Check out Mini-Ballbug for simple mobiles or Ballbug Mobile for modern smartphones.
10:15 PM ET, December 3, 2007

Ballbug

 Top News: 
Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
Nats acquire Dukes from Tampa Bay  —  FOXSports.com, Updated 10 minutes ago  —  LIKE THIS STORY?  —  The Washington Nationals have acquired outfielder Elijah Dukes from the Tampa Bay Rays in exchange for a minor-league player, FOXSports.com has learned.  —  The identity of the minor-league player …
RELATED:
Marc Topkin / The Heater:
Dukes traded to Nationals  —  The Rays finally had enough of Elijah Dukes.  —  The Rays confirmed and announced they have traded the troubled outfielder to the Nationals, and will get back minor-league left-hander Glenn Gibson, who was 4-3, 3.10 in 12 starts for short-season Class A Vermont this season.
Bill Ladson / MLB.com:
Nats acquire Dukes from Rays  —  NASHVILLE — The Nationals have acquired outfielder Elijah Dukes from the Tampa Bay Rays for a Minor Leaguer to be named later, according to a baseball source.  —  Dukes, 23, is a player Washington has coveted since the 2005 offseason.
Barry Svrluga / Nationals Journal:
Some details on Dukes  —  OK we just had someone with knowledge …
Barry Svrluga / Nationals Journal:
Elijah Dukes to Nationals?
Mike Fitzpatrick / Associated Press:
Rays deal troubled OF Dukes to Nationals
Discussion: Blogging Baseball and Rays Index
Tim Brown / Yahoo! Sports:
Erstad drawing interest
Discussion: MLB Trade Rumors
Adam McCalvy / MLB.com:
Brewers survey options on Day 1  —  Melvin discusses Rolen, needs for team at Winter Meetings  —  NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Brewers general manager Doug Melvin spent last week downplaying rumors that he is interested in trading for Cardinals third baseman Scott Rolen.
Discussion: MLB Trade Rumors
RELATED:
Matthew Leach / MLB.com:
Cardinals in no hurry to move Rolen  —  GM Mozeliak says focus remains on adding starting pitching  —  NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The question of Scott Rolen's future with the Cardinals dominates baseball discussion in St. Louis, and has been the most popular Cardinals-related topic …
Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
Bowden finally lands his prize  —  LIKE THIS STORY?  —  NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Cubs are facing significant competition for their No. 1 target, Japanese free-agent outfielder Kosuke Fukudome.  The Padres have emerged as a serious contender for Fukudome, according to major-league sources.
Tom Haudricourt / Brewers Blog:
Brewers talk to Cards about Rolen
Discussion: FanHouse and MLB Trade Rumors
Steve Gilbert / MLB.com:
D-backs trade Quentin to White Sox  —  Arizona receives Minor League first baseman Carter in return  —  NASHVILLE — The D-backs traded outfielder Carlos Quentin to the White Sox for Minor League first baseman Chris Carter on Monday.  —  Carter, who will turn 21 later this month …
RELATED:
Matthew Cerrone / MetsBlog.com:
News: D'Backs to Trade Quentin to White Sox
Discussion: AZ Snakepit
Tim Dierkes / MLB Trade Rumors:
D'Backs Trade Quentin To White Sox For Chris Carter
Associated Press:
ChiSox trade minor leaguer for D-backs' Quentin
Discussion: Lone Star Ball
Matthew Cerrone / MetsBlog.com:
News: O's to Meet the Mets about Bedard  —  Orioles COO Andy MacPhail says he expects to meet with Mets GM Omar Minaya about LHP Erik Bedard while in Nashville, reports Andrew Marchand of ESPN 1050 in New York.  —  ...thanks to the always-information jason b for the link...  To listen live to ESPN 1050, click here.
Discussion: MLB.com, Mariners Insider, ESPN and Hot Foot
RELATED:
Matthew Cerrone / MetsBlog.com:
Buzz: Mets work with O's on Bedard
Matthew Cerrone / MetsBlog.com:
Buzz: Mets work with O's on Bedard and Tejada
Discussion: Hot Foot
Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Pettitte takes $16 million, adding to total  —  Just received an e-mail back from Randy Hendricks.  —  Andy Pettitte will play for his original $16 million next season.  There are no options.  He decided on Saturday, they talked it over on Sunday and now it's done.
RELATED:
Rob Bradford / Bradford Files:
Lobby blogging: The Francona Rule  —  Red Sox manager Terry Francona officially has a rule named after him.  —  "There's going to be, for lack of a better term, a 'Francona Rule,'" said Bob Watson, Major League Baseball's Vice President of Rules and On-Field Operations.  "You can only wear your uniform top or jacket.
RELATED:
Rob Bradford / Boston Herald:
'Francona Rule' targets Tito's pullover
Discussion: SPORTSbyBROOKS
La Velle / Twins Insider:
Santana speaks (sort of) and Twins are mad about Hanky-Panky.  —  The Star Tribune has just been contacted by Johan Santana's agent, Peter Greenberg.  —  Greenberg said Santana is mad after reading reports that he's ordered the Twins to trade him to either Boston or New York.
Geoff Baker / Seattle Times:
Ibanez, Broussard, Sexson  —  Lots of rumors flying fast and furiously here in Nashville.  The best way to hear them is to leave the media room, walk about 15 minutes (or the equivalent of several city blocks) down to a main bar and lobby atrium, pictured below.
RELATED:
Carrie Muskat / MLB.com:
Cubs not content to wait in Nashville
Discussion: Baseball Prospectus
Curt Schilling / 38 Pitches:
Santana?  —  A rotation featuring Beckett, Santana as the top two is pretty much as good as it can get.  The thought of pitching behind these guys has to fire ya up.  That being said I look at it like this.  —  If we make the move we'll have done so with Theo knowing whatever he had to trade …
Discussion: Boston Globe and MY BASEBALL BIAS
Associated Press:
Kuhn elected to Hall of Fame; union adversary Miller left out again  —  NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Former commissioner Bowie Kuhn was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame by the revamped Veterans Committee on Monday while his longtime adversary, players' union boss Marvin Miller, was left out for the second time this year.
Mark Sheldon / MLB.com:
Meetings begin with no deals for Reds  —  Krivsky continues search for starting pitching in Nashville  —  NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Lots of talks, no deals.  —  The Reds, led by general manager Wayne Krivsky, spent much of the first day of the Winter Meetings on Monday looking for trade matches with other clubs.
Discussion: MLB Trade Rumors
David O'Brien / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Andruw to Dodgers?  Roaming, reporting from Nashvegas  —  There are about 400 laptops opened for business in this cavernous media work room, but only about 100 of them have people tapping at keyboards on this chilly Monday afternoon in Nashville.  Other laptops sit lonely, at the ready.
Discussion: MLB Trade Rumors and Chop-n-Change
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of Ballbug at 10:15 PM ET, December 3, 2007.

