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NY Daily News:
Schneider catch of the offseason — PORT ST. LUCIE - The presence of Johan Santana transcends everything in Mets camp, as one would only expect. The embarrassment of the epic September collapse has been replaced with a renewed swagger to the point where, of all people …
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Adam Rubin / New York Daily News Blogs:
Mets take a swing at arbitration for Perez — Going to arbitration with Oliver Perez on Thursday might seem like a failure in one respect, but the Mets actually view it as beneficial long term. Why? — After a 16-year track record of settling, including this winter with Aaron Heilman …
ESPN.com:
Pettitte apologizes for ‘embarrassment’ of HGH use — TAMPA, Fla. — Andy Pettitte has not spoken to Roger Clemens since giving a sworn statement which implicated his good friend in the use of human growth hormone. — “I think it's put a strain on our friendship,” Pettitte …
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Jason / MY BASEBALL BIAS:
Pettitte Press Conference Live Blog — UPDATE (4:06 PM): One correction made by Pettitte's lawyer - he signed his contract on 12/06/07, nearly a week before the Mitchell Report was released. Pettitte said earlier in the PC that he though it might have been the day before.
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Anthony McCarron / NY Daily News:
Stanton gets quiet over Roger's trail of blood — SARASOTA, Fla. - Mike Stanton was a supporting player of sorts in the hearings on the Mitchell Report last week when he was mentioned several times by congressmen quizzing Brian McNamee and Roger Clemens. — One topic was an alleged incident …
Sports Illustrated:
Jon Heyman: Ranking the best GMs in the game — Also in the Daily Scoop... FORT MYERS, Fla. — Who is the best general manager in baseball? — Normally that's a tough call, but not this year. There's one fellow who stands out, only one GM whose team has won two World Series championships …
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Boston Globe:
Keeping his eye on the ball — Red Sox rookie phenom Jacoby Ellsbury (above) had the kind of season little boys dream about and the kind of World Series Red Sox Nation will be bragging about for years to come. And the man who stole a base and won the country a free taco seems to be adjusting to life as a big leaguer.
Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
Pedroia proving naysayers wrong — 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. — FT. MYERS, Fl. - Even during the World Series, scouts questioned whether Dustin Pedroia was a championship-caliber player.
ESPN.com:
K-Rod leaving Angels after 2008? — Francisco Rodriguez, the owner of a major league-best 132 saves over the last three seasons, expects to become a free agent after 2008, the closer said Sunday. — When asked as he arrived in Arizona for spring training, K-Rod was asked if he thought 2008 would be his last season with the Angels.
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Gordon Edes / Boston Globe:
Schilling backs own doctor, says medical ‘egos’ in play — Curt Schilling, who said he held off on addressing his situation because he didn't want to be a distraction but became even more of a story this past week because of his silence, met with a few handpicked reporters in the parking lot …
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Rob Bradford / Boston Herald:
Schilling: I don't have a choice — Sox pitcher talks about injury, disagreement with club — FORT MYERS - For the first time, Curt Schilling [stats] has given his side of the story. — Speaking to a small group of reporters out in front of the Red Sox [team stats]' minor league training facility …
ESPN.com:
Family affair: Bret is latest Boone to join Nationals — VIERA, Fla. — Bret Boone came out of retirement to sign a non-guaranteed, minor league contract with the Washington Nationals on Monday, joining his younger brother, infielder Aaron, and their father, assistant general manager Bob, with the club.
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Associated Press:
Gagne apologizes to Brewers teammates — PHOENIX (AP) — Eric Gagne, identified as a user of human growth hormone in the Mitchell Report, apologized Monday to his new Milwaukee Brewers teammates for “a distraction that shouldn't be taking place.” — Gagne also said he feels “bad” …
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Ken Gurnick / MLB.com:
Lasorda to manage Dodgers again — Will manage eight exhibition games while Torre's in China — VERO BEACH, Fla. — Hall of Fame manager Tom Lasorda will manage the Dodgers again. — Lasorda, 80, will take over the split squad left behind in Florida when new manager Joe Torre takes another squad …
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Joe Frisaro / MLB.com:
Notes: Lefty trio to front new rotation — Hendrickson, Miller and Olsen will join Mitre and one other — JUPITER, Fla. — For the most part, the Marlins opened Spring Training knowing four of their five starting pitchers. — But unlike years past — when the club had established starters …
