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2:40 PM ET, January 21, 2015

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Bob Brookover / Philly.com:
Revere out to become more than just a singles hitter  —  READING - Ben Revere was part of the contingent charged with selling the Phillies' rebuilding plan during the team's winter banquet stop inside a Reading hotel Tuesday night.  More than a few people, of course, are not sold on Revere …
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Jake Kaplan / Philly.com:
Amaro on Hamels: 'I don't really foresee him being moved'  —  READING, Pa. — Ruben Amaro Jr. certainly isn't ruling it out, but on Tuesday the Phillies general manager said he thinks Cole Hamels will open the season pitching against the Boston Red Sox at Citizens Bank Park.
Jayson Stark / ESPN:
The market for James Shields
Associated Press:   Baseball Notes: Scherzer contract makes history
Chris Mortensen / ESPN:
11 of 12 Pats footballs underinflated  —  The NFL has found that 11 of 12 of the New England Patriots game balls were inflated significantly less than the NFL requires, league sources involved and familiar with the investigation of Sunday's AFC championship game told ESPN.
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Rick Stroud / Tampa Bay Times:
Bucs QB Johnson paid to have footballs altered before SB 37  —  Four days before the biggest game of his life, quarterback Brad Johnson broke an NFL rule to help the Bucs win Super Bowl XXXVII.  —  At 34, Johnson had developed a few compulsions during his career.
John Shea / San Francisco Chronicle:
Barry Bonds tutoring A-Rod at Bay Area facility  —  Alex Rodriguez, trying to make the comeback of the century, has gotten a few tips from the best hitter since Ted Williams.  —  Barry Bonds, who spent time tutoring Giants hitters last season — Michael Morse credited Bonds …
Rick Hummel / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cards ‘perfect fit’ for slugger Reynolds  —  At age 31, veteran first baseman/third baseman Mark Reynolds isn't apt to change his spots very much.  —  His all-or-nothing approach probably has been frustrating to his managers and, many times, to the new Cardinal himself.
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Barry Jackson / Sports Buzz:
Marlins still sorting out issues: Jose, Haren, Ichiro, bullpen, bench, batting order; Heat, Dolphins, Canes chatter  —  WEDNESDAY BUZZ COLUMN  —  The Marlins open spring training on Feb. 20 with what appears to be their best team in many years, but also with several issues that must be sorted out over the next two months.
Ben Badler / Baseball America:
Yankees Held Private Workout For Yoan Moncada  —  Cuban infielder Yoan Moncada can't sign just yet, but he's in the process of conducting private workouts for teams.  The Yankees, Baseball America has learned, are one team that has already held a private workout for Moncada.
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Joe Frisaro / MLB.com:
Touted Cuban infielder Moncada works out for Yanks
Discussion: Bronx Baseball Daily
John Ourand / SportsBusiness Daily:
YES Network Close To Four-Year Deal To Put Yankees Games On WPIX … YES Network is close to a deal with Tribune-owned broadcast station WPIX-CW, a deal that would take a N.Y.-area over-the-air package of Yankees games off of the Fox-owned WWOR-TV for the first time in more than a decade.
Steven Marcus / Newsday:
Discussion: Metsblog
Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
Brewers To Sign Dontrelle Willis  —  These are the day's notable minor moves:  — The Brewers have struck a minor league deal with one-time star lefty Dontrelle Willis, ESPN.com's Jerry Crasnick reports on Twitter.  Willis will receive an invite to big league camp, where he'll attempt …
Discussion: The Brewer Nation
Jayson Stark / MLB:
Sources: MLB looks to trim inning breaks  —  Under a new proposal by Major League Baseball, pitchers would be required to finish their warm-up pitches and be ready to make their first pitch of an inning 30 seconds before the end of all between-inning commercial breaks, sources told ESPN.com.
Aaron Gleeman / HardballTalk:
Johan Santana's latest comeback shut down with more shoulder problems  —  Johan Santana's body will apparently not allow a comeback to happen.  Or at least not without a bunch of setbacks first.  —  Finally healthy again after tearing his Achilles' tendon last spring while coming …
 
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