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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.
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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 …
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.
Discussion:
MY BASEBALL BIAS
Tim Marchman / New York Sun:
Signing Rodriguez Would Be a Classic Mets Blunder — Over the past 20 years, the Mets have always reliably followed on failure with stupidity, making the recent history of the franchise a sad litany of compounded error. After the teams of the late 1980s ended up in the gutter …
Joel Sherman / New York Post: HE MIGHT BE STAY-ROD — LONG SHOT ARBITRATION SCHEME COULD KEEP ALEX IN BRONX
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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Mark Hale / New York Post:
LO DUCA, METS FAR FROM A DEAL — The Mets met with Paul Lo Duca's agent on Monday afternoon, but the free-agent catcher is far from a deal with the team. — Andrew Mongelluzzi, Lo Duca's agent, confirmed the meeting to The Post yesterday and said that he was led to believe …
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 …
Discussion:
Riding with Rickey
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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Tyler Kepner / New York Times:
Life After Rodriguez May Include Cabrera — The Yankees finally had their long-awaited summit with Scott Boras at the general managers meetings Tuesday. Boras was returning from a workout, drenched in sweat, and he shook hands with General Manager Brian Cashman near a bank of elevators.
Marty Noble / MLB.com:
Wright joins Gold Glove class — Third baseman a first-time winner; center fielder Beltran repeats — NEW YORK — Weeks before he became the third Mets player to produce a 30-30 season, David Wright considered the significance of that round-number achievement. He knew it came with cachet and embraced what it suggested.
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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 …
Discussion:
El Guapo's Ghost Rambles …
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 …
Michael Silverman / Boston Herald:
Sox make play at third — Lowell now team's free agent focus … ORLANDO - One down, third base to go. — Now that the Red Sox [team stats] starting rotation is locked and loaded with Curt Schilling [stats] on board, the team can try to take care of its hot corner need …
Discussion:
Peter's Red Sox Forever
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Barry Svrluga / Washington Post:
Nats' Zimmerman Breaks Bone in Wrist — Washington Nationals third baseman Ryan Zimmerman broke a minor bone in his left wrist while swinging a bat over the weekend, an injury that will almost certainly require surgery but which club officials don't believe will hinder his preparation for the 2008 season.
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Paul Hagen / philly.com:
Get used to Phillies' 3B situation — ORLANDO, Fla. - Forget about the Phillies signing Mike Lowell as a free agent. — Forget about getting Garrett Atkins from the Rockies or taking a chance on dealing with the White Sox for Joe Crede. — In fact, in a pretty significant shift …
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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.
