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6:50 PM ET, December 14, 2007

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 Top News: 
Mark Feinsand / NY Daily News:
Jose Canseco: A-Rod got off hook  —  More than 80 players were named in one capacity or another in the Mitchell Report, but Jose Canseco was certain there would be at least one more name in the document: Alex Rodriguez.  —  Canseco, who was one of the players named by Sen. George Mitchell in the report …
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JPSchmack / Mets Refugees:
Not That We're Bitter...  Food for thought: Four members …
Discussion: Mike's Mets and Mets Lifers
Jose De Jesus Ortiz / Houston Chronicle:
Clemens enlists attorney to fight steroid allegations
Discussion: Mets Today and River Ave. Blues
Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
Phillies, Padres hoping to land Jenkins  —  FOXSports.com, Updated 21 minutes ago  —  LIKE THIS STORY?  —  The Philadelphia Phillies and San Diego Padres have emerged as the leading contenders for free-agent outfielder Geoff Jenkins.  —  "Things are definitely heating up with Philly and San Diego …
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Tim Brown / Yahoo! Sports:
Rusch signs with Padres  —  Left-hander Glendon Rusch, who sat out all of last season after being diagnosed with a life-threatening blood clot in his right lung in September 2006, agreed Friday to a minor-league contract with the San Diego Padres.  —  After nearly a year on blood thinners …
Discussion: MLB Trade Rumors
Steve King / philly.com:
Phillies - Source: Phils have interest in Texas castoff Otsuka
Tom Krasovic / San Diego Union-Tribune:
Caminiti heads list from Padres' past
Discussion: MLB Trade Rumors
Steve Gilbert / MLB.com:
D-backs add Haren, deal Valverde  —  Separate trades announced Friday afternoon  —  PHOENIX — The D-backs completed a deal to acquire right-handers Dan Haren and Connor Robertson from the A's in exchange for six prospects, it was announced Friday afternoon.
Patrick J. Lyons / The Lede:
Should the Yankees Be Stripped of the Subway Series Title?  —  Baseball afficionados will be chewing for months on the implications of the Mitchell Report concerning the widespread use of steroids and other banned performance-enhancing substances in the national pastime.
Discussion: MetsBlog.com
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Mike Vaccaro / New York Post:
TAINTED TITLES LOSE SOME JUICE
New York Times:
Questions After the Report  —  Q: Who got the blame for baseball's drug problem?  —  A: "Everyone involved in baseball over the past two decades — commissioners, club officials, the players' association and players — shares to some extent the responsibility for the steroids era," George J. Mitchell said.
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Associated Press:
Floyd agrees to $3M, 1-year deal with Rays  —  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Cliff Floyd agreed Friday to a $3 million, one-year contract with the Tampa Bay Rays, who were searching for a left-handed hitter and someone to help replace Delmon Young in right field.
Discussion: Rays Index and The Heater
La Velle E. Neal III / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Plan to add offense takes big detour with Everett signing  —  The Twins, in need of a shortstop, gave light-hitting Astros castoff Adam Everett a one-year, $2.8 million deal.  —  The Twins want to improve their offense this offseason, but they spent Thursday making sure they have a reliable shortstop …
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Joe / Around the Majors:
Twins sign Adam Everett
Discussion: Fox Sports and AaronGleeman.com
TR Sullivan / Postcards from Elysian Fields:
Friday Happy Hour at the Elysian Fields Bar & Grill  —  Welcome to the Elysian Fields Bar & Grill, where we toast a real hero.  It was on this day in 1911 when Roald Amundsen and his team reached the South Pole for the first time.  —  * The Rangers were ready to trade Akinori Otsuka …
Discussion: Lone Star Ball and Bless You Boys
Jim Bouton / Bats:
One Strike and You're Out  —  Jim Bouton, an all-star pitcher with the New York Yankees in the 1960s, retired from baseball in 1970 to become a broadcaster and author.  He wrote "Ball Four," a candid look at life in baseball.  In 1978, he attempted a comeback, which lasted two years.
Discussion: Unfiltered and FanHouse
Associated Press:
Rangers' minor league SS suspended 50 games  —  NEW YORK — A teenage shortstop in the Texas Rangers organization was suspended Friday for the first 50 games of next season after testing positive for a performance-enhancing substance under baseball's minor league drug program.
John Brattain / Hardball Times:
Gutted Fish  —  Take heart Marlins fans—you have Larry Beinfest.  —  Right now, he is the only thing about the management side of the club that can be referred to as "major league."  As to the trade of Miguel Cabrera and Dontrelle Willis for outfielderCameron Maybin …
Discussion: Baseball Musings and THE BOOK
Joe Hamrahi / Baseball Digest Daily:
Royals Pick Up Callaspo from D-Backs  —  The Kansas City Royals have acquired switch-hitting infielder Alberto Callaspo from the Arizona Diamondbacks in exchange for right-handed pitcher Billy Buckner.  —  News from the release...  The 24-year old Callaspo (Ky-AWS-po) …
Andy Baggarly / Baseball America:
San Francisco Giants  —  Baseball America's Top 10 Prospects lists are based on projections of a player's long-term worth after discussions with scouting and player-development personnel.  All players who haven't exceeded the major league rookie standards of 130 at-bats or 50 innings pitched …
Discussion: El Lefty Malo
Dan Caesar / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Some media blow it by targeting Pujols  —  What's more important, getting a story out or getting a story right?  —  That question surged to the forefront Thursday, when rumors that the Cardinals' Albert Pujols was on the list of those implicated in the Mitchell investigation of steroid use …
 
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