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Joe Strauss / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Tensions flare between Cards, Nationals — JUPITER, Fla. • The Cardinals and Washington Nationals picked at an old scab Monday afternoon. When it was done, one pitcher was ejected, another admitted intentionally drilling a batter and a third had returned to the home dugout to challenge an opposing coach.
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Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
La Russa and Riggleman feud, dugouts clear — JUPITER, Fla. — Washington Nationals manager Jim Riggleman and St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa were at the epicenter of a dugout-clearing brouhaha Monday at Roger Dean Stadium. — Cardinals reliever Miguel Batista hit Ian Desmond …
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Adam Kilgore / Washington Post:
Spring training live blog, Nationals at Cardinals
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Mark Bowman / MLB.com:
Kawakami tries to shake off trade talk — PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — Kenshin Kawakami is still attempting to ignore the fact the Braves are looking to trade him. Instead, the Japanese right-hander has remained focused on preparing for the upcoming season without having any idea where he might be pitching.
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Ben Nicholson-Smith / MLB Rumors:
Braves Still Hoping To Deal Kawakami — The Braves are still hoping that Kenshin Kawakami draws interest from another team that's willing to take on a considerable portion of the $6.67MM he'll earn in 2011, according to MLB.com's Mark Bowman. Kawakami lost his rotation spot last June after losing his first nine decisions.
Jason Beck / MLB.com:
Sizemore, Weinhardt cut as Tigers trim roster — Second baseman, righty among five players sent to Minors — LAKELAND, Fla. — Scott Sizemore, viewed for a good stretch as seemingly the favorite to win the Tigers' second-base position, is headed back to Triple-A Toledo.
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Dan Schlossberg / ThePostGame:
Chipper Chimes In On JFK Assassination: “Somebody High-Ranking In U.S. Gov't” — As the spring training days while away, conversations around the batting cage tend to wander away from the game. — Just recently, Atlanta Braves' star third baseman Chipper Jones took up a topic he's mulled seriously …
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Associated Press:
Mets notes: Izzy on hold — Jason Isringhausen has impressed the Mets enough this spring to earn a spot in the bullpen, with the one caveat for the 38-year-old reliever - he has to prove he's healthy. — That took a blow Monday when the Mets revealed Isringhausen was shut down for a day and received …
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King Kaufman / Bleacher Report - MLB:
John Thorn Interview: On Stats and Finding Baseball's Earliest Stories — It's been quite a month for baseball writer John Thorn: He's been named Major League Baseball's official historian, been appointed chairman of a special MLB committee that will investigate the origins of the game …
Fox Sports:
Report: Upton says he cops racial abuse — NewsCore — PORT CHARLOTTE, FLA. — Tampa Bay Rays outfielder B.J. Upton has revealed it is not unusual for him to receive racial abuse from the stands, MLB.com reported Monday. — Rays manager Joe Maddon had a fan removed …
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Adam McCalvy / MLB.com:
Brewers on lookout for pitching help — PHOENIX — The Brewers are still leaning toward filling their fifth-starter void from within, but club officials are also keeping an eye on the waiver wire and trade market — and on right-hander Shaun Marcum's stiff shoulder — in case outside assistance becomes necessary.
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Mercury News:
Barry Bonds jury: lukewarm on baseball and BALCO — For all the worry about hype on the Internet, lawyers in the perjury trial of home run king Barry Bonds selected a jury Monday that is ambivalent about the former Giants superstar and relatively oblivious to the BALCO steroids scandal.
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Tom D'Angelo / Fish Tank:
Marlins manager Edwin Rodriguez expects right fielder Mike Stanton to play in big league game Thursday — Edwin Rodriguez believes right fielder Mike Stanton should be ready to return to a big league game on Thursday. — Stanton is DHing in a minor league game today and the plan …
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