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9:10 AM ET, January 19, 2011

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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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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.
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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Ian Browne / MLB.com:
Papelbon, Ellsbury avoid salary arbitration
Peter Abraham / Boston Globe:
Sox come to terms with Ellsbury, Papelbon
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.
Discussion: 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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Kansas City Star:
Royals' Meche announces retirement
Discussion: Seattle Times
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:
Discussion: Mets Merized Online and Mets Fever
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Matthew Cerrone / MetsBlog.com:
Ted Berg: Mets are going to sign Scott Hairston
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.
Discussion: HardballTalk and MLB Rumors
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David Murphy / Philly.com:
Kendrick signs for $2.45 million
Discussion: Crashburn Alley
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 …
Discussion: baseballmusings.com
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.
Discussion: HardballTalk and Bless You Boys
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Jason Beck / MLB.com:
Tigers finalize Penny deal, designate Galarraga
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.
Discussion: Bronx Baseball Daily
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Bryan Hoch / MLB.com:
Joba, Hughes, Logan ink one-year deals
Discussion: 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 …
Discussion: South Side Sox
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Bruce Levine / ESPN:
White Sox avoid arbitration with three
Discussion: 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 …
Discussion: FanHouse and NESN.com
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.
Discussion: 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.
Discussion: Associated Press and Halos Heaven
 
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Dave Studeman / Hardball Times:
Bill James on relievers in the Hall
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Geoff Baker / The Seattle Times:
David Aardsma signs for $4.5 million as expected; Brandon League …
Sports Illustrated:
Jeter getting early start in effort to get back in the swing of things
Rick Badie / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Roy Thomas Hartsfield, 85: Baseball player and coach
Discussion: Bluebird Banter
Ben Nicholson-Smith / MLB Rumors:
A's Designate Mortensen For Assignment
MLB:
Indians, Shin-Soo Choo agree to deal
Discussion: Yahoo! Sports
Zachary Levine / Houston Chronicle:
Astros avoid arbitration with Bourn, Barmes, Keppinger
Adam Kilgore / Nationals Journal:
Nationals avoid arbitration with Doug Slaten, Michael Morse
Discussion: HardballTalk and Yahoo! Sports
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Los Angeles Times:
Dodgers, outfielder Marcus Thames agree on a deal
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