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Bryan Hoch / MLB.com:
Jeter won't worry about contract until fall — Yankees captain says he doesn't want to be free agent — TAMPA, Fla. — The contract that bears Derek Jeter's swirling signature obligates him to wear the pinstripes for just one more season, but the Yankees captain refuses to think about his upcoming free agency.
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Bombers Beat, Blogging The Bombers, The iYankees Blog, TYU, Bottom9 Baseball, Zell's Pinstripe Blog and MLB Rumors
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Chad Jennings / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Derek Jeter press conference — The media just moved into a tent behind the stadium. We're waiting for Derek Jeter's press conference, expecting a lot of questions about his contract. I'll be back soon with some updates. — UPDATE, 9:11a.m.: First question was about the contract.
Anthony Castrovince / MLB.com:
Rehabbing Reyes re-added to roster — Move keeps right-hander from opting out of Minors deal — GOODYEAR, Ariz. — The Indians think enough of Anthony Reyes and his recovery from Tommy John surgery to pay him Major League money this season. — Reyes, who was removed from the 40-man roster …
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MLB Rumors
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Chico Harlan / Nationals Journal:
Nationals' roster seems unusually well-defined — In two days, the Washington Nationals will hold their first full-squad workout. In 40 days, the Nationals will play their first game. Normally the period between Practice No. 1 and Game No. 1 causes untold roster contortions, but this year's Nationals seem already well-defined.
Joe Cowley / Chicago Sun Times:
Williams not happy about Ozzie's venture into Twitter — “I feel nice and relax today I don't know why yeeessssssss carlos quentin and rios in camp b ready people”— Ozzie Guillen tweet on Wednesday morning. — GLENDALE, Ariz.—Little catches Ken Williams off guard, especially as far as his White Sox organization is concerned.
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Mark Gonzales / Chicago Breaking Sports:Sox's Guillen amazed by Twitter reaction
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SPORTSbyBROOKS
Fox Sports:
Nationals morale up, respect to follow — Ken Rosenthal has been the senior baseball writer for FOXSports.com since Aug. 2005. He appears weekly on MLB on FOX. — The Nationals Ivan Rodriguez, after catching right-hander Stephen Strasburg's bullpen session on Tuesday, turned immediately to general manager Mike Rizzo.
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Benjamin Kabak / River Avenue Blues:
Cashman: Granderson is the center fielder — Braaaaaaaains. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens) — The latest motif out of Tampa has been the Yankees' quiet Spring Training. Without a new manager or A-Rod's PED revelations to rile up New York's sports media world, most commentators and reporters …
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NY Daily News:
With Johnny Damon and Hideki Matsui gone, time for Robinson Cano to be clutch for New York Yankees — TAMPA - In theory the Yankees have replaced Johnny Damon and Hideki Matsui sufficiently enough so that the offense should continue to be the most imposing in the American League.
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Dan Hayes / North County Times:
Archive for the ‘Sports Insider’ Category — Padres first baseman Adrian Gonzalez took a physical, went through a Major League Baseball-mandated physical and worked out after arriving at camp on Wednesday. Gonzalez — who hit .277 with 40 homers and 99 RBIs —
Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
Baseball Plans to Test for H.G.H. in Minors — Major League Baseball, which had long been skeptical about a viable test for human growth hormone, now plans to implement blood testing for the substance in the minor leagues later this year, according to an official in baseball with direct knowledge of the matter.
Albert Chen / Sports Illustrated:
Feel The Glove … It was just another ball game in early April, played in front of a sparse and sleepy Thursday afternoon crowd in Minneapolis. But for those watching and paying attention, it was a glimpse into the future. In the bottom of the first inning of a game between the Twins and the Mariners …
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Mariners blog
Peter Gammons / MLB.com:
Miller deserves to be in Hall — Despite acrimony, groundwork for current peace was laid — I remember the first strike: March 31, 1972. I was covering my first Spring Training for The Boston Globe, and Bud Collins and I were at Joker Marchant Stadium in Lakeland, Fla. …
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ESPN
Joe Capozzi / Florida Marlins news, analysis …:
Florida Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria: I expect us to make the playoffs — Jeffrey Loria and Fredi Gonzalez chat on Wednesday as Chris Coghlan takes some hacks. (Joe Capozzi) — Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria just spoke with reporters about a range of topics — from his expectations of reaching …
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Yahoo! Sports
Paul Hoynes / Plain Dealer:
Kerry Wood won't complain about role on rebuilding Cleveland Indians … GOODYEAR, Ariz. — This isn't the team Kerry Wood figured he'd be with in the spring of 2010. The name and colors are the same, but the team he signed with was supposed to be a contender, a team built to play in late October …
Bernando Fallas / Houston Chronicle:
Berkman: Subpar season could mean exit from Astros — KISSIMMEE, Fla. - Astros first baseman Lance Berkman knows this is a make-or-break season. — If he doesn't play well, that means the Astros likely will struggle. And it could mean he's playing elsewhere next season.
David Brown / Yahoo! Sports:
Photo: It looks like somebody has a crush on Evan Longoria — PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. — This picture says a thousand words by itself. Evan Longoria — has just made the day (week, month, year, lifetime) of a young Rays fan by signing her miniature batting helmet. It's just an autograph, yes, but it's also much more.

