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Hot Stove Central: Right Fielders  —  If you want something out of the ordinary this offseason, try this on for size: the top right fielder on the free-agent market is a Yankee, wants to stay a Yankee, and the Yankees might let him walk away.  —  You read that right.

Phillies select Amaro as new GM  —  This just in. . .  Ruben Amaro Jr. is the new Phillies general manager.  —  Sources close to the situation confirmed to the Daily News' Paul Hagen that club president Dave Montgomery met with assistant general manager, scouting and player development …

Pirates: South Africa produces shortstop prospect  —  The Pirates, trying to mine all areas to get prospects into their minor league system, hope they've found a diamond in the rough in Mpho Ngoepe from South Africa.  —  Ngoepe, 18, is a switch-hitting shortstop who signed with the Pirates …

Texas Rangers' seek catcher-for-pitcher deal  —  egrant@dallasnews.com  —  The Rangers on Monday will invade the St. Regis Monarch Hotel in Dana Point, Calif. - site of AIG's infamous post-government bailout executive retreat - but they won't be indulging in spa treatments or ringing up the surf butler.

Agent: Ken Griffey Jr. would consider returning to Mariners  —  The agent for Ken Griffey Jr. said Friday that his client is “totally open-minded” to discussing a return to Seattle, where he spent 11...  The agent for Ken Griffey Jr. said Friday that his client is “totally open-minded” …

Steve Tyrell's a voice from heaven  —  Grammy-winning pop crooner Steve Tyrell, who begins his annual two-month stint Tuesday night in the late Bobby Short's place as the Café Carlyle's holiday in-house performer, can also be considered the unofficial “singer to the New York sports owners.”

Teixeira, Sabathia top Elias rankings … Mark Teixeira and CC Sabathia have timed their free agency especially well, as they are among the highest-ranked players in the 2008 Elias player rankings, according to documents obtained by SI.com  —  Teixeira, the Angels first baseman …

Yankees add two to 40-man roster  —  As players declare free agency, the Yankees will add players to the 40-man roster for the purpose of protecting them from the Rule 5 draft.  Here's a release from the team today:  —  The New York Yankees announced today they have added left-handed pitcher …

McGee: Want more Yankee Octobers?  Pull for Obama in Nov.  —  This year, Barack Obama signifies hope.  Not over the economic meltdown or the War on Terror, but for October baseball in the Bronx.  —  As Rudy Giuliani rooting for the Red Sox in the 2007 World Series clearly showed, baseball and politics don't always mix.

Red Sox to train 30 more years in Fort Myers … BOSTON (AP) — Boston will keep its spring training home in the Fort Myers area for 30 more years after signing an agreement with Lee County, Florida.  —  The Red Sox have played in the 7,290-seat City of Palms Park since moving from Winter Haven in 1993.

Utley had TV, radio cursing  —  It was hardly on the scale of a wardrobe malfunction, but Chase Utley's dropping of the F-bomb on live TV and radio yesterday caused a stir among some Philadelphians.  —  After proclaiming “World champions!” at the Phillies' celebration at Citizens Bank Park …

Reliever Leo Nunez acquired for Mike Jacobs  —  The Marlins took an initial step toward becoming more athletic and less home run-dependent when they traded slugging first baseman Mike Jacobs to the Kansas City Royals for right-handed reliever Leo Nunez on Thursday.