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6:35 AM ET, November 15, 2006

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Associated Press:
Red Sox's winning bid for Matsuzaka — $51.1 million  —  NAPLES, Fla. — The Boston Red Sox emerged Tuesday night as winners of the bidding for Daisuke Matsuzaka with a $51.1 million offer and have 30 days to sign the Japanese pitcher to a contract.  —  The Seibu Lions of Japan's Pacific League announced …
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Jerry Crasnick / ESPN:   There's no turning back for Red Sox
Associated Press:
Nationals name former Mets coach Acta manager  —  WASHINGTON — Manny Acta began preparing to be a major league manager when he was the only kid with a catcher's mitt in his neighborhood back in the Dominican Republic.  —  "So I was like, 'I'm running the game, or I'm taking the glove away,' " Acta recalled Tuesday.
Discussion: Washington Post
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Bill Ladson / MLB.com:
Nationals turn to Acta, naturally  —  One-time coach with franchise returns as manager  —  WASHINGTON — The Nationals formally named Manny Acta their manager during a news conference at the Washington Square Building on Tuesday afternoon.  He will wear No. 14, the same number he wore …
Bill Ladson / MLB.com:
Acta named manager of Nationals
Discussion: Federal Baseball
MLB.com:
Nationals hire Manny Acta as manager
Discussion: District of Baseball
Barry Svrluga / Washington Post:
Incoming Acta Has Outgoing Style
Discussion: MLB.com and District of Baseball
Joe Capozzi / Palm Beach Post:
MLB vows help with ballpark  —  NAPLES — With the Oakland Athletics set to build a ballpark in Fremont, Calif., Major League Baseball plans to concentrate on helping the Marlins get a new ballpark.  —  "We want to keep baseball in South Florida," Bob DuPuy, the league's president and chief operating officer, said Tuesday.
Discussion: FishStripes
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Kevin Baxter / Miami Herald:
MLB's `highest priority'  —  With most stadium issues resolved, baseball president Bob DuPuy said: `We want to keep baseball in South Florida.'  —  NAPLES - With the Oakland Athletics having resolved their stadium situation by announcing plans Tuesday for a new ballpark in Northern California …
Discussion: FishStripes
Sun-Sentinel:   MLB official hopes Crist can pave way for Marlins stadium
Lindsey Frazier / MLB.com:
Webb takes home NL Cy Young  —  Right-hander beats out Hoffman, Carpenter for honor  —  PHOENIX — Arizona right-hander Brandon Webb made his first All-Star appearance in 2006 and ran off a 30-inning scoreless streak.  Now he has capped the year off with his greatest achievement.
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Associated Press:
D-Backs' Webb wins wide-open NL Cy Young race  —  NEW YORK — Brandon Webb of the Arizona Diamondbacks won a wide-open race for the NL Cy Young Award, beating out San Diego closer Trevor Hoffman on Tuesday.  —  One of six pitchers who tied for the league lead with a pedestrian total of 16 wins …
Scott Miller / CBS SportsLine.com:
Webb's Cy Young an example of reliever bias
Discussion: AZ Snakepit
ESPN:
DeRosa cashes in on career year, to sign with Cubs  —  Mark DeRosa is poised to cash in on his career year.  —  The Chicago Cubs have reached an agreement on a three-year contract with DeRosa worth approximately $13 million, a team official familiar with the deal told ESPN The Magazine's Buster Olney.
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Carrie Muskat / MLB.com:
Cubs sign DeRosa to three-year deal
Associated Press:
Roundup  —  Mariners sign Ordonez to minor-league contract  —  SEATTLE (AP) — Former major leaguers Rey Ordonez, Jesse Foppert and Tony Torcato were among nine players signed by the Seattle Mariners to minor league contracts Tuesday.  —  Ordonez, who hasn't played in the majors since 2004 …
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MLB.com:
Mariners announce agreements with nine Minor League players
Discussion: Mariner Minors and U.S.S. Mariner
Associated Press:
Mets keep El Duque with two-year, $12M deal  —  NEW YORK — The New York Mets have so much confidence in 41-year-old Orlando Hernandez, they're ready to keep him for two more seasons.  —  Hernandez and the Mets agreed Tuesday to a $12 million, two-year contract, filling a spot in an aging …
Discussion: MiracleMets.net and Baseball Crank
Paul Hoynes / PD Sports:
D-Rays win rights to Iwamura  —  News, notes and quotes from the general managers meetings at the Naples Grande Resort and club.  —  * It appears Tampa Bay has won the bidding right for Japanese third baseman Akinori Iwamura.  The Devil Rays reportedly outbid the Indians, San Diego and Boston for the left-handed hitter.
USA Today:
Boras is baseball's bigger deal man  —  Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY  —  NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. — Los Angeles Dodgers general manager Ned Colletti is screaming insults on the telephone.  The Japanese media are demanding the whereabouts of major league-bound pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka.
Discussion: It's Outta Here!
NY Daily News:
Hey, no 'Shea'?  That's an error  —  You mean they're actually doing it, after all?  They're tossing the name of Shea Stadium in the trash and replacing it with "Citi Field"?  —  I object!  What a rude thing to do in this city and what an insult this is to Bill Shea.
Discussion: the metropolitans
Mark Healey / Gotham Baseball:
The Rumor Mill: Meeting Your Expectations  —  Both have been hard at work after their respective teams were ousted from the postseason, and both face a long several weeks of work before Christmas Day (and in Cashman's case, there's no guarantee that the Big Stein will give him that day off).
Discussion: Hot Foot
 
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