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2:05 PM ET, January 21, 2007

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ESPN:
Utley agrees to seven-year, $85M extension  —  Chase Utley might be the best second baseman in the National League.  Now, the Phillies are paying him as such.  —  Utley and the Phillies agreed to a seven-year, $85 million extension Sunday, avoiding salary arbitration.
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Associated Press:
Chase banks it  —  All-Star Utley gets 7-year, $85M extension from Phils  —  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — All-Star second baseman Chase Utley signed an $85 million, seven-year contract extension with the Phillies on Sunday through the 2013 season.  —  Utley hit .309 last season with 40 doubles, 32 home runs, 102 RBIs and 131 runs.
Discussion: Baseball Musings
Ken Mandel / MLB.com:
Utley gets seven-year, $85M extension  —  All-Star second baseman to remain with Phillies through 2013  —  PHILADELPHIA — Chase Utley exchanged marriage vows with his fiancée on Saturday afternoon in San Francisco.  —  A day later, the All-Star second baseman made a similar long-term commitment …
Chris De Luca / Chicago Sun Times:
Cubs closing in on deal with Floyd  —  With a nod of approval from new leadoff hitter Alfonso Soriano to give center field a try, the Cubs appear poised to sign veteran outfielder Cliff Floyd to a one-year contract.  —  The Floyd deal, which might be completed this week …
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Paul Sullivan / Chicago Tribune:
Piniella says Soriano candidate for center
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Chris De Luca / Chicago Sun Times:   Add Theriot to Cubs' mix in center field
Carrie Muskat / MLB.com:
Piniella considering Soriano in center
Discussion: Chicago Sun Times
Mark Sheldon / MLB.com:
Ruhle passes away from cancer  —  Reds coach pitched 13 years in Majors with four teams  —  CINCINNATI — Former Reds pitching coach Vern Ruhle, who missed the 2006 season while being treated for cancer, lost his battle and died on Saturday night.  —  Ruhle was five days shy of his 56th birthday.
Nick Cafardo / Boston Globe:
Is there a repeat in Cards?  —  Carpenter confident team has strong hand  —  Since the Yankees strung together three championships from 1998-2000, there have been six different World Series winners, proof that repeating is so hard to do.  When you consider that the Cardinals won last year's title …
Discussion: Brew Crew Ball
Dylan Hernandez / Mercury News:
Giants G.M. vague on Bonds talks  —  UNSPECIFIED ISSUES KEEPING DEAL FROM BEING COMPLETED  —  The Giants remain in contract talks with Barry Bonds, General Manager Brian Sabean said Friday.  But Sabean said that those discussions are at ``the same place it's been for weeks'' because of ``numerous …
Discussion: MLB Trade Rumors
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NY Daily News:
Deal or no deal?  Bonds waits  —  SAN FRANCISCO - The Giants still have not finalized a contract with Barry Bonds, and baseball sources say the hangup still is over language about the outfielder's conduct and his entourage.  —  When Bonds signed his last contract five years ago …
Joe Hamrahi / baseballdigestdaily.com:
BDD GM Interview: Ned Colletti, Los Angeles Dodgers  —  Next up in our GM interview series is Ned Colletti of the Los Angeles Dodgers.  As you all know, Ned is going through his second off-season with the Dodgers after coming over from San Francisco where he was the assistant general manager to Brian Sabean.
NY Daily News:
It's 'Moneybull'  —  Skippers underappreciated, underpaid  —  It appears the Mets and Willie Randolph are moving inexorably on agreeing to disagree in regard to the manager's value in a contract extension.  But while I'm told the negotiations between the two sides have been amicable …
Richard Barbieri / Hardball Times:
This Annotated Week in Baseball History: Jan. 15-21, 1965  —  On Jan. 20, 1965, Nick Altrock died in Washington D.C. But the real story is what happened in the nearly 60 years Altrock spent in baseball before that.  —  Some, maybe even most, players' careers fall into a neat four-part pattern.
Ed Eagle / MLB.com:
Pirates finalize LaRoche trade  —  Pittsburg sends closer Gonzalez to Atlanta for first baseman  —  PITTSBURGH — Chalk one up for persistence.  —  After months of negotiations, the Pittsburgh Pirates finally officially got their man on Friday by completing a four-player trade …
Discussion: Wait 'Til Next Year
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Murray Chass / New York Times:
Blue Jays Are Trying to Stay With the Big Boys  —  By slipping ahead of the Red Sox in last season's final week, the Toronto Blue Jays enjoyed their best division finish since winning successive World Series in 1992 and '93.  For a dozen years the Blue Jays had finished no better than third in the American League East.
 
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