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Kelly Thesier / MLB.com:
Twins land second baseman Hudson — Veteran Gold Glove winner fills club's hole up the middle — MINNEAPOLIS — The Twins spent all winter looking for an upgrade at either second base or third base, and now they have one. — The club announced late Thursday night that they had agreed …
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Tim Dierkes / MLB Rumors:
Twins Sign Orlando Hudson — 10:44pm: Minnesota has agreed to not offer Hudson arbitration if he is a Type A free agent, tweets Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports. Rosenthal also tweets that the deal includes no incentives. — 10:07pm: The Twins are set to announce that they have signed Hudson to a one-year …
Jimmys / Street's Corner:
Bedard on the path of returning to Seattle — Now that the Mariners have avoided salary arbitration with first baseman Casey Kotchman, signing him to a one year, $3.5 million contract on Wednesday, the next order of business might be — surprise, surprise — re-signing left-hander Erik Bedard.
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Larry Larue / Mariners Insider:
Bedard on Mariners: 'I'd love to be back!' — Watching from the frozen tundra of Ontario, Canada - where it was 16 degrees below zero this morning - Erik Bedard has been throwing a baseball for three weeks - and monitoring the Seattle Mariners all winter. — “They' ve done a phenomenal job this off-season,” Bedard said.
Associated Press:
Hank says Yankees can repeat, likes trades for Granderson and Vazquez — TAMPA, Fla. — Hank Steinbrenner thinks the Yankees are in a strong position to repeat as World Series champion due to the acquisition of pitcher Javier Vazquez and outfielder Curtis Granderson.
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Derek Jeter discusses his charity golf tournament — The following are trademarks or service marks of Major League Baseball entities and may be used only with permission of Major League Baseball Properties, Inc. or the relevant Major League Baseball entity: Major League, Major League Baseball …
John Maffei / North County Times:
PADRES: Coleman will have reduced role in 2010 — For 37 years, Jerry Coleman has been the voice of the Padres on radio, the link between the team on the field and the fans in their homes, cars, at the beach or a barbecue. — It will remain that way in 2010, but in a very limited basis.
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Bob Von Sternberg / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Billboards tout the 61 in '61 clubbed by Maris, “Fargo's golden boy” — A North Dakota billboard company has erected a pair of signs in Fargo honoring local hero Roger Maris, whose record 61 home runs in 1961 have long been clouded with an asterisk. — Take that, Mark McGwire.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Winning offer: An open letter to Pirates owner Bob Nutting — Major league sports is a brutal business. What with aggressive player agents, deep-pocketed competitors and more venues vying for the public's entertainment dollar, it is not a pursuit for the faint of heart.
Adam McCalvy / MLB.com:
Brewers have history of waiver wire magic — From Podsednik to McGehee, Crew has plucked winners — MILWAUKEE — Winter waiver claims often go unnoticed amid the bigger bubbles on the Hot Stove. Not in Milwaukee, where the Brewers over the years have quietly acquired some key players over the wire.
Duk / Yahoo! Sports:
If you were on Jeopardy and the final category was baseball ... ... how confident would you be in making your wager? — This is one of my favorite questions to ask people at a party or in a bar because it can tell me so much about their baseball knowledge and their propensity for risk and greed.
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Mychael Urban / CSNCalifornia.com:
Giants on Thin Ice with Lincecum — There's no need to freak out — pun semi-intended — in light of recent comments from Tim Lincecum's agent, Rick Thurman, who suggested to the San Jose Mercury News that the Giants are low-balling his client. — No need to read much into the virtual …
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Fox Sports:
Verlander convinces Tigers of his worth — Jon Paul Morosi is a national MLB writer for FOXSports.com. He previously covered baseball for the Detroit Free Press and Seattle Post-Intelligencer. He began his journalism career at the Bay City Times in his native Michigan.
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