Top News:
New York Times:
Pettitte Will Not Testify at Public Hearing — WASHINGTON — Roger Clemens and Brian McNamee will face off at a hearing of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on Wednesday without any testimony from two other ballplayers or a steroids distributor who had also been scheduled to testify …
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Newsday:
Congressman: Pettitte's account backs McNamee — The affidavit of Yankees pitcher Andy Pettitte helps to support the account of Brian McNamee, Roger Clemens' former trainer, that he gave Clemens injections of banned drugs, according to a ranking member of the congressional committee investigating the use of illegal drugs in baseball.
Discussion:
River Ave. Blues
Dan Wetzel / Yahoo! Sports:
Clemens is either innocent or stupid — Roger Clemens is either completely innocent or completely stupid. — There really isn't another option, not after Clemens has so aggressively defended himself against performance-enhancing drug charges that he has, perhaps unwittingly, raised the stakes to felony levels.
ESPN.com:
Pettitte, Radomski won't testify at steroid hearing — Only Clemens and McNamee Will Testify on Wednesday — New York Yankees pitcher Andy Pettitte, former Mets trainer Kirk Radomski, and former Yankee and Twins player Chuck Knoblauch will not testify before a congressional committee Wednesday in Washington D.C.
Discussion:
SOX & Dawgs
MLB.com:
Mets sign right-handed pitcher Tony Armas Jr. — FLUSHING — The New York Mets today signed right-handed pitcher Tony Armas, Jr. to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. — Armas, 29, spent the entire 2007 season as a member of the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Discussion:
Mets Today
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Ian Browne / MLB.com:
It's status quo as Sox head to camp — With core of '07 championship team back, club sets aim high — The last image most New Englanders have of the Red Sox is the joyous celebration at the end of Game 4 in Colorado, which wrapped up the team's second World Series championship in four years.
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Spencer Fordin / MLB.com:
Trachsel returns with Minor League deal — O's invite righty to Spring Training to compete for rotation spot — BALTIMORE — The Orioles welcomed Steve Trachsel back into the fold with a Minor League contract Monday, marking the second straight season that the veteran has signed with Baltimore shortly before Spring Training.
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ESPN.com:
Rocker: Selig knew he was on steroids in '00 — John Rocker Goes On the Steroid Offensive — Former major league pitcher John Rocker said Monday that baseball commissioner Bud Selig knew he failed a drug test in 2000 and that doctors for the “league” and the “players association” …
Discussion:
SPORTSbyBROOKS, Associated Press, Baseball Time in Arlington, FanHouse, Rain Delay and iYankees
Jack Curry / New York Times:
Managing the Present in Order to Protect the Future — TAMPA, Fla. — Joba Chamberlain tossed a baseball over and over on a sunny Monday at the Yankees' minor league complex here. His valuable right arm was not wrapped in gauze. He did not have a pitching coach inquiring how he felt after each casual throw.
Ben Shpigel / New York Times:
Pelfrey Looks to Make Mets' Decision Difficult — PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — Mike Pelfrey is alone. Not stranded-in-the-Sahara alone. He did, after all, have a 2 p.m. tee time Monday with John Maine, Duaner Sánchez and others. But still, he is the only member from a group …
Discussion:
Ya Gotta Believe
Jack Curry / Bats:
Posada: Dodging Bats and Chasing Boston — Jorge Posada swung, his bat shattered and, for a millisecond, everyone around the batting cage gasped. After Posada's bat broke, a large chunk of it ricocheted off the backstop netting, the same side of the backstop where Derek Jeter was standing, and hit Posada in the right leg.
Maury Brown / The Biz of Baseball:
New Era/Spike Lee Launch “Spike Lee Joint” Collection — New Era Cap Co., Inc. announced today that it will be expanding its relationship with renowned filmmaker and devoted New York sports fan Spike Lee with the launch of a new series of exclusive caps dubbed the “Spike Lee Joint” Collection.
Mike Fish / ESPN:
Fish: Radomski opens up about steroids and baseball … SAN FRANCISCO — Sitting in an outdoor food court along Fisherman's Wharf, as Alcatraz Island and the infamous former federal prison lurk on the San Francisco Bay horizon, Kirk Radomski is reflecting on what ultimately might become the defining line in his obituary.
Mark Sheldon / MLB.com:
Reds reportedly interested in Lofton — Veteran outfielder played for Baker in San Fran, Chicago — CINCINNATI — The Reds could have interest in signing well-traveled veteran outfielder Kenny Lofton, according to a FOXSports.com report on Sunday night. — Lofton is one of several free agents …
Discussion:
The Griddle
