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Tony Massarotti / Clubhouse Insider:
Schilling Issue Serious — Roughly a week before pitchers and catchers are due to report to spring training, the Herald has learned today that right-hander Curt Schilling has a significant shoulder injury that could end the veteran right-hander's season and is causing tension and friction between the player and club.
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Curt Schilling / 38 Pitches:
My shoulder — Speculation is rampant right now. I see the Sox just released a statement. — At the time we negotiated the 2008 contract I passed all physical exams and testing, as well as the MRI the club required me to take. I knew in my heart of hearts that the extra time I was giving …
Boston Globe:
Schilling sidelined with more shoulder issues — Sox pitcher not expected to be ready for start of spring training — Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling is not expected to be ready for the start of spring training because of shoulder issues, much like the ones that caused the club to shut …
Gordon Edes / Boston Globe:
Sources: Schilling out until All-Star break at least — Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling will not have shoulder surgery for what appears to be a partial tear of his rotator cuff, despite the recommendation of the doctor who operated on the shoulder in 1995, and will follow …
Ian Browne / MLB.com:
Reports: Shoulder sidelines Schilling — Veteran right-hander might be out until All-Star break — BOSTON — Just when it seemed the Red Sox were going to have perhaps their smoothest offseason in recent memory, news surfaced Thursday that veteran starting pitcher Curt Schilling …
Ben Shpigel / New York Times:
Santana Easily Navigates Bumper-to-Bumper Coverage — Johan Santana entered the Diamond Club at Shea Stadium to a song played by the Mexican rock band Maná, one of his favorite groups, and then waited in the front row as one famous Santana was used to introduce another.
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Sports Illustrated:Tom Verducci: Santana nearly called off Mets deal
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Associated Press:
Cost of Yankees' new upscale stadium hits $1.3B — NEW YORK — The new Yankee Stadium will have party suites, a members-only restaurant, a martini bar and a price tag to match all the luxury — $1.3 billion, up from the original estimate of $1 billion. — “We tried to reflect a five-star hotel …
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Marty Noble / MLB.com:
Yanks to keep Stadium's hallowed name — Team announces its rejection of corporate appellation — NEW YORK — No one does the Yankees as well as the Yankees. No professional sports franchise carries itself so consistently, so majestically and, at the same time, so simply.
Jeff Zrebiec / Baltimore Sun:
Bedard in Seattle for physical — LHP's tests final step of 6-player deal; examination expected to extend into Friday — Erik Bedard arrived in Seattle on Thursday afternoon to take a physical, the final step in the completion of the long-awaited six-player deal between the Orioles and Mariners.
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seattlepi.com Mariners blog:
Bedard is finally heading for Seattle — Erik Bedard is — gasp — no longer at home in Ottawa. — Bedard is en route to Seattle as of Thursday morning, setting up a physical exam later in the day and an announcement of the completion of a trade between Baltimore and Seattle that will bring Bedard into the Mariners' fold.
New York Post:
PEDRO'S FOWL BALL — A sickening video of New York Mets pitcher Pedro Martinez and legendary Hall of Famer Juan Marichal laughing at a gruesome cockfight in the Dominican Republic was posted - and then quickly taken off - YouTube. — Martinez and Marichal, among the best pitchers of all time …
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ESPN.com:
Photos offered in hopes of incriminating Clemens — WASHINGTON — While Roger Clemens wrapped up his day of door-to-door lobbying Congress, Brian McNamee's attorneys presented two color photographs of needles, vials of testosterone and other evidence turned over to the government …
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John Manuel / Baseball America Prospects Blog:
Pirates Hire BA's Kline — For the second time this offseason, a major league organization has hired a member of the Baseball America editorial staff to fill a position on its scouting staff. — The Pittsburgh Pirates announced Wednesday the hiring of Chris Kline as an area scout.
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David Lennon / On the Mets beat:
Mets settle with Church for $2 million — The Mets avoided arbitration with outfielder Ryan Church today when the two sides agreed on a one-year worth $2 million. Church had asked for $2.45 million; the Mets had initially countered with $1.75 million. That leaves Oliver Perez …
