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| Red Sox owners buy the Avalanche - 2007-12-11T05:00:00Z | ||||||
| Less than a year after they invested in stock-car racing, the owners of the Red Sox have struck closer to home, becoming one of the few Major League Baseball operations to pursue a minor league franchise. | ||||||
| Christmas is early for some Sox fans - 2007-12-09T05:00:00Z | ||||||
| Clad in Red Sox jackets, Anita and Fred White of Melrose stepped from the Fenway Park ticket office onto Brookline Avenue yesterday carrying a photo of themselves with the World Series trophy and - more carefully guarded - a handful of 2008 tickets, purchased at face value. | ||||||
| Brewers working on deal with Gagné - 2007-12-09T05:00:00Z | ||||||
| The Milwaukee Brewers are working on a deal with free agent reliever Eric Gagn é , potentially giving the team another option at the closer spot after losing Francisco Cordero to free agency. "We're not there yet," Brewers general manager Doug Melvin said last night at the Marquette-Wisconsin basketball game. The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reported on its website the righthander, ... |
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| Ex-Oriole Segui: I used steroids; he's expecting to be in report - Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 | ||||||
| When Major League Baseball's Mitchell Report on performance-enhancing drug use is released, likely later this week, at least one former Oriole fully expects to be mentioned prominently. |
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| Gibbons' goal: win back fans - Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 | ||||||
| He realizes that won't be easy after hGH admission
Four days after admitting he used human growth hormone, Orioles outfielder Jay Gibbons said he has work ahead to win the fans back. Speaking at the team's annual Christmas party for a local elementary school, Gibbons also maintained he is done talking about the topic and his 15-day suspension from Major League Baseball "for now." |
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| Brewers sign Gagne for 1 year, $10M - Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 | ||||||
| Former National League Cy Young Award winner Eric Gagne, 31, and the Milwaukee Brewers finalized a one-year, $10 million contract yesterday. |
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| Yankees Find Bullpen Help, Landing Hawkins for a Year - | ||||||
| The Yankees added a veteran to their young bullpen Sunday, agreeing to terms with the right-hander LaTroy Hawkins on a one-year contract worth about $3.75 million. | ||||||
| Larsen’s Feat Lives in Amateur Movies - | ||||||
 Two men out of 64,519 fans were unknowingly producing the lost films of Don Larsen’s perfect game, color home movies that complement the few newsreel clips of the game. |
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| ON BASEBALL; Meacham Hitches Wagon to Girardi - | ||||||
| Bobby Meacham, who played in 457 games for the Yankees in six seasons, is back with the Yankees as their third-base coach under Manager Joe Girardi. |
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| Notes: If you build it, they will come - Sun, 09 Dec 2007 21:20:28 GMT | ||||||
"You use your system not only to feed your own Major League team, but to acquire Major League players that you'll have to fill your needs" The Marlins' trade that sent marquee players Dontrelle Willis and Miguel Cabrera to the Tigers was a deal the Rays could relate to since they, too, are a small-market team, and one day they could be faced with ... via Major League Baseball |
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| Lahey chosen first in MLB's Rule 5 Draft - Sat, 08 Dec 2007 21:09:17 GMT | ||||||
The Tampa Bay Devil Rays selected right- handed Timothy Lahey from the Minnesota Twins organization with the first pick in Major League Baseball's annual Rule 5 Draft on Thursday. via The Miami Herald |
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| It's Rays' turn to make their move - Thu, 06 Dec 2007 00:20:41 GMT | ||||||
"Rocco's [health is] still the issue" Joe Maddon's Rays play in a division ruled by the bullies of baseball -- the Yankees and Red Sox. via Major League Baseball |
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| Lo Duca spurns Toronto for Nats; Giants mulling Rios-for-Lincecum offer - Tue, 11 Dec 2007 04:30:00 GMT-5:00 | ||||||
| Paul Lo Duca, the veteran catcher the Blue Jays had hoped to acquire to share duties with incumbent Gregg Zaun, has chosen instead to sign with the Washington Nationals. | ||||||
