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Associated Press:
Herges, Hill release statements apologizing for past PED use — DENVER — Colorado Rockies reliever Matt Herges says he's actually glad he was implicated in the Mitchell report on drugs in baseball because it led him to do some soul-searching and clear his conscience over his “dirty little secret.”
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Committee on Oversight and Government Reform:
Committee Holds Second Day of Hearings on the Mitchell Report and Steroids in Baseball — The full Committee held a hearing entitled “The Mitchell Report: The Illegal Use of Steroids in Major League Baseball, Day 2.” This hearing examined allegations of steroid use by Roger Clemens and several …
Alan Schwarz / Bats:
Analysis: The Clemens & McNamee Hearing — The New York Times's Alan Schwarz is on Capitol Hill for the House Oversight committee hearing and will be providing analysis and updates throughout today's hearing. — The meeting adjourned at about 2:40 p.m. ET, but without a final flourish from the committee chairman, Henry Waxman.
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Pettitte admits to additional use of HGH in 2004 — Pettitte Tells Congress that Clemens Talked About HGH — WASHINGTON — Andy Pettitte admitted using human growth hormone in 2004, saying it was supplied to him that time by his father, The Associated Press learned Wednesday.
NY Daily News:
Exclusive: Andy Pettitte received performance-enhancing drugs from father — WASHINGTON - A month-long investigation by The New York Daily News has found that Tom Pettitte, the father of Yankees star pitcher Andy Pettitte, received performance-enhancing drugs at a gym near Pettitte's hometown of Deerpark, Texas.
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Ross Newhan / Los Angeles Times:From ‘Shadows’ to the screen — If baseball's steroids scandal sounds …
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New York Times:Damaging Information Said to Await Clemens
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On the Mets beat:
Perez headed for arbitration? — Oliver Perez and the Mets are scheduled for an arbitration hearing on Feb. 21 in St. Petersburg. Given that the two sides have yet to reach an agreement, and Perez — or more accurately, his rep Scott Boras — wants to be a free agent at the of this year …
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Ben Shpigel / Bats:
Day 3 Highlights From Port St. Lucie — The news you have all been waiting for. OK, maybe that's too strong. But Johan Santana made a surprise appearance Wednesday afternoon and threw on flat ground for 15 minutes with the pitching coach Rick Peterson and the bullpen coach Guy Conti watching.
Eric Pfahler / TCPalm.com:
Mets' Perez hopes to avoid letdown after solid '07 — PORT ST. LUCIE — In a New York Mets spring training camp suddenly filled with answers, starting pitcher Oliver Perez might be one of the few questions. — The query is not whether Perez is talented enough to contribute.
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Todd Zolecki / philly.com:
Phillies sign Benson — CLEARWATER, Fla. — The Phillies have come to minor-league contract agreement with free agent righthander Kris Benson. — The contract is pending a physical. — The Phillies have seen Benson throw three times this off-season: once in December and twice recently …
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Ken Mandel / MLB.com:
Benson agrees to Minor League deal — Veteran right-hander may not be ready for Opening Day — CLEARWATER, Fla. — On the eve of pitchers and catchers reporting to Spring Training, the Phillies added veteran free agent Kris Benson to their inventory of arms.
Kat O'Brien / Newsday:
Wang: Yankees not interested in long-term deal — TAMPA, Fla. - Chien-Ming Wang wanted to sign a long-term contract with the Yankees this offseason, as Robinson Cano did, but the Yankees weren't interested, Wang said yesterday. — Wang said of signing a multiyear deal: “I want to.”
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George A. King III / New York Post:WANG WILL NOT GET LONG CONTRACT
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Amalie Benjamin / Boston Globe:
‘Secret. ...’ — Well, we know one word that Hideki Okajima understands in English. — That would be “secret,” the way he responded when asked what new pitches he'd worked on in the offseason, after he admitted that he'd done some experimenting with new techniques and pitches.
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Jeremy Cothran / New Jersey Online:
Reliever seeking new start with Mets — PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — Greg Lovelady doesn't bite his tongue when speaking to his former protégé. — It's mutually understood that whenever Joe Smith checks in with his ex-pitching coach from Wright State University, he'll receive an unvarnished answer to every question.
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