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Mike Fish / ESPN:
Radomski says McNamee holds truth, not Clemens … SAN FRANCISCO — Kirk Radomski, the former New York Mets clubhouse attendant, doesn't have a smoking needle. He never witnessed Roger Clemens being injected with steroids. Nor did he ask Brian McNamee, Clemens' former personal trainer …
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New York Times:
Report Backing Clemens Chooses Its Facts Carefully — Last week, Roger Clemens made the rounds on Capitol Hill to rebut charges by Brian McNamee, his former trainer, that he used steroids and human growth hormone late in his career. In addition to his denials, Clemens's agents …
Dayn Perry / Fox Sports:
Free-agent help is still available — Dayn Perry is a frequent contributor to FOXSports.com and author of the new book, “Winners: How Good Baseball Teams Become Great Ones” (Available now at Amazon.com). — With spring training just around the bend, you can probably guess that most noteworthy free agents have been signed.
Susan Slusser / San Francisco Chronicle:
A's sign Foulke — (02-08) 12:39 PST — Keith Foulke's best season came during his only year in Oakland, 2003. He led the league in saves, with 43, and he put up an ERA of 2.08. — Now, Foulke is back for another go-round with the A's, signing a $700,000 one-year major-league deal …
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Ben Shpigel / New York Times:
Meet David Wright, the Real Mr. Met — When Brian Schneider was traded to the Mets from the Washington Nationals in November, his first phone call came from the Nationals' general manager, Jim Bowden. Then he heard from Omar Minaya, the Mets' general manager.
Adam McCalvy / MLB.com:
Brewers pick up option on Yost for '09 — Skipper led club to first winning record in 15 seasons in 2007 — MILWAUKEE — Oops. — Brewers general manager Doug Melvin revealed Friday a notable offseason transaction that somehow fell through the cracks.
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Dom Amore / Hartford Courant:
Cano Can Set Worries Aside — UNCASVILLE - Robinson Cano can't relax, but now he can go to the plate with a clear head. — “Now I don't have to worry if something happens, if I get hurt,” said Cano, who signed a four-year, $30 million contract with the Yankees Thursday. “I have security.
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John Hickey / Seattle Post-Intelligencer:
Mariners' wait over — Weeks in making, deal with Orioles for Bedard done — Did the Mariners give up too much in trading for Erik Bedard? — Seattle completed its deal with Baltimore on Friday, sending outfielder Adam Jones, left-handed reliever George Sherrill and three minor league …
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Associated Press:
NL Spring Training Capsules — A team-by-team look at the National League entering spring training, including key players each club acquired and lost, reporting dates and 2008 outlook: — NL East — Manager: Charlie Manuel (fourth season). — 2007: 89-73, first place. — Training Town: Clearwater, Fla.
Jack Curry / New York Times:
Girardi Is Leaving a Lot Behind — CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. — Joe Girardi had tears in his eyes, tears that have been building for months, even years, and tears that were close to covering his face. But Girardi, the manager of the Yankees, stared upward, plowed through his thoughts and kept the tears from escaping.
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Chris De Luca / Chicago Sun Times:
Here's a few 2nd thoughts — Orioles' Roberts has reappeared on Cubs' wish list — Now that the Erik Bedard trade finally is signed and sealed, the Brian Roberts watch resumes in Chicago. — It has been a whirlwind ride already. — A month ago, it looked as if the Baltimore Orioles …
Dennis Hevesi / New York Times:
Karl Ehrhardt, 83, Sign Man and Shea Stadium Fixture Is Dead — Karl Ehrhardt, who through championship seasons and woeful ones and grand slams and botched plays let the Mets know what he thought of them by raising block-lettered signs from his box seat behind third base at Shea Stadium, died Tuesday at his home in Glen Oaks, Queens.
Vincent M. Mallozzi / New York Times:
Mets Lore Lands in New Jersey Basement — Charlie Sobel received a rather unusual bar mitzvah gift in 1971. — “I was living in Brooklyn at the time, and I get this box in the mail from my Uncle Robert and I'm all excited,” he recalled. “I open it up and I see all these baseball drawings and I'm like, 'What's this junk?'
Michael Silverman / Boston Herald:
Curt had few options … One day after first, second and third opinions about the status of Curt Schilling [stats]'s ailing right shoulder were reported in an absolute blizzard of media coverage, the matter died down some yesterday. — Initially resistant, Schilling is now on board with the Red Sox …