View the current page or another snapshot:


 
 See Also: 
Ballbug: site main
Ballbug River: reverse chronological Ballbug
Ballbug Mobile: for phones
Ballbug Leaderboard: Ballbug's top sources
 
 Subscribe: 
Ballbug RSS feed
 
 
 More News: 
Anthony Castrovince / MLB.com:
Tribe may make small tweaks to roster
Thomas Harding / MLB.com:
Rockies not shopping Fuentes
Discussion: MLB Trade Rumors
Jim Molony / NASHVILLE CONFIDENTIAL:
Cabrera field widens
Chris Kline / Baseball America Prospects Blog:
Rule 5 Update, Part One
 Earlier Picks: 
Gordon Edes / Boston Globe:
Besides the human tree, not much movin' here yet
Sal Baxamusa / Hardball Times:
Consistency is key
Discussion: Pinstripe Alley
Steve Henson / Yahoo! Sports:
Buzz from the winter meetings
 

 
From WeSmirch:

TMZ.com:
Josh and Heather Altman Leaving ‘Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles’

Melena Ryzik / New York Times:
Shawn Mendes Walked Away From Stardom. He's Ready to Talk About It.

Ty Stiklorius / New York Times:
Sean Combs Is a Chance to Remake the Music Industry

 
Sister Sites:

Techmeme
 Top news and commentary for technology's leaders, from all around the web
Mediagazer
 Top news and commentary for media professionals from all around the web
memeorandum
 What US political commentators are discussing online right now
WeSmirch
 The top celebrity news from all around the web on a single page