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3:55 PM ET, February 26, 2008

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ESPN.com:
Rays' Kazmir to have MRI after feeling discomfort  —  Tampa Bay Rays ace Scott Kazmir left the team's intrasquad game Tuesday without throwing a pitch after feeling discomfort in his elbow, ESPN.com's Jayson Stark is reporting.  —  Kazmir told told the Rays he felt discomfort in his elbow …
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Associated Press:
Kazmir scratched with elbow discomfort  —  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - Tampa Bay Rays left-hander Scott Kazmir missed a scheduled intrasquad game appearance Tuesday after feeling discomfort in his elbow on his final warmup pitch.  —  The AL strikeout champion had warmed up in the bullpen without a problem …
Tim Marchman / New York Sun:
Bonds Could Actually Make Rays a Contender  —  Ordinarily, the news that a club had held some minor internal discussions about signing Barry Bonds, such as those Tampa Bay Rays manager Joe Maddon acknowledged to the Associated Press yesterday, wouldn't be very interesting.  What don't clubs discuss internally?
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Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
Bonds playing in '08 would be bad for baseball  —  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.  —  Barry Bonds has every right to play baseball this season.
Tyler Kepner / New York Times:
Blog Helps a Yankee Connect With Fans  —  TAMPA, Fla. — It was a month or so before the start of spring training, and Phil Hughes had no weekend plans.  Hughes is 21 and single, a Californian living in Tampa, and he needed some advice.  —  “So tomorrow I have nothing going on and have the option …
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Marty Noble / MLB.com:
Martinez will not broach contract talks  —  Right-hander willing to listen if Mets want to discuss deal  —  PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — Though pleased by how he has been treated by the Mets and clearly intent on extending his career beyond this season, Pedro Martinez will not approach the team …
NY Daily News:
Harper: Mets down on Reyes' upswing  —  PORT ST. LUCIE - Jose Reyes swore he was just trying to hit a line drive up the middle, or even to the opposite field, as instructed.  Yet with a flick of his wrists he hit a screaming shot that crashed high off the 20-foot fence in center field, 408 feet from the plate.
NY Daily News:
Clemens joked about wife's chat with Canseco's ex  —  Congress is believed to have received new evidence over the past 10 days that may further undermine Roger Clemens' sworn testimony that he did not attend a suddenly notorious 1998 party at Jose Canseco's South Florida home.
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Susan Slusser / San Francisco Chronicle:
A's going to Tokyo get sweet cash bonus  —  (02-26) 04:00 PST Phoenix —  All players who travel to Tokyo for the season-opening series between Oakland and Boston will receive $40,000, according to Major League Baseball officials, and that figure could rise depending on how much revenue the event creates.
Discussion: MetsBlog.com and Baseball Musings
Gordon Edes / Boston Globe:
Into the heavens  —  A pitcher and a pilot reveled in each other's worlds, but for one of them, it was the thrill of a shortened lifetime  —  This offseason, Red Sox pitcher Tim Wakefield took a 45-minute flight with the Blue Angels.  —  FORT MYERS, Fla. - As long as he can remember, Tim Wakefield loved airplanes.
Discussion: SOX & Dawgs
Jeremy Cothran / NJ.com:
Theme of the morning — bullpens  —  Just got back from the 10-pack, where we watched what amounts to 2008's rotation throw bullpens.  —  Pedro Martinez looked extremely crisp.  His fastball had life and he was hitting his spots precisely.  Afterwards, Guy Conti couldn't stop raving about how productive his session went.
Discussion: Mets Fever
Adam Rubin / New York Daily News Blogs:
Mets vs. University of Michigan  —  2:49 p.m.: Down to their final out, the Mets pulled out a tie with Michigan.  Michel Abreu's two-out, two-run homer in the ninth evened the score at 4.  With no extra pitchers, that's the ballgame.  —  2:29 p.m.: After a leadoff double by Angel Pagan in the eighth …
Tom Gage / Detroit News:
One-time Tigers prospect is back from depths of alcoholism  —  LAKELAND, Fla. He began his career as a catcher.  Nearly ended it, though, as an alcoholic.  —  “I drank all night, every day of the season,” Max St. Pierre said.  —  Before that, he often fought on the streets of Quebec.
 
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