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Peter Abraham / The Journal News:
Girardi begins ‘no-win’ job with Yankees — The Yankees haven't had a new manager since 1996, when an affable broadcaster named Joe Torre replaced Buck Showalter. Bill Clinton was in the White House. Michael Jordan was running with the Bulls, and the Dow Jones industrial average had yet to crack 6,000.
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Anthony McCarron / NY Daily News:
Jeter springs for stability — TAMPA - A ball takes two hops on green grass before a glove snares it. As he makes the ensuing throw, the man with the glove yelps, “Ouch!” — On most workdays for Derek Jeter, he is playing shortstop in front of 50,000 fans, a sizable television audience and a crowded press box.
Newsday:
Trainer: Roger Clemens was at party — Roger Clemens' former trainer, Brian McNamee, is prepared to tell a congressional hearing Wednesday that he has a “vivid recollection” of the pitcher describing a scene at a party in Miami in 1998 that McNamee says he and Clemens attended.
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Marty Noble / MLB.com:
At camp, all eyes will be on Santana — Prized acquisition's every move will be scrutinized, celebrated — The scars had begun to fade on their own. And they might have vanished without assistance in another four or five decades. Time takes its sweet time, doesn't it?
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Jason Beck / MLB.com:
For Tigers, the playoff chase begins now — Detroit hopes outlook on paper translates to success on field — DETROIT — The Tigers have been touted as one of baseball's best teams on paper since their trade for Miguel Cabrera and Dontrelle Willis in December. This week, they'll finally start putting that team on the field.
Joe Frisaro / MLB.com:
Marlins single-game tickets on sale — Club may play July 28-30 series against Mets in Puerto Rico — MIAMI — Individual game tickets went on sale for the Marlins' 2008 regular-season games on Saturday morning. For now, however, one series remains in limbo.
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Amalie Benjamin / Boston Globe:
Youkilis signs for $3 million — Team wraps him up for '08 and avoids arbitration again — KEVIN YOUKILIS: Versatility valuable to Sox (Jim Davis/Globe Staff) — FORT MYERS, Fla. - Coming off a season in which Kevin Youkilis earned his first Gold Glove - and backed …
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Terence Moore / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
No successor-in-waiting planned for Braves, Cox — Since the incomparable Bobby Cox is entering his 27th year as a manager in the major leagues, including more than two decades with the Braves, it's logical to wonder if his bosses are tempted to lose their minds.
Eric Wilbur / Boston Globe:
Radio team announced — Entercom Boston announced its Red Sox radio team today for the 2008 season, a quartet of talent that includes WEEI midday host Dale Arnold. — Veteran play-by-play man Joe Castiglione is set to begin his 26th season of calling Red Sox games, while Dave O'Brien enters …
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C. David Kotok / Omaha World-Herald:
Rosenblatt work could force Royals out for 2 seasons — An extensive renovation of Rosenblatt Stadium likely would not force the College World Series to temporarily relocate to another city. — It's a different story for the Omaha Royals, however. — Mayor Mike Fahey said any Rosenblatt …
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Royals Review
Jonathan Littman / Yahoo! Sports:
Judge in Bonds case skeptical of Novitzky — Before a jury gets to decide if it believes Barry Bonds, the judge in the case may decide whether she believes Jeff Novitzky, the lead BALCO investigator. — Susan Ilston, the highly regarded district judge in the Bonds perjury case …
Dave Rouleau / The Biz of Baseball:
Interview - Jacques Doucet - Announcer, Montreal Expos — For 33 years of the tumultuous existence of the Montreal Expos, nobody had a front row seat like broadcaster Jacques Doucet. — Wherever you go in Quebec, many have lived the history of Nos Amours through this sympathetic man, including me.
Will Carroll / Baseball Prospectus:
San Diego Padres — One Padre watcher tells me that some of the problems that the Pads had last season resulted from Kelly Calabrese's pregnancy. Calabrese, the team's massage therapist and an extension of the medical staff, is a trusted therapist who did a lot to keep some of the players healthy.
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Clark Judge / CBS News:
Zorn gets job while another Jim gets jobbed — Tell Clark your opinion! — Jim Fassel deserved better than what he got from the Washington Redskins. And what he got was the shaft. — “This is a shock to me,” he said after the team hired Jim Zorn as head coach. — You're not alone, Jim.
Associated Press:
Rockies re-sign 3B Atkins to one-year deal — DENVER (AP) — Third baseman Garrett Atkins and the Colorado Rockies agreed Monday to a one-year contract worth $4,387,500. — Atkins batted .301 with 25 homers and 111 RBIs last season for the NL champions. — Eligible for arbitration …
