Earning his keep — Schilling stays, with incentives; Sox still pitching with Lowell — ORLANDO, Fla. - A telltale sign that Mike Lowell is returning to the Red Sox? Yankees manager Joe Girardi and general manager Brian Cashman both commented yesterday that they will have to make a deal …
Ken Davidoff / Newsday:
Mets covet pitching most, not A-Rod — The Mets have their sites set on improving their pitching, and Red Sox reliever Eric Gagne is among those they could sign this offseason. (Getty Images Photo) — ORLANDO, Fla. - As of dinnertime last night, the Mets had yet to meet with Scott Boras …
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Paul Hagen / philly.com:
Phillies looking at Japanese pitching star — ORLANDO, Fla. - Curt Schilling may not have been the Phillies' No. 1 choice to address their desperate need to add a starting pitcher, but the news that he opted to remain with the Boston Red Sox hit the team harder than they probably wanted to let on.
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Adam Rubin / NY Daily News:
A-Rod who? David Wright wins Gold Glove — LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - David Wright deserves all kinds of praise for his 2007 season, but winning a Gold Glove Award at third base? That apparently even surprised the Mets. — Wright and Carlos Beltran both were awarded Gold Gloves Tuesday …
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Riding with Rickey
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Ken Davidoff / Newsday:
Notebook: Baseball GMs approve replay for home runs — ORLANDO, Fla. - Baseball's general managers sent their strongest message yet to Bud Selig that they want instant replay. But developments in the game progress at "glacier-like movement," Major League Baseball executive vice president Jimmie Lee Solomon …
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Will Carroll / Unfiltered:Replay, Fire, and More ... While BP's not at the GM meetings …
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El Guapo's Ghost Rambles …
Jenifer Langosch / MLB.com:
Huntington fills out front-office staff — New Pirates GM hires key personnel to manage farm system — PITTSBURGH — Continuing to fill critical personnel vacancies, general manager Neal Huntington filled out his baseball operations team by naming the organization's farm director …
Troy E. Renck / Denver Post:
Rocks' focus: contracts — ORLANDO, FLA. — As trade talk began to percolate at the general managers meetings, the Rockies' focus shifted Tuesday to contracts. — Colorado has made two-year offers to second baseman Kazuo Matsui and catcher Yorvit Torrealba and settled on the multiyear proposal …
Jeff Passan / Yahoo! Sports:
Indians exercise Byrd option, not good judgment — By now, it is obvious that the folks who own and operate Major League Baseball franchises could not give a fat rat's behind about past use of performance-enhancing drugs. No matter what George Mitchell and his band of merry barristers uncover …
Nick Piecoro / Arizona Republic:
Diamondbacks' owner defends Williams — Owner says former D-Backs player used HGH to speed his recovery — Former Diamondbacks third baseman Matt Williams, a key member of the club's 2001 championship team and one of the team's minority owners, bought more than $22,000 worth …
Discussion:
AZ Snakepit
Alex Beam / Boston Globe:
The sorrow and the pity: a Bronx tale — Admit it, now that the World Series trophy has paraded through every Middlesex village and farm. You are starting to feel a little sorry for them. The New York Yankees, I mean. — Truth be told, they are pathetic.
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MY BASEBALL BIAS
Fran Spielman / Chicago Sun Times:
'84 Series would have been at Comiskey — Former commissioner Ueberroth says no lights at Wrigley was deciding factor — If the 1984 Cubs had defeated the San Diego Padres to capture the National League pennant, the World Series would have been played at — gasp — Comiskey Park.
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The Cub Reporter
