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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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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.
Brian Costello / New York Post:
DAMNING WORDS — REPORT: PETTITTE BACKED TRAINER VS. ROG — Andy Pettitte was excused yesterday from testifying against his friend Roger Clemens at a congressional hearing - but it appears Pettitte already has done plenty of damage to Clemens' contention that he never used steroids or human growth hormone.
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.
Joel Sherman / New York Post:
IT'S A SETUP — JOBA STARTS YEAR IN 'PEN — Joba Chamberlain will prepare during spring training as a starter, but will begin the season in the Yankee bullpen barring injury to any of the other five main rotation members, team officials confirmed to The Post.
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Anthony McCarron / NY Daily News:Eiland hops into new job
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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.
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Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
Twins pick up free-agent hurler Hernandez — 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. — Livan Hernandez, who lingered on the free-agent market far longer than anticipated, finally has found a new team.
ESPN.com:
Rocker: Selig knew I 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” …
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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 …
Eric Pfahler / TCPalm.com:
Meet the Mets: N.Y. Mets celebrate their 20th anniversary in Port St. Lucie — PORT ST. LUCIE — When the New York Mets moved into Thomas J. White Stadium, now known as Tradition Field, the club was greeted with its own facility for both major league and minor league players along with a mound of excitement for the upcoming season.
Baltimore Sun:
O's sign Trachsel to minor league deal — Veteran pitcher will compete for one of two open spots in starting rotation — Three days after Orioles president Andy MacPhail stated that finding a starting pitcher for the rotation was a priority after the Erik Bedard trade, he reached into the club's recent past and snatched one.
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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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