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Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
Bold choice for Rangers — It's impossible to say whether A's third base coach Ron Washington will be a good manager for the Rangers seeing as his entire managing experience consists of two seasons at Class A with the Mets in 1993 and '94. — But know this: Washington …
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Jan Hubbard / Dallas Star-Telegram:Washington chosen — ARLINGTON — In a surprising move …
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kcbs.com:
Plans Underway For New Stadium In Fremont — OAKLAND, Calif. (KCBS) — KCBS has learned that the Oakland Athletics will soon announce plans to move the club to Fremont, and build a new stadium complex there. — KCBS sports anchor Steve Bitker broke the story Monday morning …
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Blez / Athletics Nation:
Do You Know the Way to Fremont A's? — One thing you can say about the Athletics is that their offseasons are never, ever dull. They don't sit around wringing their hands for news. — It appears like the inevitable will finally soon be announced. The Oakland Athletics are going to be moving to Fremont, California.
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Mark Hale / New York Post:
AGENT: METS LIKE LORETTA — Mark Loretta may be one of the Mets' top choices to play second base. They have shown more interest in him than any other club so far, Loretta's agent told The Post last night. — Bob Garber, Loretta's agent, said "there's been about three phone calls" so far from the Mets.
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Anthony McCarron / NY Daily News:
Yanks get Sheff talks cookin' — The Yankees completed the first step toward trading Gary Sheffield yesterday, announcing that they have picked up the slugger's $13 million contract option for next season. — Now the Yankees will continue trade talks with the seven teams that have inquired …
MLB.com:
Former Cub Ivan DeJesus named to coaching staff — The Chicago Cubs today announced that former Cubs shortstop Ivan DeJesus has been named the Major League club's special assistant to Manager Lou Piniella. — DeJesus, 53, spent the past six seasons as a minor league manager …
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Adam McCalvy / MLB.com:
Mailbag: Is Sheets going to be traded? — Beat reporter Adam McCalvy answers Brewers fans' questions — Do you think Ben Sheets is going to be on the trading block this winter? He had a good second half, but has been injury prone and is the highest paid Brewers player.
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Kevin Goldstein / Baseball Prospectus:
Future Shock — OF Wladimir Balentien, Cardenales de Lara (Venezuelan Winter League, Mariners) — In 2003, Balentien crushed 16 home runs in the Arizona Rookie League, easily setting a new record in a circuit where more than five round trippers is a rarity.
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Adam Rubin / NY Mets Blog:
Photos: John Maine, Samurai — John Maine took advantage of an off-day to tour Kyoto with most of his MLB All-Star teammates. Here he tries on a samurai outfit. — Here he shoots an arrow during a stop suction-cupped tipped arrow during a stop at Toei Movie Land in Kyoto.
Tom Krasovic / San Diego Union-Tribune:
Padres-Balsley negotiations stalled — The Padres and pitching coach Darren Balsley, whose staff led the National League in ERA this year, have hit a few snags in contractual negotiations. The club has agreed to terms with bullpen coach Darrel Akerfelds, but a proposal and counterproposal between …
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San Francisco Chronicle:
Can you trust agent over 30? — Barry Bonds, meet reality. Reality, meet Barry Bonds. — We'll leave you two alone to talk, but remember, no fisticuffs! — That introduction is coming soon, and it won't be made by Bonds' agent, Jeff Borris, who in spite of his name, will not bore us.
Enrico / The700Level.com:
Paterno Breaks Bone, Called 'Old Fart' — JoePa had a rough day on Saturday. His team stinks and got beat up on by Wisconsin 13-3. He gets tackled and breaks a bone on the sideline. Then he gets called an "old fart" by an ESPN analyst. It was more stupid than anything.
John Eisenberg / Baltimore Sun:
Cards, Tigers blazed trail, but O's still in wilderness — Let's see, the St. Louis Cardinals won just 83 regular-season games before storming through the playoffs and capturing the World Series, and the Orioles managed 70 wins while finishing fourth in the American League East.
Marty Noble / MLB.com:
Mailbag: What should the Mets do? — Beat writer Marty Noble answers fans' questions — I think that the Mets' weakness this year was their starting rotation. Thinking positive towards 2007, I have two questions: one, do you see the Mets signing current Yankee and potential free agent Mike Mussina?
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Boston Herald:
From Fox into the Lyons den: 'Psycho' sought for Sox gig — This is supposed to be on the DL, but we hear that Entercom is making a pitch for deposed Fox Sportscaster Steve "Psycho" Lyons to join the Red Sox radio broadcast next season. — "They want to make him the RemDawg of radio," said Someone Who Knows.
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