| Smiling, confident Bonds in court - Sat, 08 Dec 2007 04:30:00 GMT-5:00 | ||||||
| Barry Bonds let one of his six lawyers say the words: "Not guilty." | ||||||
| Rios trade talk is a sign of the baseball times - Sat, 08 Dec 2007 04:30:00 GMT-5:00 | ||||||
| A few years back, J.P. Ricciardi was yakking with some baseball writers and tossed out a hypothetical: Would you trade Vernon Wells for Mark Prior? |
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| MVN Al Manager of the Year Award: Eric Wedge - Tue, 11 Dec 2007 18:37:08 GMT | ||||||
"Give me your tired, your poor, huddled masses" To say that Eric Wedge's journey as manager of the Cleveland Indians has been a smooth ride is just simply lying.A If you knowA how to read, and have visitedA Tribe Report over the years, you'll see thatA Eric ... via MVN - Recent Articles |
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| Jason Kline: One new face, but plenty of Tribe talk from winter meetings - Tue, 11 Dec 2007 09:26:58 GMT | ||||||
While the Twins, Tigers, White Sox and even the Royals have been busy, last week's winter meetings came and went without a change to the Tribe's 40-man roster. via News Journal |
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| Mourning the Trade of Jamey Carroll - Mon, 10 Dec 2007 19:56:33 GMT | ||||||
The sobering reality that baseball is a business struck home tonight as the Rockies shipped fan-favorite Jamey Carroll to the Cleveland Indians for a player to be named Those were the written words of Troy E. ... via Bugs and Cranks |
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| COLUMNIST: Meet the most powerful division in baseball - the AL Central - Tue, 11 Dec 2007 12:55:00 EST | ||||||
| If the AL Central weren't the toughest division in baseball — with four playoff teams in the last three years — it has become perhaps the most powerful. | ||||||
| Timo Perez re-signs with Tigers; Brandon Inge trade talks - Mon, 10 Dec 2007 23:42:00 EST | ||||||
| Outfielder Timo Perez has elected to remain with the Tigers, by signing a one-year major-league contract worth a maximum of $525,000. | ||||||
| AROUND THE HORN: Names the big unknown in the Mitchell report; Tigers' arbitration coming up - Tue, 11 Dec 2007 02:36:00 EST | ||||||
| NEW YORK -- It's easy to predict much of what George Mitchell will say: Baseball ignored performance-enhancing drugs for more than a decade, and his investigation repeatedly was slowed by the players' union. The names Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire and Jason Giambi are sure to be included in the report, which could be released Thursday. |
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| Royals sign Guillen, lose out on Jones - Thu, 06 Dec 2007 10:54 CST | ||||||
| NASHVILLE, Tenn. | For now, anyway, the Royals must be content with adding only free-agent outfielder Jose Guillen to their production-starved attack. | ||||||
| U.S. power hitters make it big in Japan - Tue, 30 Oct 2007 01:08 CDT | ||||||
| NAGOYA, Japan | There are certain things that Japanese baseball players do better than Americans. Hitting home runs, though, is not one of them. The biggest American imports in this country seem to be McDonald's, Starbucks and home-run hitters. | ||||||
| MLB denies report of deal on possible suspension of Guillen - Thu, 06 Dec 2007 08:42 CST | ||||||
| NASHVILLE, Tenn. | Controversy surfaced Wednesday regarding Jose Guillen even before the Royals were able to confirm his addition to the roster. |
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| Angels' Guerrero says he's nearly recovered - Mon, 10 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 | ||||||
| Slugger says he won't need surgery and shouldn't be bothered next season by the right triceps injury that prevented him from playing right field at season's end.
Vladimir Guerrero said he has almost fully recovered from an irritated right triceps that prevented him from playing right field for the Angels at the end of the season. |
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| No suspension for Matthews - Fri, 7 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 | ||||||
| The Angels outfielder was tied to a 2004 HGH shipment. Guillen and Gibbons get 15-day suspensions.
NASHVILLE -- Angels outfielder Gary Matthews Jr. will not be suspended for allegedly ordering human growth hormone, the commissioner's office announced Thursday. |
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| Angels will just keep looking, Reagins says - Fri, 7 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 | ||||||
| Lack of a big-bat deal in Nashville doesn't rule out opportunity later, the GM says. Besides, he likes his team's chances just fine.
