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Buster Olney / ESPN:
Sources: Padres lining up suitors for shot at Peavy … The San Diego Padres have begun to exchange names with teams interested in All-Star pitcher Jake Peavy, in what appears to be an aggressive effort to maximize return on the right-hander, who is signed to a contract that keeps him under a team's control through 2013.
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David O'Brien / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Braves discuss trade for Padres? Peavy — The Braves are trying to fill their biggest need by trading for San Diego right-hander Jake Peavy, a top-tier major-league ace with a Cy Young award and a Southern drawl to boot. — A person familiar with the talks said the Braves and Padres …
Paul DePodesta / It Might Be Dangerous:
On Trading Peavy — Since I have been in Arizona all week, I haven't read the papers or listened to the radio, so I don't know what has been written or what has been said. What I do know, though, is what actually is happening. — We are looking to get better. — It's really that simple.
Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
Notes: Padres interested in Maddux as a player/coach — The San Diego Padres have talked to Greg Maddux about the possibility of becoming a player/coach in the organization, general manager Kevin Towers said Thursday. — Maddux would become the first player/coach in recent history.
Michael Silverman / Boston Herald:
Sox avoid elimination with huge Game 5 rally — + Recent Articles + Recent Blog Entries + Email — Nine outs away from going six feet under for the season, the Red Sox [team stats] showed much more than a pulse late in the ALCS Game 5 last night. — The Sox roared back to the prime of life …
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Amalie Benjamin / Boston Globe:Tonight could be end for Varitek
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ESPN.com:
MLBPA says teams acted in concert against Bonds — NEW YORK — The baseball players' union says it has found evidence teams acted in concert against signing Barry Bonds but it reached an agreement with the commissioner's office to delay the filing of any grievance.
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Adam McCalvy / MLB.com:
Zduriencik reportedly an M's finalist — Brewers' draft guru one of four vying for general manager post — MILWAUKEE — For the second straight year, the Brewers appear at risk of losing their highly regarded scouting director. — Jack Zduriencik, Milwaukee's amateur scouting boss since 2000 …
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ESPN.com:
Hank Steinbrenner: Joba likely to start in 2009 — TAMPA, Fla. — Hank Steinbrenner says Joba Chamberlain likely will return to the New York Yankees' rotation at the beginning of the 2009 season. — “The plan as of right now is Chamberlain is going to be a starter,” the Yankees co-chairman …
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Jon Heyman / Sports Illustrated:
Ramirez could be looking for six-year deal on open market … LOS ANGELES — There are some early signs that the Dodgers' negotiations involving Manny Ramirez, who almost single-handedly lifted the storied franchise to the postseason, will not necessarily go smoothly.
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Phil Rogers / Chicago Tribune:
Cubs intent on keeping GM Hendry — Team declined Seattle's request to talk to GM — The Cubs are intent on keeping general manager Jim Hendry, despite the ongoing uncertainty of their franchise sale. — According to major league baseball sources, Cubs Chairman Crane Kenney recently declined …
Associated Press:
Former Yankee Tresh dies at 71 — VENICE, Fla. (AP)—Tom Tresh, the 1962 AL Rookie of the Year and part of three New York Yankees teams that reached the World Series, has died. He was 71. — Tresh died Wednesday after a heart attack, according to the funeral home handling the arrangements.
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Bob Nightengale / USA Today:Yankees poised for offseason shopping spree
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Ken Gurnick / MLB.com:
Pierre seeks playing time via trade — Agent asks Dodgers to find ‘better fit’ for speedy outfielder — LOS ANGELES — Juan Pierre wants to play. — And if the Dodgers won't play him, he wants them to find a team that will. — With Pierre's second season in Los Angeles complete …
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Scoop Jackson / ESPN:
The true meaning of B.J. Upton — Be real: Evan Longoria, regardless of what happens to the Rays, is the new face and future of baseball. He's everything the game needs, everything it's supposed to be about. David Wright should be ticked. — Sitting 15 to 20 feet away from him in the dugout during …
