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Jack Curry / New York Times:
A Bitter Rivalry Finds a Little Common Ground — WAYNE, N.J. — For 365 days each year, the Yankees and the Boston Red Sox are ferocious rivals. With offices that are only 206 miles apart, Brian Cashman, the general manager of the Yankees, and Theo Epstein, Cashman's counterpart with the Red Sox …
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John Harper / NY Daily News:
Cash prefers Yankee youngsters over Johan — With Red Sox GM Theo Epstein sitting nearby on the same stage, Brian Cashman made it pretty clear that if it's up to him, the Yankees will not make the much-discussed deal for Johan Santana. — And if Epstein's reaction is any indication, neither will the Red Sox.
Bob Klapisch / NorthJersey.com:
Time to act, Mets — Colleague Steve Popper offered the Mets sound advice in Wednesday's Record, urging them to hurry up and trade for Johan Santana. Whatever it takes, is the message Omar Minaya needs to hear, because unless Santana is wearing a Mets' uniform by opening day, they can forget about winning the East in 2008.
Mike Puma / New York Post:
CASHMAN: JOHAN'S NOT THE KEY — Brian Cashman won the popular vote last night in what he joked beforehand was the equivalent of a Hillary Clinton-Barack Obama debate. — The Yankee GM actually was a guest lecturer, joined onstage by his Red Sox counterpart Theo Epstein …
Dejan Kovacevic / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Bay disappointed by Pirates' lack of roster moves — GM responds that team ‘pursued many pieces,’ but found no fair value — Jason Bay happily signs autographs along with Neil Walker and Bob Friend at PirateFest at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center last night.
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Joe Cowley / Chicago Sun Times:
Sox in Brief: Extension for Jenks in works — White Sox general manager Ken Williams is among the first to admit mistakes were made last offseason — namely that he discounted the effect that pending free agency would have on players such as Jermaine Dye and Mark Buehrle.
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Evan Grant / Dallas Morning News:
Minors make major strides for Texas Rangers — egrant@dallasnews.com — The Rangers' organization's talent level has made the biggest one-year jump in Baseball America's rankings since the trade publication started doing an annual list in 2001. — The Rangers, who ranked 28th …
Daniel MacDonald / canberra.yourguide.com.au:
Canberra teenager bound for the New York Yankees — The latest Canberra teenager bound for the big US baseball leagues is expected to sign a seven-year deal with the New York Yankees today. — Kyle Perkins, 16, joins the world's most renowned baseball club after being spotted …
Jeff Fletcher / Santa Rosa Press-Democrat:
Beane beaming with enthusiasm — GM will answer questions about decision to rebuild team at today's Fan Fest — DANVILLE — Although no one is going to pick the A's to go to the playoffs this season, Billy Beane's enthusiasm for 2008 hasn't dimmed. — Just the opposite, in fact.
Associated Press:
Twins closer Nathan content to wait for an offer — MINNEAPOLIS — Joe Nathan is just sitting in the bullpen, waiting for the call. — “We're in a good spot. We know what our value is. We know what the market value is, and that's what we're going to be looking for,” …
David Pinto / Baseball Musings:
Team Offense, New York Mets — We continue to look at team offenses for 2008 with the New York Mets. … In 2007, the Mets scored 4.96 runs per game. — I plugged in a likely lineup to the Lineup Analysis Tool, using the Marcel the Monkey predictions from Tom Tango.
Tim Dierkes / MLB Trade Rumors:
Brian Bannister Q&A, Part 1 — We've done some Q&As with players before - Curtis Granderson, Jason Hirsh, and Michael Barrett. This time, for our Brian Bannister Q&A, we had readers submit the questions. Brian really went the extra mile to accomodate, providing thoughtful and elaborate answers.
NY Daily News:
MLB's cheats are closer to being public — There was a big enough thunderclap when George Mitchell named 89 players in his report on performance-enhancing drug use in Major League Baseball. Now, government lawyers might potentially upstage the former senator, thanks to a dense …
Aaron Sharockmann / St. Petersburg Times:
Rays say losses surpass $20M … ST. PETERSBURG - The Rays have lost between $20-million and $30-million since 2005, a team executive revealed Friday as he made the case for a new stadium downtown. — Rays president Matthew Silverman said during a televised luncheon with more than 100 community …
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