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NPR.org:
President Trump's Inaugural Address, Annotated — Donald Trump is now the 45th president of the United States. NPR reporters and editors across the newsroom have annotated his inaugural address.
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The Daily Caller
Roch Kubatko / School of Roch:
The Trumbo agreement, the ripple effect and what's next — The Orioles' mock lineup for 2017 contains fewer holes as the days tick down before spring training. — Seth Smith can be penciled into right field, at least in a platoon role, and Mark Trumbo can be tabbed as the primary designated hitter …
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Baltimore Sun, BaltimoreBaseball.com, MLB Trade Rumors and baseballmusings.com
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Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
Orioles Re-Sign Mark Trumbo
Orioles Re-Sign Mark Trumbo
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Baltimore Sun, Beyond the Box Score, NBCSports.com, Camden Depot, Camden Chat, Bleacher Nation and Yahoo Sports
ESPN:
Farm system rankings: The top 10 — Eight of the top 10 teams could comfortably be called rebuilders, teams that traded away major-league talent in 2016 to add prospects. Even the Yankees, whether or not they used the term, were in rebuild mode last season, landing three top-100 prospects in their two big deadline deals.
Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
The Dodgers are looking all over the place for a second baseman — The Dodgers' pursuit of Brian Dozier isn't dead and won't be dead until another second baseman is in their uniform — and who knows, even then a trade with the Twins might be possible. — The stalemate over Dozier, however …
Jeff Wilson / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
Rangers sign Ross with goal of boosting rotation for stretch run — The Texas Rangers have put the finishing touches on what they believe will be their starting rotation for most of the season. — But general manager Jon Daniels on Friday wouldn't put a finger on when right-hander Tyson Ross …
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NBCSports.com, Amazin' Avenue, Bleacher Nation and MLB Trade Rumors
WDTN-TV:
Officials: ‘More would have been wounded’ in school shooting if not for staff, deputies — WEST LIBERTY, Ohio (WDTN) — The victim of a school shooting was not the intended target, officials say Friday afternoon. — Logan Cole, 16, was shot multiple times by the suspect, who has not yet been named.
Chris Cotillo / MLB Daily Dish:
Braves agree to deal with Kurt Suzuki — Suzuki joins Tyler Flowers and Anthony Recker as catchers on the Braves' roster. — The Braves have agreed to terms with free-agent catcher Kurt Suzuki, a major-league source tells SB Nation. Terms of the deal are unknown.
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MLB Trade Rumors and FanRag Sports
Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
Rangers To Sign James Loney — The Rangers have agreed to a minor-league deal with first baseman James Loney, according to Jon Heyman of Fan Rag (via Twitter). The veteran will make $1MM if he can break onto the MLB roster. — Loney, 32, played an even 100 games last year for the Mets …
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Lone Star Ball and MLB Daily Dish
Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Athletics Sign Alejandro De Aza To Minor League Deal — The Athletics have signed veteran outfielder Alejandro De Aza to a minor league contract and invited him to Major League Spring Training, the team announced on Friday. — De Aza, 33 in April, posted underwhelming numbers with the Mets …
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Amazin' Avenue and MLB Daily Dish
Marc Stein / ESPN:
Bulls eyeing Bosh? Miami moving Dragic? Here's the latest buzz — MISSISSAUGA, Ontario — In this latest Son of Weekend Dime compilation, we've amassed the freshest dribbles of pertinent chatter from the NBA's annual D-League Showcase ... with the league's annual trade buzzer just over 30 days away:
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Chicago Tribune, Heat Zone, FanRag Sports, CBS Chicago and Blog a Bull
ESPN:
Predicting every Hall of Fame class through 2045 — Only a fool would predict the future, although Jules Verne did pretty well in a science fiction book he wrote in 1863 (though it wasn't published until 1994) titled “Paris in the Twentieth Century,” in which he predicted such technological advances …
Danny Ecker / Chicago Business:
Cubs, Sox games to be live-streamed in Chicago market — CSN Chicago's Cubs and White Sox games will be live-streamed online and on mobile devices this season, free to those who get the network in their cable package. — In a long-awaited deal between Major League Baseball …
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Bleed Cubbie Blue, Athletics Nation and CBS Chicago
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Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
The number of players elected — Three would be good, four even better, five a cause for outright celebration. — That's right, I'm rooting for a big class, and not simply because the ballot remains overcrowded. — As sabermetric web sites such as Fangraphs and FiveThirtyEight first explained …
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Fish Stripes