Top News:
Teri Thompson / NY Daily News:
Ryan Braun's initial PED test results were ‘insanely high,’ NL MVP's lawyer insists client did not take PEDs — Outfielder's test results were twice the level of highest test ever taken: source — Ryan Braun wins the NL MVP in 2011 after batting .332 with 33 home runs and 111 RBI for the Brewers.
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Tedquarters, FanGraphs Baseball, Amazin' Avenue, HardballTalk, JSOnline and Baseball Prospectus
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Fox Sports:
Source says Braun's test not for PED — Baseball was rocked Saturday by an ESPN report that reigning National League MVP Ryan Braun has tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs. — A source close to Braun, however, said Sunday that although the player tested positive for a prohibited substance …
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JSOnline
Tom Haudricourt / JSOnline:
Source: Braun didn't take PED — By Tom Haudricourt of the Journal Sentinel — A very good source on the Ryan Braun side of the drug testing controversy assures me that Braun did not test positive for a performance-enhancing drug, as reported by ESPN's “Outside the Lines.”
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Mike Scioscia's tragic illness, Baseball Prospectus, Baseball Nation and HardballTalk
ESPN:
Ryan Braun tests positive for PED — National League MVP Ryan Braun, who last season led the Milwaukee Brewers to their first division title in nearly three decades, has tested positive for a performance-enhancing drug and faces a 50-game suspension if the initial finding is upheld …
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Baseball Prospectus, The Yankee Analysts, Dirk Hayhurst, It's About The Money, HardballTalk, baseballmusings.com, Yahoo! Sports, Lady Loves Pinstripes, JSOnline, Babes Love Baseball, Brew Crew Ball, USA Today, Baseball Nation, Drunk Jays Fans, ESPN.com, Lasorda's Lair, Dodgers Blog, Lone Star Ball, The Big Lead, Athletics Nation, NESN.com, The Good Phight, SI Tracking Blog, Baseball Time in Arlington and Deadspin
Sports Illustrated:
What we know and what we don't know about Braun's positive test
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CNN and Sports Illustrated
Bill Shaikin / Dodgers Blog:
BBWAA: No plan to strip Ryan Braun of MVP
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JSOnline and SI Tracking Blog
Michael Hunt / Boston Herald:
Ryan Braun's test would be severe blow to Milwaukee area and baseball, if it's true
Discussion:
baseballmusings.com
Geoff Baker / The Seattle Times:
If Ryan Braun's positive PED test is upheld, baseball writers should demand re-vote for National League MVP
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JSOnline, Baseball Nation and HardballTalk
Mike Axisa / MLB Rumors:
Ryan Braun Tested Positive For Prohibited Substance
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DRaysBay, Lasorda's Lair, Blog Red Machine, JSOnline, Al's Ramblings, Baseball Nation and joy of sox
Nick Cafardo / Boston Globe:
The purse strings get a bit tighter over at Fenway — The bottom line is this: You must have a good closer to win the American League East and make it deep into the playoffs. — The Red Sox lost Jonathan Papelbon, one of the best closers in baseball, and have yet to replace him.
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Federal Baseball and MLB Rumors
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Michael Silverman / Boston Herald:
Sox stick with approach — Little tweaks often can go a long way — + Recent Articles + Recent Blog Entries + Email — One of these days, the Red Sox [team stats] will make a trade, sign a free agent and fill out their coaching staff. — In the meantime, all signs point toward …
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MLB Rumors
Michael Vega / Boston Globe:
Bobby Valentine: Bard to be prepped as starter in spring
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HardballTalk and joy of sox
Enrique Rojas / MLB:
Manny Ramirez seeks another chance — MIAMI — Manny Ramirez acknowledged that he has made many mistakes in his life and he seeks a new chance to show that he has changed. — In an exclusive interview with ESPN Deportes, Ramirez said it was a mistake to have used banned performance-enhancing substances …
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ESPN, The Heater Feed, MLB Rumors, HardballTalk and LADY AT THE BAT
Chris Jaffe / Hardball Times:
The Cooperstown case for Tim Raines — It's that time of the year again: Hall of Fame voting season. This month, the decade-long members of the BBWAA fill out their ballots for who belongs in Cooperstown. — There are many candidates on this year's ballot, and many would make perfectly fine Hall of Famers.
Discussion:
HardballTalk and THE BOOK
Tim Dierkes / MLB Rumors:
Non-Tender Candidates — I initially published my non-tender candidates list on November 14th, and since then many of the 54 players I mentioned have been removed from 40-man rosters or traded. Below is my revised list in advance of tonight's 11pm central time deadline.
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MetsBlog.com, Bless You Boys and DRaysBay
Charley Walters / TwinCities.com:
Twins star Joe Mauer engaged to fellow Cretin-Derham Hall grad Maddie Bisanz — Joe Mauer, perhaps Minnesota's most eligible bachelor, on Saturday became engaged to fellow Cretin-Derham Hall graduate Maddie Bisanz. — Mauer, 28, the Twins catcher, proposed to Bisanz, a St. Paul nurse, in Sanibel, Fla.
Discussion:
LA Times Sports Blog and The Big Lead
Dallas Morning News:
Jon Daniels: ‘Very realistic’ that C.J. Wilson would've returned had Rangers matched Angels' offer — Texas Rangers General Manager Jon Daniels appears at spring training in Surprise, Ariz., Saturday, Feb. 19, 2011. — of — Long before Newport Beach native C.J. Wilson signed …
Discussion:
Baseball Time in Arlington and baseballmusings.com
Tom Singer / MLB.com:
D-backs bring back Ransom on Minors deal — Veteran Major League infielder Cody Ransom is getting another shot with the D-backs, who re-signed the 35-year-old to a Minor League contract in hopes he could yet approach the stellar Triple-A production he posted last season.
