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Sports Illustrated:
SI's Sportsman Of The Year: Derek Jeter … In what has already been a banner year for Derek Jeter, the New York Yankees shortstop can add another honor: Sports Illustrated's Sportsman of the Year award. Jeter was chosen as the magazine's 56th honoree (the Dec. 7 issue will hit newsstands on Wednesday) …
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Alden Gonzalez / MLB.com:
Jeter named SI's Sportsman of the Year — Yankees captain lauded for performance, community work — Derek Jeter may have missed out on being named the American League Most Valuable Player last week, but on Monday, Sports Illustrated honored the Yankees captain with the Sportsman of the Year award.
Associated Press:
Derek Jeter named SI's sportsman of the year — NEW YORK (AP) - Derek Jeter posed in his crisp pinstripe uniform, resting a shiny black bat on his shoulder, while a photographer lying on the ground near the entrance to a Bronx subway station snapped pictures of the New York Yankees shortstop from a low angle.
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Sports Illustrated:
Derek Jeter: In his own words … SI: You grew up as a big fan of Dave Winfield. Was your Turn 2 Foundation inspired by Winfield having a foundation of his own as a player? — DJ: That was part of the appeal. I was a fan of Dave. He was pretty much the first player to start a foundation.
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Doug Miller / MLB.com:
Hot stove set to serve second course — Big names in the air as Winter Meetings near — Thanksgiving weekend is but a caloric memory, but odds are there are plenty of leftovers in the fridge, not to mention the ones in the ever-evolving world of baseball.
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NY Daily News:New York Yankees could enter bidding war with Boston Red Sox …
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Ken Davidoff / Newsday:Sunday reading: Mark McGwire, Derek Lowe, John Lackey and Nick Johnson
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Nick Cafardo / Boston Globe:Lowe prefers not to be spun out of Braves' rotation
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Joe Frisaro / MLB.com:
GM: Johnson will be back in 2010 — Hill says on radio show that ace is in Marlins' future plans — MIAMI — Count on Josh Johnson being a Marlin when the 2010 season opens. — As speculation continues, seemingly on a daily basis, as to where Johnson will be next year …
Derrick Goold / Associated Press:
Cards, Pujols wait it out — The Cardinals' best approach this winter to entice Albert Pujols into a new, long-term contract may mean not offering him one at all. — Entering this offseason, chairman Bill DeWitt Jr. said the timing was ripe to sign Pujols beyond his existing contract …
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David Appelman / FanGraphs Baseball:
The 2010 Fan Projections! — For those of you who have been hanging around FanGraphs since at least last season, you'll know that we carry various projections in the off-season, which are for the most part generated by computer programs. — This off-season, in addition to carrying …
Patrick / NPB Tracker:
Free Agents: Saito, Nishi, Kobayashi — A couple of items from the nichibei free agent market... - According to Sponichi, Takashi Saito has eight teams interested, including the White Sox, Cubs, Braves and Mets. The Braves had some interest in Saito way back in 2002 but he wound up remaining with Yokohama.
Jeff Blair / Globe and Mail:
Alomar deserves a call from the Hall — Former Jays second baseman on the ballot, Argos' BMO Field dream should be turfed, Raptors face some reckoning — Weather - Video - Blogs - RSS Feeds - Globe Books - TV listings - Globe on Twitter - Columnists - H1N1 - Decoding the decade
Associated Press:
Indians' Sizemore blames theft for racy Web photos — CLEVELAND (AP) — Steamy photos of the Cleveland Indians' Grady Sizemore have popped up online, and the All-Star center fielder complains they were stolen from his girlfriend's e-mail. — Sizemore tells The Plain Dealer of Cleveland …
