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D.J. Short / HardballTalk:
Milton Bradley arrested on felony charge for allegedly making a threat — UPDATE: According to Geoff Baker of the Seattle Times, Bradley was arrested at home at around 10:40 a.m for making a threat against an unidentified female. He was later released on $50,000 bail.
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Hardball Times, Lookout Landing, Yahoo! Sports and U.S.S. Mariner
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Geoff Baker / Seattle Times:
Mariners' Milton Bradley arrested on suspicion of making threat against woman — A former major-league general manager said Tuesday night there would have to be specific language in Milton Bradley's contract for his arrest on suspicion of making a felony threat to alter his deal.
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baseballmusings.com and HardballTalk
Ronald Blum / Associated Press:
Hamilton, Bautista head players in arbitration — NEW YORK — AL MVP Josh Hamilton has asked Texas for $12 million in salary arbitration and major league home run champion Jose Bautista submitted a $10.5 million figure to Toronto. — The Rangers offered Hamilton $8.7 million Tuesday …
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Lone Star Ball and baseballmusings.com
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Ian Browne / MLB.com:
Papelbon, Ellsbury avoid salary arbitration
Papelbon, Ellsbury avoid salary arbitration
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DRaysBay, Boston Globe, Sox #1 Fan dot com, Fanhouse MLB Blog and Yahoo! Sports
Peter Abraham / Boston Globe:
Sox come to terms with Ellsbury, Papelbon
Sox come to terms with Ellsbury, Papelbon
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Red Sox Beacon, Providence Journal, Over the Monster, NotGraphs Baseball and joy of sox
Rich / Baseball Analysts:
Meeting Up and Hanging Out with Bert — Make no mistake about it, I've had a fun-tastic two weeks. It all started with the phone call from Bert Blyleven on Wednesday, January 5 when he informed me 30 minutes prior to the actual announcement that he had been elected to the Hall of Fame.
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It's About The Money
MLB.com:
Gil Meche announces retirement — “After a lot of thinking and prioritizing of issues in my life I have decided to retire from baseball. As a competitor my entire life this is the hardest decision that I've ever faced, but it's not fair to me, my family or the Kansas City Royals that I attempt to pitch anymore.
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Royals Review, Pro Ball NW, MLB Daily Dish, McCovey Chronicles, Lookout Landing, Deadspin and THE BOOK
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Matthew Cerrone / MetsBlog.com:
Silva: Castillo could be cut to make room for Young — Earlier today on WFAN, host Mike Francesa he has been told - as of right now - the Mets do not intend to have Oliver Perez or Luis Castillo on the Opening Day roster. — In addition, Mike Silva from NY Baseball Digest just tweeted:
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Mets Merized Online and Mets Fever
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Matthew Cerrone / MetsBlog.com:
Ted Berg: Mets are going to sign Scott Hairston
Ted Berg: Mets are going to sign Scott Hairston
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Amazin' Avenue, HardballTalk and Tedquarters
Fox Sports:
Blanton likely to stay in Philly rotation — Joe Blanton is likely to round out the powerhouse Philadelphia Phillies pitching rotation. — Ken Rosenthal has been the senior baseball writer for FOXSports.com since August 2005. He appears weekly on MLB on FOX. Follow him on Twitter.
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HardballTalk and MLB Rumors
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Anthony McCarron / NY Daily News:
Yankees' Curtis Granderson promotes baseball in New Zealand as MLB International Ambassador — Curtis Granderson has eaten duck brain in China - “It had the consistency of a lima bean and really didn't have much flavor,” he says - and once felt like his taste buds were seared when he sampled …
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baseballmusings.com
Bill Madden / NY Daily News:
Yankees agree to one-year deals with Phil Hughes, Joba Chamberlain, Boone Logan; Mets re-ink Pelfrey — As they continue to try to bridge the gap with free-agent outfielder Andruw Jones, the Yankees Tuesday avoided arbitration with Phil Hughes, Joba Chamberlain and Boone Logan, agreeing to one-year deals with each pitcher.
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Bronx Baseball Daily
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Ben Nicholson-Smith / MLB Rumors:
Tigers Designate Galarraga For Assignment — One day after agreeing to terms with him on a $2.3MM contract for 2011, the Tigers have designated Armando Galarraga for assignment. The team announced the move on Twitter, while making its deal with Brad Penny official.
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HardballTalk and Bless You Boys
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Jason Beck / MLB.com:
Tigers finalize Penny deal, designate Galarraga
Tigers finalize Penny deal, designate Galarraga
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TigerBlog, Bless You Boys, Lone Star Ball and Yahoo! Sports
Scott Merkin / MLB.com:
Danks happy in Chicago with one-year deal — Quentin, Pena avoid arbitration; Humber claimed — CHICAGO — John Danks wants to remain with the White Sox as long as humanly possible, and then probably a few years after that. — It's the White Sox who have allowed the southpaw to develop …
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South Side Sox
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Bruce Levine / ESPN:
White Sox avoid arbitration with three
White Sox avoid arbitration with three
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MLB Rumors and Yahoo! Sports
Chris Jaffe / Hardball Times:
Historic debuts 20,000 days ago — 20,000 days ago, four different Hall of Famers made their MLB debut. This marks the only time in history four HoFers debuted on the same day. — The greatest, by a damn good margin, was Frank Robinson. Playing left for the Reds that day, he went 2-for-3 with a walk - an intentional walk.
New York Post:
Topics — AM LOOKING FORWARD TO THE JETS FAILURE!!!! IT'S COMING SOON - TO A TV NEAR YOU! — robertinho — We used to have some corners called toast Rolle is the latest version of it, except he talks too much. — GintsFan4Life — I've said it before and I'll say it again …
Sports Illustrated:
SI reports new information in the case against Lance Armstrong … Sports Illustrated is reporting new information about embattled, seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong, who is the focus of a federal grand jury inquiry in Los Angeles. The investigation is headed by Jeff Novitzky …
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ESPN, HardballTalk and The Big Lead
Erika Heyer / The Trentonian:
New York Yankees GM Brian Cashman: I told Andy Pettitte ‘not to Brett Favre us’ — Middletownpress.com — CROMWELL - Yankees' Senior Vice President and General Manager Brian Cashman shared stories of struggles and strides at Tuesday's Middlesex County Chamber of Commerce breakfast meeting at Crowne Plaza in Cromwell.
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HardballTalk
Mark Saxon / ESPN:
Los Angeles Angels agree with some; Jered Weaver, Mike Napoli still left — The Los Angeles Angels have reached one-year contract agreements with four players, including slugger Kendry Morales and shortstop Erick Aybar, but could be headed for arbitration hearings with ace Jered Weaver and catcher Mike Napoli.
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Associated Press and Halos Heaven