NASHVILLE -- The Angels' winter-meetings contingent checked out of the Opryland Hotel on Thursday without Miguel Cabrera , without Miguel Tejada , without Johan Santana and without any regrets. |
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| Oakland minor league catcher Raul Padron suspended - Mon, 10 Dec 2007 14:11:08 PST | ||||||
| Oakland Athletics minor league catcher Raul Padron was suspended Monday for the first 50 games of next season after testing positive for a performance-enhancing substance under baseball's minor league drug program. The 23-year-old hit .223 with 13 home... |
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| A's still getting calls for Haren, Blanton - Sun, 09 Dec 2007 00:00:00 PST | ||||||
| Near the end of the winter meetings, the A's appeared as if they might stand pat and go onto the 2008 season with their core intact. Now, however, talks are heating up again about Oakland pitchers Dan Haren and Joe Blanton, and it looks as if general manager... |
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| Blanton comes before Bonds - Sun, 09 Dec 2007 00:00:00 PST | ||||||
| The grand hysteria over Friday's story that Barry Bonds might ... and we repeat might be an Oakland Athletic has come and gone. Hey, it's not every day you combine a quiet winter meetings, a team with a need and a free agent being arraigned by the federal... |
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| Mariners have best three-year offer on table for Hiroki Kuroda - | ||||||
| The Mariners have not made a four-year offer to Japanese pitcher Hiroki Kuroda, as was reported earlier. Instead, Seattle made a three-year offer and is likely in competition with the Dodgers for the righty. | ||||||
| M's didn't do much, but neither did Angels - | ||||||
| NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The Mariners came away with very little from the winter meetings. Perhaps more important to Seattle was that the Angels didn't get much done either. | ||||||
| Mariners' moves raise question: Do they even have a plan? - | ||||||
| Because the Mariners lack the resources of the Yankees, the patience of the Indians, or the audacity of the Tigers, they are doomed to inhabit the second tier of the American League. |
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| Texas Rangers acquire infielder Shelton from Tigers - Thu, 06 Dec 2007 17:20:02 GMT | ||||||
| Texas Rangers' Blalock not on block for current offers - Thu, 06 Dec 2007 17:20:02 GMT | ||||||
| Texas Rangers shouldn't ship Blalock, Laird - Thu, 06 Dec 2007 17:20:02 GMT | ||||||
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| Dodgers, Andruw Jones reach preliminary $36.2M contract - Thu, 6 Dec 2007 09:35:37 EST | ||||||
| Gold Glove center fielder Andruw Jones is set to give the Los Angeles Dodgers the dangerous slugger they sorely need. | ||||||
| Choice Turner Field seats to carry SunTrust name - Wed, 5 Dec 2007 21:27:32 EST | ||||||
| Atlanta-based SunTrust Bank has reached a deal to put its name on a new Turner Field seating section designed to appeal to the Braves' more affluent fans. | ||||||
| Braves, Lopez reunion unlikely - Wed, 5 Dec 2007 21:23:53 EST | ||||||
| Nashville — The Braves want a backup catcher, and Javy Lopez wants to make a comeback, but there doesn't appear to be much chance of a reunion. |
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| Here is the future - Sun, 09 Dec 2007 02:42 EST | ||||||
| Renowned author Thomas Wolfe, North Carolina basketball coach Roy Williams, Hall of Famer Cal Ripken Jr. and Cameron Maybin. What do they have in common? They all served as batboys for the minor league Asheville (N.C.) Tourists. | ||||||
| Rule 5 draft doesn't fill Marlins' void - Fri, 07 Dec 2007 01:59 EST | ||||||
| Baseball held its annual scavenger hunt, otherwise known as the Rule 5 draft, to wrap up the winter meetings Thursday. And even then, as they picked through the carcasses and castoffs left hanging by other clubs, the Marlins didn't stumble on a third baseman. | ||||||
| Beinfest on trade: It's business, but it's 'personal' - Thu, 06 Dec 2007 02:10 EST | ||||||
| It pained him when he traded Derrek Lee. It saddened him when he bade farewell to Josh Beckett and Mike Lowell. It hurt him to let go of Juan Pierre. As chief architect of the Marlins, Larry Beinfest always has found it hard to say goodbye. |
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| BASEBALL ROUNDUP; Nationals Replace Schneider With Lo Duca - | ||||||
| Paul Lo Duca, who was the Mets’ catcher for two years, will replace Brian Schneider, whom the Mets acquired from the Nationals 11 days ago to fill Lo Duca’s position. | ||||||
| Mets’ Prospects Maturing in the Dominican Republic - | ||||||
| Carlos Gómez and Fernando Martínez — both on the roster for Escogido in the Dominican Republic — could become the outfield equivalent of David Wright and José Reyes. | ||||||
| Unfinished Business Marks Winter Meetings - | ||||||
| Trade talks will continue after baseball’s winter meetings ended Thursday with fewer players switching teams than expected. |
