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3:43 AM ET, January 30, 2007

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Arnie Stapleton / Associated Press:
Monfort: Helton-to-Boston talks are off  —  DENVER (AP) — Todd Helton won't be going to the Boston Red Sox.  —  The Colorado Rockies announced Monday night that trade talks with the Red Sox about a possible deal that would have sent Helton to Boston have ended and "there will be no further discussions."
Discussion: Cursed To First
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ESPN:
Trade talks between Rockies, Red Sox end  —  DENVER — Rockies owner Charlie Monfort insisted the team was not going to just give Todd Helton away for nothing, and now it looks like trade talks between Colorado and the Boston Red Sox have ended.  —  "This is not a trade that we were anxious to complete …
Nick Cafardo / Extra Bases:
Helton talks slow down  —  What's left to be resolved in the Todd Helton trade talks?  —  Just about everything.  —  According to multiple sources involved in the talks, the Rockies haven't offered the Red Sox enough relief of Helton's $90.1 million contract to even consider a deal at this stage.
Discussion: Denver Post
Troy E. Renck / Denver Post:
Money explains Red Sox' reluctance in Helton trade  —  The Red Sox have been reluctant to part with either young reliever Craig Hansen or Manny Delcarmen to complete the trade for Rockies first baseman Todd Helton.  The reason why became clearer on Monday.  —  Boston would be assuming …
Tracy Ringolsby / Rocky Mountain News:
Helton trade talks end
Discussion: MLB Rumors and Over the Monster
Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
Bonds will be lonely man in San Francisco  —  Sing along with Barry ...  Congratulations to Akon, the Senegalese hip-hop star.  His reprise of the old Bobby Vinton hit, Mr. Lonely, should be the official theme song of Bonds' countdown to 755.  —  What, no posse?  Say it ain't so!  —  Those mean Giants.
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Ben Walker / Associated Press:
Bonds, Giants close to finalizing deal  —  Barry Bonds arrived in San Francisco on Monday, set to take a physical and complete a contract with the Giants nearly two months after they agreed on financial terms.  —  A federal investigation into Bonds' role in a steroids case and a report …
John Shea / San Francisco Chronicle:
Giants agree to deal with Bonds, but not his personal trainers  —  (01-29) 13:19 PST — Barry Bonds is back and without his entourage.  —  The Giants and Bonds finally agreed to a one-year contract, sources confirmed, and it'll be official once he takes and passes a physical …
Discussion: El Lefty Malo
Yahoo! Sports:
Mariners sign RHP Weaver to one-year contract  —  SEATTLE (Ticker) - After winning a World Series ring in the National League, Jeff Weaver has decided to move back to the American League.  —  The Seattle Mariners on Monday announced that they have have agreed to terms with the free-agent righthander on a one-year contract.
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Richard Goldstein / New York Times:
Art Fowler, 84, Who Coached for Yankees Again and Again, Is Dead  —  Art Fowler, who became George Steinbrenner's sixth, ninth, 17th and 26th Yankees pitching coach in a turbulent baseball pairing with his often hired and fired manager and drinking buddy Billy Martin, died yesterday in Spartanburg, S.C. He was 84.
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Associated Press:   Art Fowler, former pitcher and pitching coach, dies at 84
Yahoo! Sports:   Report: Fowler, longtime major league pitcher coach, dies
Ben Shpigel / New York Times:
An Effort to Get More Fans to Meet the Mets  —  For more than an hour, five of the Mets' better-known players had been posing for photographs, signing autographs, shaking hands and exchanging high-fives, when Judi Millar made a slightly less common request of Tom Glavine.
Discussion: Hot Foot
Associated Press:
Orioles claim pitcher Guthrie off waivers from Indians  —  BALTIMORE (AP) — The Baltimore Orioles claimed pitcher Jeremy Guthrie off waivers from the Cleveland Indians on Monday and added the right-hander to their 40-man roster.  —  The 27-year-old Guthrie had a 6.98 ERA in nine games with Cleveland last year.
Discussion: Lone Star Ball
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WSB-TV:
Orioles Agree To Terms With Markakis, Claim Guthrie
Discussion: Let's Go Tribe
Steinbergd / D.C. Sports Bog:
Nats Are Cold, Stadium Is Mostly Empty  —  Ha ha.  Just joking, Nats persons.  We all know you're undefeated this year.  —  Anyhow, a media contingent 20-strong gathered outside the Nats' glittering new stadium this afternoon, and by "glittering" I mean "muddy."
Maury Brown / The Biz of Baseball:
DirecTV Deal Tied to New 24-Hour MLB Channel  —  Some more details are emerging this AM via Eric Fisher, John Ourand and the Sports Business Journal and MLB's effort to make Extra Innings available exclusively through DirecTV.  If you do not have a subscription to the Sports Business Journal, I highly recommend it.
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Neil Best / Newsday:
Another direct hit to MLB
Discussion: Lone Star Ball
Evan Grant / Dallas Morning News:
Wilkerson working toward better season  —  Wilkerson put Rangers above all else, even his Gators, this off-season  —  egrant@dallasnews.com  —  The celebratory confetti was still fluttering from the Georgia Dome roof when Brad Wilkerson, a proud Florida Gator, sprung into action.
Troy E. Renck / Denver Post:
NL West loaded with strong arms  —  Brian from California: Zito's in San Fran; Schmidt's in L.A. ...  ? … Everyone else in the NL West has stocked up on pitching with Barry Zito in San Francisco, Jason Schmidt in L.A., Greg Maddux in San Diego and now Randy Johnson in Arizona.  What do the Rox have?
Discussion: DRaysBay
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Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:   Pettitte no bargain for Yankees
Murray Chass / New York Times:
Baseball: Cooperate, or the Bogeyman Will Get You  —  Bud Selig and George J. Mitchell, his chief steroids investigator, have unleashed the threat of Congress on Major League Baseball.  However, Henry Waxman, the chief bogeyman, apparently is not ready to speak publicly about what he might …
 
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