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Jerry Crasnick / ESPN:
Some of the hot topics at GM meetings … Baseball's general managers usually have a week after the end of the World Series before gathering at a plush resort in some warm-weather site for their annual meetings. Not this year. — The Phillies' parade is barely over and Chase Utley's farewell expletive …
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Jay Paris / North County Times:
JAY PARIS COMMENTARY: Big Apple or no, Peavy is a goner — The crowd settles into the seats at the new Yankee Stadium, as legendary public address announcer Bob Sheppard clears his golden throat. — “Your attention, please, ladies and gentleman,” booms Sheppard's deep voice, filling the South Bronx air.
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iYankees, BASEBALL HOT CORNER, IT IS HIGH, IT IS FAR, IT IS and It is about the money, stupid
Jon Heyman / Sports Illustrated:Free agent rundown (cont.)
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Mets Fever, Dom D's Mets Fan Blog, River Avenue Blues, Sliding Into Home and The Big Lead
Jim Salisbury / Philly.com:On Baseball: Phillies must turn to off-season issues
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MLB Rumors
Adam McCalvy / MLB.com:
Brewers bring back Cameron for '09 — Team picks up center fielder's $10M option for next season — MILWAUKEE — Mike Cameron will be back in center field at Miller Park in 2009. — Facing a Monday deadline for their decision, the Brewers exercised a $10 million option to bring Cameron back for a second season in Milwaukee.
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JSOnline:
Brewers exercise Cameron's option — By Tom Haudricourt of the Journal Sentinel — Mike Cameron will be the Brewers' centerfielder once again in 2009. — The Brewers have decided to exercise the $10 million option in Cameron's contract for next season.
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Tim Dierkes / MLB Rumors:
2009 Top 50 Free Agents — By Tim Dierkes [November 3 at 12:31pm CST] — It's time for the third annual MLB Trade Rumors Top 50 Free Agents list! The entire list of available free agents can be found here. — A note before we begin - this is a complicated puzzle …
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Ken Mandel / MLB.com:
Amaro Jr. takes over reins for Phillies — Longtime assistant GM, former player replaces mentor Gillick — PHILADELPHIA — Ruben Amaro Jr. has been named the Phillies' new general manager. — The announcement was made at a 10 a.m. ET news conference on Monday in which team president …
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Yes Network:
YES Network, Michael Kay extend relationship — NEW YORK — The Emmy Award-winning Michael Kay, whose voice has been synonymous with the YES Network since its launch in 2002, has signed a multi-year extension with the network to remain its lead New York Yankees play-by-play voice.
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Joe Frisaro / MLB.com:
Yanks sign former Marlins pitcher Mitre — Rehabbing hurler might not be ready to play until midseason — MIAMI — Sergio Mitre, who underwent Tommy John ligament replacement surgery on July 15, is reuniting with Joe Girardi. — When Girardi managed the Marlins in 2006, Mitre was part of the pitching staff.
NY Daily News:
Judge ‘agonizing’ over Clemens' defamation suit — Admitting that he is “agonizing” over the explosive issues in Roger Clemens' defamation suit against Brian McNamee, U.S. District Court Judge Keith Ellison was still not close Monday to a decision on whether he'll dismiss the case or allow it to proceed.
Joe Strauss / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
St. Louis Cardinals make offseason plans — DANA POINT, CALif. — Major League Baseball's free-agent market doesn't open for another 11 days. Winter meetings are more than a month away. Less than a week removed from the World Series' goofball ending, this technically represents a slow period for movement.
Nick Cafardo / Boston Globe:
Arbitration riches for Youkilis, Papelbon? — DANA POINT, Calif. — A discussion on salary arbitration between major league baseball officials and general managers and their assistants is the first official topic on the docket at the GM meetings this morning.
