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Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
After long process, M's finally nab Bedard — Ken Rosenthal has been the senior baseball writer for FOXSports.com since Aug. 2005. He appears weekly on the FSN Baseball Report and MLB on FOX. — The Erik Bedard trade finally is official. — The Mariners have obtained Bedard …
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Jeff Zrebiec / Baltimore Sun:
O's trade Bedard to Mariners — It's official: Ace dealt to Seattle for OF Jones, reliever Sherrill, three prospects — Erik Bedard, the Orioles' first true ace since Mike Mussina, was traded today to the Seattle Mariners for five players, including promising young outfielder Adam Jones.
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Mr. Irrelevant
Associated Press:
Mariners acquire Orioles' Bedard for five prospects — BALTIMORE — Left-hander Erik Bedard was acquired by the Seattle Mariners from the Baltimore Orioles on Friday in a long-delayed trade for five prospects. — Baltimore received outfielder Adam Jones, who will probably start in center field on Opening Day.
Steve Silva / Boston Globe:
Dr. Morgan on Schilling's painful shoulder — If Curt Schilling does not have surgery, his physician is of the opinion that the Sox righty may never pitch again. — Dr. Craig Morgan, who operated on Curt Schilling's shoulder twice, in 1995 and 1999, and whom Schilling sought out for a second opinion …
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Nick Cafardo / Boston Globe:
Rehabilitation may help Sox in long run — The Red Sox medical staff had performed enough MRIs, CAT scans, and X-rays to know what was left in Curt Schilling's right arm: not much. There was certainly debate in the organization about the merits of bringing him back for one more year.
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 …
NY Daily News:
Brian McNamee testified Roger Clemen's wife took HGH — Brian McNamee told congressional investigators Thursday that Roger Clemens' wife took human growth hormone before she appeared with the pitcher in Sports Illustrated's swimsuit issue in 2003, according to a Washington source.
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Tim Marchman / New York Sun:
Pedro's ‘Fowl Play’ a Case Of Misdirected Outrage — Everyone knows that Pedro Martinez is a fighter. He once drilled the first batter he saw in a game, got into a fistfight with him, and set down the next 24 men in order, ending up with a one-hitter. In a playoff game five years ago …
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King Kaufman's Sports Daily — Texas Rangers hire Nolan Ryan. Either he's joking around or he'll need help finding the stadium. — Let's just say for the sake of argument that you're a Texas Rangers fan. I know it's all about the Lansing Lugnuts for you but go with me for a minute.
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David Gassko / Hardball Times:
It's the Hardball Times Season Preview 2008! — About a year-and-a-half ago, I spent a good number of hours trying to convince Dave Studeman that publishing book a year wasn't enough, that in addition to The Hardball Times Annual, our annual review of the previous season …
David Pinto / Baseball Musings:
Team Offense, San Francisco Giants — We continue to look at team offenses for 2008 with the San Francisco Giants. … In 2007, the Giants scored 4.22 runs per game. — I plugged in a likely lineup to the Lineup Analysis Tool, using the Marcel the Monkey predictions from Tom Tango.
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Purple Row
Dejan Kovacevic / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Pirates take a look at Colon in Dominican — But team not yet seen as suitor for free-agent starter — The Pirates are one of three teams scouting former Cy Young Award winner Bartolo Colon in the Dominican Republic, but there was no indication yesterday that their interest extended beyond window-shopping.
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Honest Wagner
Steve Kelley / The Seattle Times:
New Mariner R.A. Dickey committed to knuckleball — Every major-leaguer thinks he can throw a knuckleball. Watch the players in front of the dugout before a game dueling with their knucklers, trying to handcuff each other with their best butterflies. — Bret Boone threw one before games.
Richard Sandomir / New York Times:
You Can't Buy the Naming Rights, but Call It the Billion-Dollar Ballpark — The old Yankee Stadium cost Jacob Ruppert and Tillinghast Huston $2.5 million to build and $100 million (or so) for the city to rebuild. The cost to replace it is now about $1.2 billion — not $930 million ($830 million and financing) as originally estimated.
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MY BASEBALL BIAS
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Marty Noble / MLB.com:Yanks to keep Stadium's hallowed name
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Mike Celizic / MSNBC:
Joba off to pen; Yanks should leave him there — New York bullpen needs Chamberlain to bridge the gap to Rivera — Joba Chamberlain posted a 0.38 ERA in 24 innings out of the bullpen last year. That's one reason Mike Celizic says he should stay in the pen.
Todd Zolecki / philly.com:
Phillies, Bruntlett reach accord — The big one still remains. — The Phillies and first baseman Ryan Howard appear headed to a salary arbitration hearing Feb. 20 in Florida, but yesterday the Phillies avoided arbitration with utility infielder Eric Bruntlett when they agreed to a one-year …
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MLB Rumors
