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Mark Feinsand / NY Daily News:
If Yanks ask Posada, he'll tell 'em Joba should stay in the bullpen — TAMPA - Joba Chamberlain is being treated as a starting pitcher this spring, but one of the Yankees' veteran leaders believes the decision to take the flamethrower out of the setup role is a big mistake.
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Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Wrapping up the second day of camp — Joe Girardi spent 30 minutes after the workout meeting with Kei Igawa. “Just trying to get to know him,” Girardi said. — The manager said that Igawa would compete for a starting role. — Routine second day in camp. Half the pitchers threw in the bullpen.
Boston Herald:
NY's Posada believes Rocket — Jorge Posada has a close relationship with both Roger Clemens and Andy Pettitte, but the Yankees catcher sided with Clemens - who claims that he never took steroids or human growth hormone. — “If he said he never took it, I'm believing him 100 percent,” …
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Joe Lapointe / New York Times:
Transition Continues for Igawa and Yanks — TAMPA, Fla. — Even the wealthy Yankees are wary of wasting $46 million on one player, so they are not about to give up on Kei Igawa, the left-handed pitcher from Japan who was a disappointment in 2007, his first season in the United States.
Mark Feinsand / NY Daily News:If Andy Pettitte falters, Yankees could regret passing on Johan Sanatana
Mark Feinsand / New York Daily News Blogs:Mussina takes Hughes, Kennedy under his wing
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Scott Proctor's Arm
Anthony DiComo / MLB.com:
Beltran to Rollins: 'We're team to beat' — Mets outfielder gets jump on Phillies shortstop in making claim — PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — Carlos Beltran walked into Mets camp on Saturday, took a seat on the dugout bench and said exactly what was on his mind. — “To Jimmy Rollins: We are the team to beat.”
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ESPN:
Yankees' Cashman ‘not proud’ of highest payroll — The New York Yankees had a record payroll of $218.3 million in 2007. It's not going down this season, although GM Brian Cashman says he would like to rein it in. — “We are high,” Yankees GM Brain Cashman said in an interview with ESPN 1050 New York's Andrew Marchand.
Bill Ladson / MLB.com:
Notes: Middle infield intrigues Acta — Belliard, Guzman, Lopez to battle for two starting spots — VIERA, Fla. — Nationals manager Manny Acta said the most intriguing competition this spring is between middle infielders Ronnie Belliard, Cristian Guzman and Felipe Lopez.
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Bugs & Cranks
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Dave Sheinin / Nationals Journal:
Lo Duca and Acta — Your new starting catcher has arrived in Viera, safe and sound, and he just finished meeting with the media, including one reporter each from New York and Los Angeles. Lo Duca took some questions about the Mitchell Report, but dodged some of the most pointed of those.
Popular Science:
Statheads Speak: Derek Jeter, You Stink! — Despite the three gold gloves, multiple forms of statistical analysis show that “the Captain” is the worst-fielding shortstop in the Majors — A-Rod and Jeter: — Once upon a time, the only fielding statistic listed on the back of baseball cards …
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John Mazor / New York Post:STUDY CLAIMS JETER IS WORST FIELDING SHORTSTOP IN BASEBALL
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Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Pujols is feeling fine — JUPITER, FLA. — Albert Pujols' problematic right elbow feels fine now, and the Cardinals' irreplaceable slugger believes he can curb any soreness in his injured limb this spring, this season — and beyond. — Ligament willing, of course.
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Viva El Birdos
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Adam McCalvy / MLB.com:
Notes: Torres lured by ... sausages? — Despite thoughts of retirement, righty happy with new team — PHOENIX — And you thought they were just a midgame diversion. It turns out that the Brewers' racing sausages played a role in landing reliever Salomon Torres.
George A. King III / New York Post:
URINE THE RIGHT PLACE! — Major League Baseball has increased the number of players from each team to be drug tested this spring. — In other years, MLB would test a handful of players during spring training. Yesterday at Legends Field, 28 Yankees were required to give urine samples to testers.
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NY Daily News:
Gotta treat Rocket like you do Barry, sez Rev. Al — The Rev. Al Sharpton says federal investigators probing Roger Clemens' alleged steroid use must hold the hurler to the same standards applied to slugger Barry Bonds. — “When I see a contrast between how you treat a Clemens and how you treat a Bonds …
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