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Chris Haft / MLB.com:
NL Cy Young Award goes to Lincecum — Giants hurler led the league in winning percentage, strikeouts — SAN FRANCISCO — Tim Lincecum has been called “The Freak,” “The Franchise” and “Seabiscuit.” — Now he can be called something else: The National League's Cy Young Award winner.
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Associated Press:
Lincecum beats out Webb, is Giants' second Cy Young winner — NEW YORK — Tim Lincecum is the National League Cy Young Award winner, taking home pitching's highest honor in his second major league season. — The slender kid with the whirling windup on Tuesday joined Mike McCormick (1967) …
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Tyler Kepner / New York Times:
Rockies Set to Deal Holliday to the A's — It takes a lot for Tom Holliday, who has spent a lifetime in baseball, to become excited at a game. But in July, when his son Matt hit a home run at Yankee Stadium in the All-Star Game, Tom got up from his seat and rejoiced.
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Tim Brown / Yahoo! Sports:
Extended Holliday in Oakland — Assuming everybody is as healthy as he looks and Matt Holliday doesn't turn an ankle jumping the chasm between his home and road splits, the public introductions of the Oakland Athletics new left fielder and the Colorado Rockies' new - what, future? - is expected any hour.
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Troy E. Renck / Denver Post:
Reds sniffing at Atkins, Torrealba, Taveras — The Rockies' have become the epicenter of trade talks with their fluid roster. — One day after agreeing to send three-time All-Star Matt Holliday to the A's — a deal that should become official Wednesday after physicals are passed …
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CNN:
New York Yankees and Cisco to Deliver Cutting-Edge Technology in New Yankee Stadium — Cisco Brings High-Definition Video and Advanced Communications Technology to the New Yankee Stadium, Creating the Ultimate Fan Experience — Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) today announced that the new Yankee Stadium …
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Associated Press:
Demand for new Yankee Stadium suites slows … NEW YORK (AP) — Selling suites may not be so sweet a business for the New York Yankees in these tough economic times. — Seven luxury boxes down the foul lines priced at $600,000 remain available for the 2009 season, the first at the new Yankee Stadium.
Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Hal: We're ready for free agency — OK, quite a bit of news to get to. We'll categorize it: — Baseball: Hal Steinbrenner said that there have not yet been negotiations with Andy Pettitte. But he expects that there will be. ... Hal said the organization will be ready for the start of free agency on Friday.
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David O'Brien / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Braves losing patience in Peavy watch — Mesa, Ariz. _ Many are peeved waiting for Peavy, or rather waiting for Padres GM Kevin Towers to make a decision on where to trade San Diego's ace Jake Peavy, to the Braves or Cubs (anyone who really believes Towers might decide that no offer suits …
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Jon Heyman / Sports Illustrated:
Holliday trade shows Hot Stove season is heating up … It isn't true that the most exciting thing to happen last week at the General Manager Meetings at the St. Regis Resort Monarch Bay in Dana Point, Calif. was an overzealous security guard hassling Yankees GM Brian Cashman about whether …
JSOnline:
Brewers' Torres decides to retire — By Tom Haudricourt of the Journal Sentinel — I just spoke on the telephone with Brewers reliever Salomon Torres and he gave me some surprising news. Torres said he called general manager Doug Melvin today to announce he is retiring from baseball as an active player.
Plain Dealer:
CLEVELAND SPORTS — Former Indians broadcaster Herb Score dies at age 75 … Former Cleveland Indians pitcher and broadcaster Herb Score died this morning at age 75 at his home in Rocky River, the Indians confirmed today. — He was a brilliant Indians pitcher whose baseball career …
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Associated Press:
Batter up! Piazza to write memoir — NEW YORK (AP) — Baseball great Mike Piazza, a home run slugger and 12-time All Star widely regarded as the best hitting catcher in history, is working on a memoir. — “I look forward to having the chance to take people behind the scenes and to talk …
MLB.com:
Padres withdraw offer to Hoffman — SAN DIEGO — Trevor Hoffman, the Major League career saves leader, could be finished as a member of the San Diego Padres. — General manager Kevin Towers confirmed on Monday that the Padres withdrew their contract offer to Hoffman for 2009.
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Richard / SportsJustice:
How about the Astros signing both Pettitte and Wolf? — I have so many good ideas that some days I don't even know where to start. Drayton McLane was saying the other day how much he enjoys my advice on running the Astros. Say, I wonder if he's back in Bud Selig's good graces yet?
Justin Terranova / New York Post:
AGENT: K-ROD, METS A ‘GOOD FIT’ — ONE OF FIVE TEAMS IN RUNNING — Francisco Rodriguez's agent seems to think his client would look awfully nice in a Mets uniform. — Paul Kinzer, speaking on WFAN's “Boomer and Carton Show” this morning, said he believes the free-agent closer would be a …
Christina Kahrl / Baseball Prospectus:
Transaction of the Day — The Olsen and Willingham Deal — National League … Like the Jacobs trade made immediately after the World Series, this is a pretty transparent salary dump, although it's sort of a dump with benefits. In concert, the two moves may well make Marlins fans …
Joe Frisaro / MLB.com:
Marlins finalize deal with Nationals — Florida parts with Willingham, Olsen for Bonifacio, two others — MIAMI — Improving defensively and upgrading their speed are two priorities for the Marlins this offseason. They achieved both in one player, but it came at the expense of two popular regulars.
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