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12:00 AM ET, January 25, 2007

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MLB.com:
Chicago native Cliff Floyd agrees to one-year deal with Cubs  —  The Chicago Cubs today announced that the club has agreed to terms with outfielder and first baseman Cliff Floyd on a one-year deal with a mutual option for the 2008 season.  —  Floyd, 34, owns a .279 career batting average …
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Associated Press:
Floyd agrees to $3 million, 1-year contract with Cubs  —  CHICAGO (AP) — Cliff Floyd is coming home and hoping to be injury free after agreeing Wednesday to a $3 million, one-year contract with the Chicago Cubs.  —  Floyd, a Chicago native, could split time in left field with Matt Murton …
Dave van Dyck / Chicago Tribune:
Floyd, Cubs agree on deal  —  The Cubs, finally, made it official Wednesday when they signed Chicago area native Cliff Floyd to a one-year contract with a mutual option for 2008.  —  With the signing of the 34-year-old, the Cubs have set up an interesting outfield scenario.
Discussion: The Cub Reporter and GROTA
Newsday:
Wallace Matthews  —  What's the deal?  —  Mets spend on everyone but Willie  —  Perhaps if Willie Randolph were still a player, and not the manager who led them to within a victory of the World Series, the Mets would show him a little more respect and a lot more money.
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Ken Davidoff / Newsday:
Willie gets 3-year deal  —  The Mets finally made good on their intentions to extend their manager's contract.  —  A winter of discomfort will not carry over into the Mets' spring.  Willie Randolph will not be a lame-duck manager this season.  —  Randolph and the Mets agreed …
Associated Press:
Source: Randolph, Mets agree on terms of new deal  —  NEW YORK — The New York Mets and manager Willie Randolph agreed in principle Wednesday on a new three-year contract that runs through 2009.  —  The deal is scheduled to be announced Thursday, a baseball executive familiar with the negotiations said …
Steve Popper / NorthJersey.com:
Humber, Pelfrey in Mets' mix
Discussion: Mike's Mets and MetsBlog.com
Corey Kilgannon / New York Times:
Starstruck Mets Fan Fined for Impersonating Reporter  —  The twin passions in the life of Ryan Leli intersected last August when the San Diego Padres came to Shea Stadium to play the New York Mets.  —  Mr. Leli, 18, had worshiped the Mets since age 3 and was a huge fan of Mike Piazza …
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ESPN:
Fan fined $1,000, ordered away from Shea Stadium  —  A Mets fan who impersonated a reporter last season was fined $1,000 on Tuesday and ordered to stay away from Mets home games for the next three years.  —  Ryan Leli, 18, was also ordered to stay away from Brooklyn Cyclones games …
Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
Weaver could end up in Pittsburgh  —  While the Cardinals remain the front-runners for free-agent right-hander Jeff Weaver, another N.L. Central team would be nearly as good a fit.  —  The Pirates, still trying to add a veteran starter, would give Weaver, 30, the chance to reunite …
Dallas Morning News:
What Rangers get from Sosa is anybody's guess  —  You want my honest opinion on Sammy Sosa?  —  OK.  I've got no clue.  —  The arguments pro and con Sosa are easy to understand, which makes it all the more difficult to choose which is the right one.  —  Might he have something left to offer after a year of seclusion?
Discussion: Lone Star Ball
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T.R. Sullivan / MLB.com:
Around the Horn: Outfielders
Discussion: Lone Star Ball
Michael Morrissey / New York Post:
BERN-ING TO RETURN  —  JORGE: WILLIAMS WANTS 1 MORE YEAR  —  Jorge Posada has talked to Bernie Williams frequently this winter, and says the longtime Yankee outfielder has no plans to retire.  —  "He's not even talking about that yet," Posada said at last night's Baseball Assistance Team dinner in Manhattan.
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John Delcos / lohud.com:
Ex-Yank Leyritz: Good riddance, Randy
Baseball America:
Blue Jays Join Growing Gulf Coast League  —  A busy offseason for the Gulf Coast League continued when the Blue Jays added a sixth affiliate and joined the Florida-based Rookie-level league.  —  The Blue Jays pulled out of the Appalachian League at the conclusion of the 2006 season …
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Jordan Bastian / MLB.com:
Ashby named new color commentator
Discussion: The Crawfish Boxes
Adam McCalvy / MLB.com:
Around the Horn: Outfielders  —  Jenkins seeks comeback season; Brewers to try Hall in outfield … MILWAUKEE — Geoff Jenkins is heading into a contract year, but he's more concerned about making it a statement year.  —  The Brewers figure to have a knockdown, drag-out Spring Training …
Discussion: Al's Ramblings
Bob Klapisch / ESPN:
NL West is baseball's glamor division  —  The eternal debate over who's hot and who's not is driven by an even more maddening question: What, exactly, is the definition of hot?  —  In identifying baseball's hottest division, do we mean the trendiest (most attractive to free agents) …
Discussion: MetsBlog.com
Mike DiGiovanna / Los Angeles Times:
Erstad will take chances with White Sox  —  Angels offered only a minor league contract to one of their last links to 2002 World Series title.  —  The Angels lost another link to their 2002 World Series team and a big chunk of their heart and soul Tuesday when Darin Erstad agreed to terms …
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Mark Gonzales / Chicago Tribune:
New mix in Sox's outfield
Associated Press:
Frank Robinson to work for ESPN … BRISTOL, CONN. // Former Washington Nationals manager and Orioles legend Frank Robinson will be a special analyst for ESPN as it celebrates the 60th anniversary of Jackie Robinson's breaking of baseball's color barrier.  —  Frank Robinson …
Associated Press:
This old park  —  Fenway capacity expands after offseason upgrades  —  BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Red Sox will be able to squeeze several hundred more fans into Fenway Park for each game this season thanks to another winter of improvements that allow the team to increase the ballpark's legal capacity.
Discussion: Over the Monster
 
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