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| Tigers acquire Cabrera, Willis from Marlins for six prospects - Thu, 06 Dec 2007 08:01:00 GMT2007-12-06T08:01:00Z | ||||||
| NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Tigers general manager Dave Dombrowski was sitting at home on the eve of Thanksgiving when his telephone rang. On the line was owner Mike Ilitch, who had just heard that the Florida Marlins might be willing to part with third baseman Miguel Cabrera. | ||||||
| Phillies on verge of leaving unarmed - Thu, 06 Dec 2007 08:01:00 GMT2007-12-06T08:01:00Z | ||||||
| NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The defending National League East champion Phillies - and doesn't that still have an unfamiliar ring to it? - have spent the last 3 days doing some comparison shopping for pitching. | ||||||
| Jim Salisbury | Randolph hopes Mets learned from epic collapse - Thu, 06 Dec 2007 08:01:00 GMT2007-12-06T08:01:00Z | ||||||
| NASHVILLE - Even now, more than two months after the nightmare, Willie Randolph is still trying to come to grips with how it all ended, with how his team blew that big lead and handed the National League East title to the Phillies. |
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| Nats' Zimmerman Breaks Bone in Wrist - Wed, 07 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST | ||||||
| Nationals third baseman Ryan Zimmerman breaks a minor bone in his left wrist while swinging a bat, an injury that will almost certainly require surgery. | ||||||
| Guillen Is Linked To Steroids - Wed, 07 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST | ||||||
| Baseball officials are seeking to interview former National Jose Guillen after a newspaper reports that he bought more than $19,000 worth of steroids and human growth hormone from 2002 to 2005. | ||||||
| Nationals' President Meets With A. Jones - Tue, 06 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST | ||||||
| Though Washington Nationals President Stan Kasten has spent much of his time with the club explaining why he believes signing expensive free agents should be the last step in a rebuilding process, Kasten himself met with former Atlanta Braves center fielder Andruw Jones recently at Jones's Atlanta... |
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| Cubs pursue O's Roberts - 12:01 AM, Dec 6, 2007 | ||||||
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- While the Cubs wait for the top free agent in their sights to take the next step in the negotiation process, their attention has turned more toward making trades, including the aggressive pursuit of Baltimore Orioles second baseman Brian Roberts, which seemed to be heating up into Wednesday night. |
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| Reds insider - Sun, 09 Dec 2007 02:24:00 EST | ||||||
| The Reds went to Nashville expressly to get a starting pitcher, with their effort focused on Erik Bedard, and they have not given up on him. | ||||||
| RedsFest sets attendance mark - Sun, 09 Dec 2007 02:53:00 EST | ||||||
| More than 20,000 fans attended the two-day Kahn's Redsfest Friday and Saturday at the Duke Energy Center downtown. Attendance for the two days was 20,165, the Reds said, breaking the mark of 18,080 set last year. | ||||||
| Junior gets grilled by Happy Meal crowd - Sun, 09 Dec 2007 02:50:00 EST | ||||||
| Questions the players won't answer for reporters before and after Reds games, they'll answer for kids at Redsfest. Not surprisingly, most of the questions Friday night went to Ken Griffey Jr. |
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| Astros tab ex-catcher Pujols to manage Class AA - | ||||||
| Former Astros catcher and Detroit Tigers manager Luis Pujols was named manager of the Astros Class AA affiliate in Corpus Christi today. He replaces Dave Clark, who was promoted as manager of Class AAA Round Rock last month. |
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| Ex-Astro Munson inks one-year deal with Brewers - | ||||||
| Catcher Eric Munson and the Milwaukee Brewers agreed Tuesday to a $525,000, one-year contract that avoided salary arbitration. |
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| Astros hoping new lineup, new faces will be a hit - | ||||||
| The Astros won't be the Bronx Bombers next year, according to their GM, but he'd settle for a little more run production on Crawford Street. And that may start with another move or two. |
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| Brewers may tap Turnbow as closer - 12/6/2007 | ||||||
| Nashville, Tenn. - Barring an unforeseen development, the Milwaukee Brewers don't anticipate acquiring an... | ||||||
| Rolen-La Russa rift widening - 12/6/2007 | ||||||
| Nashville, Tenn. - When trade talks with Milwaukee for third baseman Scott Rolen broke off Tuesday... | ||||||
| Detroit nabs Cabrera, Willis - 12/5/2007 | ||||||
| Nashville, Tenn. - The Florida Marlins' quest to deal third baseman Miguel Cabrera evolved into a blockbuster trade... |
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| Winter Meetings: Pirates release Castillo, claim pitcher - Thu, 6 Dec 2007 10:29:00 -0500 | ||||||
