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Jeff Kolpack / INFORUM:
Fargo's Chris Coste agrees to deal with the New York Mets — Fargo's Chris Coste is headed to the Big Apple. — Coste agreed to terms with the New York Mets today on a contract that guarantees him a spot on the 40-man roster. — Coste said the Mets were the only team to give him that guarantee …
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John R. Finger / CSNPhilly.com:
Behind Enemy Lines: Coste Signs With Mets — When the call came, no more than a few hours after he officially filed for free agency, Chris Coste knew the offers weren't going to be overwhelming. Still, that didn't make it any easier. Rather than jump at a split minor league/major league deal …
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FanGraphs Fantasy Baseball, Mets Minor League Blog, metsgrrl.com, MetsCitiBlog and TedQuarters.net
Buster Olney / ESPN.com:
Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Roy Halladay's reps say he won't accept proposed trade after spring training — Roy Halladay, the All-Star pitcher who has been the subject of much trade talk since before the July deadline, will not approve any proposed deal after he reports to spring training, according to his representatives.
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Maple Leafs / Toronto Star:Griffin: Three misconceptions about the Halladay dealings
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WEEI
Ken Gurnick / MLB.com:
Inbox: Can Dodgers keep free agents? — Beat reporter Ken Gurnick answers fans' questions — What are the chances the Dodgers can keep their best free agents, specifically pitchers Randy Wolf or Vicente Padilla? — Even more than usual, it's a lot about the money.
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Peter Gammons / ESPN:
Pedroia interested in move back to SS — The condition for Dustin Pedroia's family vacation with sidekick Andre Ethier and his family was that they had to have proper workout facilities. Ethier found a villa in Virgin Gorda with a fully-equipped weight room and tennis courts …
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ESPN:
Boston Red Sox float idea of moving Dustin Pedroia to SS — Faced with a vacancy at shortstop following the departure of Alex Gonzalez via free agency, the Red Sox are thinking outside the box. — The team has asked second baseman Dustin Pedroia, who won the AL MVP Award in 2008 …
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Fenway West
Erik Boland / Newsday:
Yankees mull arbitration offers; Pettitte logical — Of the Yankees' big three free agents - Pettitte, Damon and Matsui - Pettitte is the most likely to be offered arbitration. — The Yankees' offseason plans should — become a bit clearer this week as organizational meetings begin Thursday in Tampa …
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Sliding Into Home
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New York Post:
Sherman: Honor should be A-Rod's — should be A-Rod — FOURTEEN years into the existence of the Turn 2 Foundation, Derek Jeter finally received the Roberto Clemente Award for community service on Oct. 29. — Two days later, he was handed the Hank Aaron Award as the American League's top hitter.
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Bryan Hoch / MLB.com:
Jeter named SI's Sportsman of the Year — Yankees captain lauded for performance, community work — NEW YORK — Derek Jeter's ultimate goal for the 2009 season has already been fulfilled, having had the opportunity to hoist the World Series championship trophy into the sky on a chilly November evening in the Bronx.
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Sox and Pinstripes
Nick Cafardo / Boston Globe:
Sox owner wants to overhaul MLB's revenue sharing system — Red Sox principal owner John Henry is calling for Major League Baseball's revenue sharing system to be overhauled and replaced with a “competitive balanced payroll tax” in an effort to create competitive balance in baseball.
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Projo Sox Blog
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Richard Sandomir / Bats:
Chip Caray and TBS Part Ways — Chip Caray's tenure as TBS's lead major league baseball announcer ended Monday when he and the cable network agreed to part ways. — Caray's high-volume style was mixed with a penchant for bad play calls, embellishments and factual errors.
Rob Bradford / Full Count:
Cora close to deal with Mets — According to a source familiar with the negotiations, former Red Sox infielder Alex Cora is close to a one-year deal with a vesting option for second with the New York Mets. The deal, which would guarantee the 34-year-old the same $2 million he made in '09 during …
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Bill Shaikin / LA Times Sports Blog:
Nick Adenhart's family gets $138,000 playoff share — The Angels' players treated Nick Adenhart as one of their own all season. They maintained his locker, carried his jersey wherever they went, poured beer and champagne atop his jersey after clinching a playoff berth.
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Tim Dierkes / MLB Rumors:
Arbitration Offer Predictions For Free Agents — On October 12th, I explained what it means when a free agent is offered arbitration and also made a few loose predictions. Tomorrow evening, those arbitration decisions will be upon us. As far as I can tell, there are 70 Type A/B free agents.
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Circling The Bases, The Crawfish Boxes, FanGraphs Baseball, Tag's Lines, MetsBlog.com, Fack Youk, The Heater, U.S.S. Mariner and Seattle Times
MLB.com:
This could be the year for Dawson, Blyleven — First-timers will likely have to wait for induction — I have this nagging thought about the new Hall of Fame ballot and the 26 candidates for 2010: This could be the first year since 1996 that no one gets the necessary 75 percent of votes needed to be elected.
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Circling The Bases
Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cardinals must offer arbitration by tonight — Cardinals third baseman Mark DeRosa tries to get to a ball off the bat of Edgar Renteria in the sixth inning during a game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the San Francisco Giants at Busch Stadium (Chris Lee/P-D)
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C70 At The Bat
Ed Bouchette / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Steelers' Tomlin: ‘We will unleash hell here in December’ — We hit the opening of the final month of 2009 with a promise from Steelers coach Mike Tomlin. — “We will unleash hell here in December because we have to. We won't go in a shell. We'll go into attack mode, because that's what's required.”
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Baltimore Sun
