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Peter Burke / WPLG-TV:
Delmon Young accused of choking, threatening to kill valet attendant in Miami — Police say free agent MLB outfielder yelled profanities directed at Cubans — MIAMI - A Major League Baseball player was arrested Sunday night in Miami after he choked and threatened to kill a valet attendant, police said.
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Andy Slater / Slater Scoops:
Cops: Baseball player chokes, threatens to kill valet, unleashes slur-filled tirade — Major League Baseball player Delmon Young was arrested late Sunday night in Miami, accused of choking and threatening to kill a valet attendant, and using ethnic slurs. — Young allegedly grabbed …
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Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Gurriel Brothers Reportedly Defect From Cuba — Yulieski Gurriel and his brother, Lourdes Gurriel Jr., each defected from Cuba while the Cuban National Team was in the Dominican Republic this past weekend, Jorge Ebro of El Nuevo Herald first reported. Sources tell MLB.com's Jesse Sanchez the same …
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John Manuel / Baseball America:
Gurriel Brothers, Including Star Yulieski, Leave Cuba For MLB — Yulieski Gurriel, long considered both the best major league prospect and the best player in Cuba, has left the island with his brother Lourdes Jr., also a strong MLB prospect in his own right.
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Nick Piecoro / Arizona Republic:
Diamondbacks in contact with reliever Tyler Clippard — The Diamondbacks have been in contact with free-agent reliever Tyler Clippard and the club believes it has made progress toward a deal, a source said Monday. — After the Jean Segura/Aaron Hill trade late last month saved …
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Nick Piecoro / Arizona Republic:
Diamondbacks consider shifting Yasmany Tomas to LF
Diamondbacks consider shifting Yasmany Tomas to LF
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KFTC-TV:
Charges: 9-year-old drives for drunk Wisconsin couple — BALSAM LAKE, Wis. (KMSP) - A Wisconsin mom and her boyfriend are facing felony charges for allowing her nine-year-old daughter drive them home in their pickup truck after they appeared too drunk to drive.
Rob Neyer / Fox Sports:
The question? To bobble, or not to bobble ... It's been said that Enlightenment takes a thousand lives, but Insight is available to anyone, right now. For some years, I would experience the occasional sharp flash of Insight, and fantasize for a moment about someday discovering a sort …
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McCovey Chronicles
Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Indians Sign Craig Stammen To Minor League Deal — 1:04pm: The Indians announced, via Twitter, that they have indeed signed Stammen to a minor league contract that contains an invitation to Major League Spring Training. — 9:07am: The Indians are trying to finalize a deal …
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Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Blue Jays Sign David Aardsma To Minor League Deal
Blue Jays Sign David Aardsma To Minor League Deal
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Nick Cafardo / BostonGlobe.com:
Here are the Red Sox storylines entering spring training — Some of the stories won't be warranted, but every now and then the hype is real.
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Jeff Quinton / Baseball Prospectus:
Tools of Ignorance — Forget It, Jake — The Rockies have done some things the past eight months. They did a thing a couple weeks ago. Like most of the things the Rockies have done lately, trading four years of Corey Dickerson for two years of Jake McGee has caused much head-scratching.
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Purple Row
Scott Boeck / USA Today:
Organizational report: Cole Hamels gives Rangers playoff look — Sports Weekly takes an in-depth look at each major league organization during the offseason, from the major leagues to the farm system. We start with teams with the worst records and move up.
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Dallas Morning News and Lone Star Ball
David Pinto / baseballmusings.com:
Programmable Umpires — Via BBTF, computers are programming human umpires: … Humans have excellent pattern recognition skills, and incentives can make them even better. Robots, rather than calling the strike zone, are training the umpires to do a better job.
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Tampa Bay Times:
WANTED: New home for American League baseball team — ST. PETERSBURG — Major League Baseball's version of House Hunters premiered Thursday when the Tampa Bay Rays released a one-page wish list for what the club wants in a new stadium. — 4 Months Ago 4 Months Ago 6 Months Ago
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Christopher O'Donnell / TBO.com:
Rays, Hillsborough officials meet to discuss stadium search
Rays, Hillsborough officials meet to discuss stadium search
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