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John Perrotto / Baseball Prospectus:
Every Given Sunday — Getting Ink Done — On Friday the market for free agents officially opens when teams can begin making offers to players other than those who finished the season with other clubs. The Brewers and Dodgers got the ball rolling at this past week's general managers meetings …
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Los Angeles Times:
Dodgers would make Barnum proud on so Manny levels — There's a sucker born every minute, and Frank McCourt is counting on that so he can continue to fill Dodger Stadium. — This last week, McCourt played Dodgers fans and the baseball world for fools, ESPN buying into it with a crawl …
Steve Adams / MLB Rumors:
Perrotto's Latest: Free Agent Predictions — By Steve Adams [November 9 at 2:35pm CST] — John Perrotto has his Every Given Sunday column up over at Baseball Prospectus. Perrotto offers a list of some educated guesses as to where some of the top free agents in baseball will land, with some surprises here and there.
Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Pettitte files for free agency — Andy Pettitte filed for free agency today. He is the last eligible Yankee to do so as far as I can tell. The Yankees hold exclusive negotiating rights with him through Thursday. — I think this week is when Mike Mussina will officially retire and maybe …
Nick Cafardo / Boston Globe:
He'd love Sox to catch him — Deal to Boston would thrill Saltalamacchia — Jarrod Saltalamacchia can't hide his excitement when he hears rumors of being traded to Boston. Nothing against Texas, he insists, where he's trying to wade through a catching maze with Gerald Laird and Taylor Teagarden …
Adam McCalvy / MLB.com:
Brewers tab Randolph as bench coach — Former Mets skipper was finalist for managerial opening — MILWAUKEE — The Brewers were looking for experience in their bench coach, and they found it in one of their managerial candidates. — Former Mets manager Willie Randolph …
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Nick Piecoro / Arizona Republic:
D-Backs cut 31 employees from front office — The Diamondbacks cut 31 employees from their front office Friday, moves that team President Derrick Hall said were a result of rising expenses and a sluggish economy. — “This move was strictly about efficiency,” Hall said.
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Jim Reeves / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
Michael Young's Gold Glove may help keep him at shortstop for the Texas Rangers — So much for asking Michael Young to switch positions. — The Gold Glove American League managers and coaches bestowed upon Young on Thursday will likely entrench him even further at shortstop for the Rangers for the foreseeable future.
Anthony DiComo / MLB.com:
Former Yanks help lay dirt in Stadium — Crew from '98 teams up with area kids in symbolic ceremony — NEW YORK — Paul O'Neill strode down a flight of concourse stairs at the new Yankee Stadium on Saturday, set his feet on the warning track — a rough, dirt expanse …
Anthony McCarron / NY Daily News:
Meet the big bat on the market — Mark Teixeira has worn No. 23 his entire baseball life because his favorite player as a boy was Don Mattingly, though Teixeira grew up in Oriole-mad, Yankee-hating Severna Park, Md. He once told his high school principal, a man he is still friends with …
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Michael Silverman / Boston Herald:
The infield shift is on — Shortstop position losing power — + Recent Articles + Recent Blog Entries + Email — There is no rule that states a stud of a shortstop is the key to winning a World Series. The Red Sox [team stats] certainly can vouch for that, having won two in the last five years …
Bernie Miklasz / Bernie's Extra Points:
Do the Cardinals Believe in Ryan Ludwick? — As the Ryan Ludwick trade speculation continues to swirl, I thought I'd dial it it back to take a look at one of the central issues: — Is Ludwick a one-year wonder? — The Cardinals probably believe that to a large extent — or they would not be shopping Ludwick.