| Pirates this morning released infielder Jose Castillo. | ||||||
| Pirates Q&A with Dejan Kovacevic - Thu, 6 Dec 2007 09:39:00 -0500 | ||||||
| Spent some time with John Russell yesterday, including lunch, and came away plenty impressed. | ||||||
| Winter Meetings: Bay deal to Indians 'dead' - Thu, 6 Dec 2007 00:18:00 -0500 | ||||||
| NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The on-again, off-again trade talks between the Pirates and Cleveland Indians regarding Jason Bay are most assuredly off. ... |
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| La Russa: Now, it’s personal - 06 Dec 2007 03:34:53 CST | ||||||
| Speaking at length about a topic that has preoccupied the club this week, Cardinals skipper Tony La Russa on Wednesday laid responsibility for an ongoing impasse between him and Scott Rolen squarely on Rolen’s shoulders, insisting that the club should not craft a trade merely to placate Rolen. | ||||||
| MLB Notes: Tigers, Marlins finalize eight-player blockbuster - 06 Dec 2007 03:34:55 CST | ||||||
| Writers take stand against award deals - 06 Dec 2007 03:34:53 CST | ||||||
| Baseball players with contract bonuses for winning the Most Valuable Player, Cy Young or rookie awards would be barred from consideration for those awards by the Baseball Writers' Association of America under a rule passed Wednesday. |
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| Diamondbacks raise Kuroda offer - Mon, 10 Dec 2007 21:02:14 MST | ||||||
| The D-Backs improved their contract offer to Hiroki Kuroda. | ||||||
| Steroids report easy to predict - Mon, 10 Dec 2007 21:06:08 MST | ||||||
| The names Bonds, McGwire and Giambi are sure to be included in the report. To what extent is harder to guess. | ||||||
| D-Backs scout foreign market - Sat, 08 Dec 2007 20:38:11 MST | ||||||
| For a couple of years, the Diamondbacks have been laying groundwork to increase their visibility and reach in Japan. |
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| Vick: 23-month term - Tue, 11 Dec 2007 01:48:20 -0700 | ||||||
| Suspended Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick was sentenced to 23 months in prison Monday. | ||||||
| What pros want? Perfect powder - Tue, 11 Dec 2007 01:33:28 -0700 | ||||||
| The women of the U.S. Ski Team make their living carving up unforgiving race courses that leave little room for improvisation. | ||||||
| Sakic will skate this week - Tue, 11 Dec 2007 01:27:10 -0700 | ||||||
| When the Avalanche resumes practice today, Joe Sakic will not be part of the mix. |
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| Dodgers try to sell a fan on acquisition of Jones - Sun, 9 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 | ||||||
| IT'S HARD to believe there's one out there, but according to reliable witnesses, Gloria Napoli wakes up every morning to read a newspaper. |
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| For Dodgers' Ng, trip to China was a chance to learn - Sat, 8 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 | ||||||
| The team's assistant general manager attended Young Leaders Forum on U.S.-China relations.
Dodgers assistant general manager Kim Ng was one of about 20 American fellows to attend the Young Leaders Forum on U.S.-China relations and spent 3 1/2 days last week in Nanjing, China. The YLF is in its sixth year and its fellows, who serve for at least two years, come from a variety of backgrounds. Among the other U.S. fellows were Minnesota House Majority Leader Erik Paulsen and astronaut Christopher J. Cassidy. |
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| Do Dodgers have an ace up their sleeve? - Fri, 7 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 | ||||||
| Getting Andruw Jones is great, especially if it means Dodgers can acquire a top starting pitcher.
Here we thought the Dodgers just needed a little pitching and hitting, but General Manager Ned Colletti is apparently intent on acquiring something much more powerful. |
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| Cubs may be raising stakes for Fukudome Offer thought to be close to $50 million - Tue, 11 Dec 2007 19:00:08 GMT | ||||||
| SEAN M. HAFFEY / Union-Tribune Randy Wolf meets with Dodgers pitching coach Rick Honeycutt and catcher Russell Martin in a game at Petco Park in June. The left-hander's one-year, incentive-laden contract with the Padres for 2008 was officially announced Monday. Cubs may be raising stakes for Fukudome | ||||||
| Wolf can make $4.25 million in incentives from Pads - Tue, 11 Dec 2007 19:00:08 GMT | ||||||
| SAN DIEGO, 3:29 p.m. Dec. 10 (AP): Randy Wolf will get a nice payday if he can make 30 starts and pitch 200 innings for the San Diego Padres. |
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| La Russa Wants Rolen to Stay With Cards - Thu, 06 Dec 2007 03:29:19 PST | ||||||
| St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa wants third baseman Scott Rolen back. But only on the team's terms. "He's got a contract to play, and we need him to play," La Russa said Wednesday at the baseball winter meetings. "And he's going to be treated...
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