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6:55 PM ET, March 2, 2010

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Chad Jennings / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Games.  Lots of games.  —  The Yankees will leave at 10:30 for an arcade game tournament.  —  They will play skee ball, a pop-a-shot basketball game and a racing video game.  The pressure is clearly in Andrew Brackman in the basketball event.  —  Joba Chamberlain is out with flu-like symptoms.
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Mark Feinsand / NY Daily News:
A.J. Burnett, Andrew Brackman and Royce Ring grab gold in New York Yankees team Olympics  —  The Yankees held their 2nd annual field trip away from the ballpark, changing things up from a pool tournament to an Olympic-type event at an arcade.  —  A.J. Burnett emerged victorious …
Discussion: Bottom9 Baseball
Ben Shpigel / Bats:
A Day at the Arcade for the Yankees
Discussion: Bottom9 Baseball
Marc Topkin / St. Petersburg Times:
Rocco Baldelli returns to Tampa Bay Rays as a special assistant  —  PORT CHARLOTTE - Former Tampa Bay Rays outfielder Rocco Baldelli will rejoin the Rays as a special assistant, working with young players, executive vice president Andrew Friedman announced Tuesday.
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Tim Dierkes / MLB Rumors:
Baldelli To Serve As Special Assistant For Rays
Discussion: Bluebird Banter and Full Count
Ian O'Connor / NorthJersey.com:
Alex Rodriguez's steroid stain will last forever  —  Yankees Alex Rodriguez stands behind the batting cage while waiting his turn to take batting practice at Steinbrenner Field on Monday.  —  “This is about someone else,” A-Rod kept saying.  —  Yes and no. Federal agents are indeed investigating …
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NY Daily News:
Feds also want to talk to Mets OF Carlos Beltran about relationship …
Discussion: New Jersey Online
Associated Press:
Investigators contact A-Rod about Galea
Discussion: Associated Press
Mike Puma / New York Post:
Matthews: I'm natural choice for Mets leadoff spot  —  PORT ST. LUCIE — Gary Matthews Jr. felt right at home in the leadoff spot yesterday.  —  If Jerry Manuel's plan of batting Jose Reyes third in the lineup is to succeed, the Mets manager will need either Matthews or Angel Pagan to emerge as a reliable leadoff hitter.
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Ben Nicholson-Smith / MLB Rumors:
Adrian Gonzalez Will Ask For A Massive Contract  —  The agent for Adrian Gonzalez told Tim Sullivan of the San Diego Union-Tribune that he sees Mark Teixeira as a fair comparable for his client.  John Boggs, who represents Gonzalez, told Padres GM Jed Hoyer the same thing and that basically ended their conversation.
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Tim Sullivan / SignOnSanDiego.com:
Get used to it: Gonzalez is a wanted man
Discussion: USA Today and Boston Globe
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Fox Sports:
Sources: Upton, D-Backs close to multi-year deal  —  Ken Rosenthal has been the senior baseball writer for FOXSports.com since Aug. 2005.  He appears weekly on MLB on FOX.  —  The Diamondbacks are close on a new contract for right fielder Justin Upton, according to major league sources.
Dick Kaegel / MLB.com:
Podsednik to add charge to KC lineup  —  Even at 34, left fielder should offer plenty of speed  —  SURPRISE, Ariz. — There's no doubt about Scott Podsednik's biggest baseball moment.  On Oct. 23, 2005, he did something only 13 other players had ever done: End a World Series game with a home run.
Darren Rovell / Sports Biz with Darren Rovell:
Yankees Have To Return Approximately $10,000 Each From World Series Share  —  Winning was sweet for the New York Yankees, who won their 27th championship last fall.  But it's not worth as much as it was back then.  —  Sources told CNBC that Yankees players recently received a letter …
Larry Larue / The News Tribune:
Mariners' Woodward picked family over playoffs  —  With a sick child and a newborn son, infielder had to tell Red Sox he couldn't make it to the postseason last year  —  PEORIA, Ariz. - The way the timing went - a new baby, the chance to return to the playoffs - Chris Woodward had 24 hours of the best news a man could have.
Discussion: Boston Globe and HardballTalk
Sky Andrecheck / Baseball Analysts:
What Puts Fans In the Seats?  —  One of the important questions to team management is how to put fans in the stands.  Obviously winning ballgames helps, but the question is how much and in what way?  Using data going back to 1950, I set out to create a model to help answer this question.
Marc Carig / New Jersey Online:
NY Yankees pitcher Javier Vazquez moves ahead of the curve … TAMPA, Fla. — It's not unusual for Yankees pitcher Javier Vazquez to talk baseball with his father.  However, it is unusual for those conversations to drift toward the subject of pitching.  And it is even more unusual for Vazquez's father to offer advice.
Jerry Crasnick / ESPN:
Call it a family affair in San Diego  —  Scott and Jerry Hairston are the latest set of brothers to unite in a Padres uniform  —  PEORIA, Ariz. — Millions of brothers have grown up pitching to each other in the backyard with the shared goal of playing in the big leagues.
Pete Caldera / NorthJersey.com:
Yanks' Mo still matters  —  Mariano Rivera throwing a bullpen session Monday, his first time on a mound since the World Series.  —  “He's the guy that is as important,” Teixeira said, “or the most important piece to our championship.”  —  On Monday morning, 116 days since throwing …
 
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Anthony Castrovince / MLB.com:
Righty Mastny returns from Japan
Jon Weisman / ESPN:
Manny Ramirez expected to make Dodgers trip to Taiwan
Associated Press:
Berkman will miss spring opener
Discussion: HardballTalk
USA Today:
The '07 Mitchell Report's effect: Five active players reflect
Discussion: HardballTalk
Duk / Yahoo! Sports:
Chipper Jones recalls Boog Sciambi's SABR-minded advice
Discussion: THE BOOK
Chicago Tribune:
Cubs looking for young pitchers to step up
Clark Spencer / MiamiHerald.com:
Florida Marlins reliever quite the Olympic organizer
Discussion: FishStripes and Surfing The Mets
Howard Megdal / SNY.tv:
Spring is for entertainment purposes only
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Andrew Baggarly / Monterey County Herald:
Can Bonds get back in game?
Discussion: HardballTalk
Ben Shpigel / New York Times:
Yankees' Rivera Works at Own Pace Getting Into Game Shape
Discussion: BronxBanterBlog.com
Steve Kornacki / MLive.com:
Tigers slugger Miguel Cabrera candidly discusses his abstaining from alcohol
Jason Beck / MLB.com:
Leyland's new slogan: Protect the plate
Associated Press:
Minor leagues ban many maple bats for safety
Craig Calcaterra / HardballTalk:
Barry Zito: “I want to be a top-of-the-rotation guy again”
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