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ESPN:
AL Gold Glove winners named — Seattle Mariners right fielder Ichiro Suzuki won his 10th straight Gold Glove Award on Tuesday, headlining an American League team with several repeat winners. — With his 10th Gold Glove, Ichiro ties the record shared by Ken Griffey Jr. and Hall of Famer Al Kaline.
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Bailey Stephens / MLB.com:
Ichiro wins 10th straight Gold Glove — Jeter takes fifth, Teixeira fourth; Crawford, Gutierrez win first — The winners of the first round of major hardware for the 2010 season, the Rawlings American League Gold Glove Awards, were revealed on Tuesday, highlighted by the 10th consecutive fielding award …
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YFSF and Lookout Landing
Associated Press:
Ichiro, Jeter lead list of AL's Gold Glove recipients … NEW YORK (AP) — Ichiro Suzuki won his 10th straight Gold Glove for a full season of fielding excellence. Mark Buehrle won again, perhaps clinching his spot with an acrobatic play on opening day. — Derek Jeter, well …
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baseballmusings.com and HardballTalk
Peter Abraham / Boston Globe:
AL Gold Glove winners announced — American League Gold Gloves — Outfield: Ichiro Suzuki (Mariners), Carl Crawford (Rays), Franklin Gutierrez (Mariners) — NL winners announced tomorrow. — Notes: The Red Sox have gone two years without a winner. ... These are voted on by the managers and coaches. ...
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Mike Silva's … and The House That Dewey Built
Adam Rubin / ESPN:
Mets to interview Ken Oberkfell — Ken Oberkfell will interview for the New York Mets managerial vacancy on Thursday or Friday when general manager Sandy Alderson visits the Dominican Republic, Alderson said Tuesday. — Oberkfell, 54, has managed the Mets' Triple-A affiliate for the past six seasons …
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Ted Berg / MetsBlog.com:
Paul DePodesta's Conference Call — The Mets are holding a conference call at 3:30 p.m. ET to introduce Paul DePodesta, their new Vice President of Player Development and Amateur Scouting. I'll be on the call and live blogging it here. — UPDATE, 3:35 p.m.: Sandy Alderson says he's pleased to welcome DePodesta on board.
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Nick Cafardo / Boston Globe:
V-Mart drawing interest — A few items: — A major league source has indicated that six teams (and that includes the Red Sox) have inquired about Victor Martinez. No firm list yet of who those teams are, but early interest had come from teams like the Tigers, Rockies, Blue Jays, Mariners, Rangers and Orioles.
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MLB.com, Fox Sports, MLB Rumors, Phillies Nation, USA Today, Over the Monster and SOX & Dawgs
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Rob Bradford / Full Count:
Source: Red Sox show interest in Justin Duchscherer — According to a baseball source, the Red Sox have expressed interest in right-hander Justin Duchscherer as a potential addition to their pitching staff. Duchscherer, who was drafted by the Sox in the eighth round of the 1996 round …
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HardballTalk, SOX & Dawgs and MLB Rumors
Richard Sandomir / Bats:
ESPN Breaks Up ‘Sunday Night Baseball’ Team — ESPN ended its 20-year association with Jon Miller and Joe Morgan as the voices of “Sunday Night Baseball” on Monday. They declined to renew Morgan's contract and have asked Miller if he wants to stay on as the radio voice of the Sunday night games.
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Duk / Yahoo! Sports:
They're out! Joe Morgan and Jon Miller nixed from ESPN Sundays
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Toeing the Rubber, NBCSports.com, Walkoff Walk, Babes Love Baseball, A Red Sox Fan … and The Good Phight
Henry Schulman / SFGate:
Jon Miller, Joe Morgan out as ESPN Sunday broadcasters
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baseballmusings.com and The Soxaholix
Tim Kurkjian / MLB:
Source: Tsuyoshi Nishioka to be posted — Tsuyoshi Nishioka, a 26-year-old middle infielder for the Chiba Lotte Marines of the Pacific League in Japan, will be posted for MLB teams this week, a source close to the situation said Monday. — Nishioka won the Pacific League batting title this year with a .346 average.
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Patrick Newman / FanGraphs Baseball:
Thoughts on Nishioka
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Bronx Baseball Daily, Mike Scioscia's tragic illness and HardballTalk
Baseball Hall of Fame:
Expansion Era Committee to Consider 12 Candidates for Hall of Fame Election at December's Winter Meetings — Ballot Features Eight Long-Retired Players, Three Executives and One Manager for Consideration of Careers Whose Greatest Impact Felt from 1973-present
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Mike Silva's … and The Captain's Blog
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Bob Brookover / Philly.com:
Phillies Notes: Gillick is Hall of Fame candidate
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Colin Wyers / Baseball Prospectus:
How Do You Solve a Problem Like Derek Jeter? — One of the things about being a baseball analyst as a writer is that I have the luxury of taking the broad view. If I am right about most players, I'm doing a pretty good job. If I miss on a player here or there...I don't enjoy it …
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THE BOOK, baseballmusings.com and 6-4-2
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Dallas Morning News:
Jerry Jones can look to Tom Hicks for winning formula in Arlington — On the first Sunday night of the off-season, I was able to sit back in my recliner and enjoy a good, old-fashioned horror show. — It was called: The Dallas Cowboys. — During and after the 45-7 thrashing at the hands of Green Bay …
Bob Brookover / Philly.com:
Sandberg up for IronPigs managerial slot — The man involved in perhaps the most infamous trade in Phillies history could finally be returning to the organization that always regretted losing him. — Hall of Fame second baseman Ryne Sandberg is among the candidates for the Phillies' managerial vacancy …
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Phillies Nation and HardballTalk
Mark Feinsand / NY Daily News:
Cliff Lee's agent, Darek Braunecker, says decision won't come quickly as Yankees chase lefty ace — Cliff Lee is the marquee free agent on the market this winter, and according to his agent, that isn't going to change anytime soon. — Two days into Lee's first free-agent experience …
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Bronx Baseball Daily, Zell's Pinstripe Blog and HardballTalk
Doug Padilla / ESPN:
Source: Owner-Paul Konerko bond key — The tight bond between free agent Paul Konerko and Chicago White Sox chairman Jerry Reinsdorf figures to be a factor in contract negotiations, a source told ESPNChicago.com. — At the end of the season it was also suggested that the Konerko-Reinsdorf relationship …
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MLB.com:
Blue Jays complete coaching staff for 2011 — The Toronto Blue Jays announce the following additions to the coaching staff of manager John Farrell for the 2011 season. Joining Brian Butterfield, Third Base Coach, & Bruce Walton, Pitching Coach, will be Don Wakamatsu, Bench Coach …
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Joe Frisaro / MLB.com:
Marlins' brass proud to finish NY Marathon — Club president Samson leads pack with time of 3:55:27 — MIAMI — No one can accuse the Marlins' front office of standing still during the early part of the offseason. — In fact, several representatives have been on the go for weeks, and they literally went the distance on Sunday.
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FishStripes
Joe Posnanski / Joe Blogs:
History Lessons With Bud — Look, I like Bud Selig. Veteran readers of this blog will know that when I start that way — with “I like Person X” — that usually follows with me attempting to then skewer Person X. Well, I can't help it. I do like Bud. I like him for two main reasons, I think.
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Red Reporter and BBTF's Baseball Primer …
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Tommy Craggs / Deadspin:
Bud Selig Thinks Abner Doubleday Invented Baseball. Of Course He Does.
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haulsofshame.com and The Mighty Quinn Media Machine
