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Scott Merkin / MLB.com:
Konerko focused on upcoming season — Not worried about future as he enters final year of contract — PEORIA, Ill — If a Major League Baseball primer exists concerning how to handle impending free agency as a player, then Paul Konerko probably contributed to that manual back in 2005.
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Scott Merkin / MLB.com:
Surprise awaits Thome at charity event — Konerko, Manuel speak on behalf of slugger in Peoria — PEORIA, Ill. — For the 15th Joyce Thome Benefit for Children's Hospital of Illinois in Peoria, Andrea Thome decided to bring a few special guests in to the Peoria Civic Center to add to the already highly anticipated festivities.
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Matthew Leach / Obviously, You're Not a Golfer:
Edmonds to return? — Maybe Jim Edmonds was dead serious. Maybe it was all an elaborate put-on. When it comes to Edmonds and Cardinals manager Tony La Russa, it can be tough to tell. This much is certain: Edmonds said on Sunday night that he wants to come back and play for the Cardinals in 2010.
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David Wilhelm / bnd.com:
Could Jim Edmonds be coming back to the St. Louis Cardinals? … ST. LOUIS — Could Jim Edmonds be returning to the St. Louis Cardinals? — The possibility seemed to exist after an on-stage meeting between Edmonds and Cardinals manager Tony La Russa on Sunday night at Chaifetz Arena following …
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Toronto Star:
Griffin: New Jays GM playing hardball — The Jays have decided to play hardball with six players who accepted arbitration. Jays GM Alex Anthopoulos insists his team, for the first time in club history, is not prepared to negotiate with its arb-eligible players beyond the MLB dictated deadline of Tuesday.
Enrique Rojas / MLB:
Jose Offerman banned for life by Dominican league … ORLANDO — Jose Offerman's career as a baseball manager was over Monday, at least in the Dominican Winter Baseball League. — The league suspended Offerman, interim manager of the Licey Tigers, for life after an incident Saturday …
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Sports Illustrated:
Top 10 offseason performances … While nearly 100 free agents remain available, it's probably too late for any team to transform its team or winter with what's left. So it's time to assess the winters of the 30 teams — or at least the top 10 of them. — Here they are, the 10 best performances …
Thomas Heath / Washington Post:
Deadline nears in sale talks for Wizards — Washington Capitals owner Ted Leonsis is negotiating against a Wednesday deadline to buy the Washington Wizards and Verizon Center from the estate of sports entrepreneur Abe Pollin, a deal that could put him as lead owner of the region's biggest sports and entertainment empire.
Matt Eddy / Baseball America:
Los Angeles Angels Top 10 Prospects — Los Angeles Angels … Tragedy descended on the Angels during the first week of the season, but they rebounded to win 97 games, third-most in franchise history. — Nick Adenhart, the organization's reigning No. 1 prospect, and two others died …
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Joe Strauss / Cardinal Beat:
El Hombre in No Rush for Extension — Cardinals first baseman and three-time NL Most Valuable Player Albert Pujols told a media gathering this afternoon that he feels no urgency to negotiate a contract extension with the club, adding that he will not carry any pending talks into the season.
Landon Evanson / Bugs & Cranks:
Dishin' with Dutch: A B&C Interview with Darren Daulton — As the unquestioned leader of one of the most colorful teams in recent major league memory, Darren Daulton helped to bring the City of Brotherly Love a pennant in 1993 as the heart and soul of the “Gashouse Gang of the '90s.”
Fox Sports:
Padres close to signing another Hairston — Ken Rosenthal has been the senior baseball writer for FOXSports.com since Aug. 2005. He appears weekly on MLB on FOX. — Free-agent infielder Jerry Hairston Jr. is closing on a one-year contract with the Padres, according to a major-league source.
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