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Michael Silverman / Boston Herald:
Gagne signing gives Sox extra pick — Milwaukee inks righty … The Red Sox [team stats] will gain an extra pick in the June draft thanks to the Milwaukee Brewers' decision to sign reliever Eric Gagne to a one-year deal. — Gagne's deal is worth a reported $10 million …
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Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
Bradley agrees to deal with Rangers — LIKE THIS STORY? — Free-agent outfielder Milton Bradley has reached preliminary agreement on a one-year contract with the Texas Rangers, according to a major-league source. — The deal, pending a physical, will give Bradley the chance to serve …
Nick Canepa / San Diego Union-Tribune:
Peavy may have to fan 27 per game — O come now, all ye Padres faithful. Have yourself a merry little Faith Cocktail, on the rocks, with a dash of bitters. An acquired taste, granted, but maybe not so harsh on the throat. — We'll have to see how it goes down. Meanwhile, pull up a stool.
T.R. Sullivan / MLB.com:
Bradley, Rangers reach agreement — Pending physical, one-year contract worth $5 million — ARLINGTON — The Rangers, having lost out on reliever LaTroy Hawkins, have reached an agreement on a one-year contract with free-agent outfielder Milton Bradley, according to Major League sources.
Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
Yankees close to signing reliever Hawkins — LIKE THIS STORY? — The Yankees, rebuilding their setup corps, are close to signing free-agent right-hander LaTroy Hawkins to a one-year contract believed to be worth approximately $3.75 million, according to major-league sources.
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Associated Press:
Report: Hawkins, Yanks agree to one-year deal — NEW YORK — Moving to shore up their weak middle relief, the New York Yankees reached a preliminary agreement on a $3.75 million, one-year contract with right-hander LaTroy Hawkins. — Hawkins' deal is subject to him passing a physical …
Mike Petraglia / MLB.com:
Sox host Christmas at Fenway — Players, coaches, fans spread annual holiday cheer — BOSTON — In the middle of Fenway Park's EMC Club on Saturday, some 20 boys and girls gathered around a stage decorated with holiday poinsettias to ask questions. — They weren't making requests to Santa Claus …
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Troy E. Renck / Denver Post:
Huge payrolls putting AL in league of its own — NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Pulling a piece of black luggage almost as big as himself, Yankees general manager Brian Cashman rushed out of the Opryland Resort on Thursday, pulling the curtain on the winter meetings. — If baseball had a sense of humor …
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Joe Posnanski:
Talking with the Prez — I always thought Groucho Marx went a few words too far when he said, "I don't care to belong to a club that accepts people like me as members." I believe he could have just said: "I don't care to belong to a club." Left it there.
Richard Sandomir / New York Times:
Larsen's Feat Lives in Amateur Movies — On Oct. 8, 1956, Saul Terry took his 8-millimeter camera to Yankee Stadium, where he and his wife settled into seats in the right-field bleachers, which would cast occasional clouds of darkness onto his film. — Terry was not the only amateur cinematographer at Game 5 of the World Series.
Associated Press:
Report: Fukudome decides in favor of MLB move — NAGOYA, Japan — Japanese free-agent Kosuke Fukudome has decided not to move to the Yomiuri Giants and will sign with a major league team instead, the Nikkansports newspaper reported Sunday. — Fukudome had previously indicated the Giants …
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George King / New York Post:
PAVANO WILL ACCEPT ASSIGNMENTTO MINORS — "American Idle" Carl Pavano spoke to Brian Cashman on Friday at the Stadium and said he is going to accept a minor-league assignment after the Yankees release him from the final year of a disastrous four-year, $39.95 million contract.
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