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Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Spring Game 16: Yankees at Red Sox — YANKEES — Pitching tonight: Chien-Ming Wang followed by Brett Tomko, Mike Dunn and Anthony Claggett. — RED SOX — Lineup TBA — Pitching tonight: Tim Wakefield followed by Jonathan Papelbon, Takashi Saito, Daniel Bard and Junichi Tazawa.
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Marc Carig / New Jersey Online:
Robinson Cano, Damaso Marte return to New York Yankees camp with injuries — TAMPA, Fla. — Yankees second baseman Robinson Cano and reliever Damaso Marte returned to camp from the World Baseball Classic on Friday, bringing with them injuries that may sideline them for a few days.
Yankees Blog:
Cano, Marte hurt — Robinson Cano and Damaso Marte both re-joined the Yankees today after returning from the World Baseball Classic. And both came back with injuries. — Cano has tightness in the back of his right shoulder, an injury that apparently occurred before he joined the Dominican Republic's WBC team.
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Sports Illustrated:
Three observations — 1) A sudden reversal of fortune. The Yankees entered last season believing that they'd be carried by what they were sure would be a powerful and question-mark-free offense, and hoping that an ace-less pitching staff — which was to include a bunch of rookies at its backend …
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Bryan Hoch / MLB.com:
Hughes, Kennedy seeking second shot — One year after struggling in Majors, hurlers vying for redemption — TAMPA, Fla. — Just as they did last year, Phil Hughes and Ian Kennedy line up with the rest of the Yankees' starting pitchers, going through the same spring paces and cheering …
New York Times:
Cashman Takes Issue With Book Anecdote About Giambi — Yankees General Manager Brian Cashman angrily took issue Thursday night with an anecdote about him and Jason Giambi that is contained in a new book about Roger Clemens. — The book, “The Rocket That Fell to Earth,” (Harper Collins) …
Juan C. Rodriguez / Sun-Sentinel:
Gibbons among first Marlins cuts — Considering he hit a three-run homer Thursday night, the last thing on Jay Gibbons' mind as he was reading the newspaper at his Roger Dean Stadium locker this morning was getting released. — “I went out on a high note, put it that way,” said Gibbons …
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Associated Press:
PR woman claims Bernie Williams hit her at club — Buzz up! — SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP)—A woman has filed a complaint against former Yankees center fielder Bernie Williams for allegedly hitting her at a nightclub while she took his picture. — Officer Angel Nazario …
Jon Heyman / Sports Illustrated:
Venezuelan team bus catches on fire … MIAMI — The bus that transported the Venezuelan team to the World Baseball Classic caught fire after the team was dropped off at Dolphin Stadium Friday afternoon. No injuries were reported. — The team was practicing in the stadium for the WBC …
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Geoff Baker / Mariners Blog:
M's defense was “above average” in 2008 — Many thanks to Larry Stone for pulling OT duty filling in for me this week while I was in Philadelphia after the death of a close family member. Larry even broke the story yesterday about the M's signing of Chad Cordero to a minor-league deal that could …
Marc Carig / New Jersey Online:
New York Yankees prospect Jesus Montero is working hard to catch on — TAMPA, Fla. — Even before his bat earned him universal regard as the top Yankees prospect, before his raw power prompted the organization to pony up $1.6 million to sign him, before some observers hailed …
Ruschell Boone / NY1:
Sneak Peak Inside Citi Field Reveals Final Touches … Sitting in the field-level seats at the new Citi Field ballpark will give spectators quite a view. But if you don't want to open your wallets that wide, you can always head up to the cheaper seats in the promenade — a much different experience from the old Shea Stadium.
Tim Dierkes / MLB Rumors:
Murray Chass Q&A — By Tim Dierkes [March 13 at 1:40pm CST] — Murray Chass covered baseball for the New York Times for almost 40 years, and now his work can be found at MurrayChass.com. Chass answered questions for MLB Trade Rumors over email recently.
ESPN:
Brewers should really make a few bold moves — “The Fielding Bible” is back, and it's (much) bigger and (definitely) better than ever. For example, Bill James' article about Defensive Misplays: … That's 29 Defensive Misplays, with 15 more to go (Bill describes them in loving detail), after which we get a spot of analysis:
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David O'Brien / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Cox: Braves center-field battle ‘wide open’ — Anderson considered the favorite, but Schafer, Blanco in the mix — Lake Buena Vista, Fla. — It was a battle waged solo by presumed favorite Josh Anderson for most of early March. But Braves manager Bobby Cox reiterated Thursday that it was — and is — indeed a battle.
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Kat O'Brien / Newsday:
Yankees pitchers don't mind getting tattooed — Yankees pitcher C.C. Sabathia shows off his tattoos during spring training in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo) — TAMPA, Fla. - “We've got more tattoos than the California Penal League.” — That was Yankees reliever Brian Bruney's assessment …
Ben Shpigel / New York Times:
Mets' Santana Feels ‘Pretty Good’ in Spring Debut — PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — Johan Santana's first Grapefruit League appearance of the season was notable more for what did not happen than what did. — Santana did not clutch his elbow, knee or any other body part that would give the Mets reason for concern.
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