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8:50 PM ET, February 27, 2007

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Jack O'Connell / MLB.com:
Hall's Vets elect no one in 2007  —  Santo, Harvey lead balloting; no candidate receives 75 percent  —  Ron Santo inched a little closer to Cooperstown on Tuesday, but came up five votes short of baseball immortality.  —  Voting by the Veterans Committee for the National Baseball Hall …
Discussion: The FanHouse, Lone Star Ball and 6-4-2
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baseballhalloffame.org:
Veterans Committee election results for 2007  —  Living Hall of Famers, Frick and Spink winners, voted on 42 candidates  —  (COOPERSTOWN, NY): The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum's Committee for Baseball Veterans announced balloting results Tuesday for its 2007 election of players, managers, executives and umpires.
Wright Thompson / ESPN:
Whole organization easing assimilation … FORT MYERS, Fla. — Daisuke Matsuzaka's mind worked furiously.  The camera clicks sounded like a thousand typewriters, his every twitch broadcast around the world, in at least two languages.  There he was, in front of millions of people, momentarily stumped.
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Kelly Thesier / MLB.com:
Crain signs three-year deal with Twins  —  Right-handed reliever to stay in Minnesota through 2009  —  FORT MYERS, Fla. — The Twins have thus far been unable to lock up closer Joe Nathan with a contract extension, but they may have locked up their closer of the future on Tuesday.
Discussion: Twins Killings and Twinkie Town
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Associated Press:
Twins lock up reliever Crain through 2009
Discussion: Baseball Musings
John Hickey / Seattle Post-Intelligencer:
Reed, Broussard remain upbeat  —  Fringe players likely will take on lesser roles for Mariners or could be traded  —  PEORIA, Ariz. — Jeremy Reed and Ben Broussard have less reason than anyone in camp to be pleased with the Mariners' direction.  —  Reed, the former starting center fielder …
Discussion: U.S.S. Mariner and Knuckle Curve
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John Hickey / Seattle Post-Intelligencer:   Mariners Notebook: Warming to triple digits
Joe Cowley / Chicago Sun Times:
Life of Brian on the upswing  —  Changes at bat keep Anderson in Sox' CF picture  —  TUCSON, Ariz. — All of a sudden, the talk surrounding Brian Anderson isn't as harsh.  —  That's quite a change from last September, when White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen began issuing threats to the center fielder …
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Joe Cowley / Chicago Sun Times:
Fields facing major roadblock
Discussion: Chicago Tribune and South Side Sox
Dan Shaughnessy / Boston Globe:
Spring ahead  —  Ramírez arrives in Sox camp a little sooner than expected  —  FORT MYERS, Fla. — The inimitable, ever-obtuse, and often-tardy Manny Ramírez strolled into Red Sox camp just after 8 a.m. yesterday, accompanied by his two agents, Greg Genske and Gene Matos.
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Ian Browne / MLB.com:
Manny arrives at Red Sox camp
Discussion: Fenway Blogger and MLB Rumors
Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
Next big things?  Mets prospects make waves  —  PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. - Imagine a 6-foot-4 outfielder who is faster than Jose Reyes.  —  The Mets have him.  —  Now imagine an 18-year-old outfielder whose pure hitting ability is reminiscent of a young Manny Ramirez.  —  The Mets have him, too.
Discussion: Mets Merized Online
Chris Isidore / CNNMoney.com:
Root, root, root - and pay - for the road team  —  Baseball could get more money if it drops plan to let DirecTV have exclusive deal to sell out-of-market games to hard-core fans.  —  NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Long-distance relationships may not work for romances.  But it's a different story for sports fans.
Discussion: Baseball Musings
Mark Feinsand / NY Daily News:
Boo-boo for Abreu  —  Bobby out 2-3 weeks with strained muscle  —  TAMPA - Just when the Yankees received good news on Carl Pavano, the team suffered its first serious injury of the spring, losing Bobby Abreu for two to three weeks with a strained right abdominal muscle.
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Jim Baumbach / Newsday:   Pavano is only bruised  —  TAMPA, Fla. — The MRI of Carl …
Anthony McCarron / NY Daily News:
Joke is on Jeter!  —  President and Mantle pop up on Topps' gag baseball card  —  It's hard to Topps this one: The card company has issued a Derek Jeter baseball card with a smiling President Bush in the stands.  —  But there's something very wrong with that picture: Bush wasn't really at the game that day.
Discussion: Babes Love Baseball
Associated Press:
Pujols practices with pro wrestler  —  JUPITER, Fla. — In an unlikely cage match, one of baseball's best hitters took turns batting Tuesday with one of professional wrestling's top names.  —  Slugger Albert Pujols and wrestler Kurt Angle took turns slugging balls in the Cardinals batting cages …
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Stats Geek: Giles-Bay run has been a hit for Pirates  —  By Brian O'Neill, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette  —  Would you believe the Pirates' left fielder these past eight seasons has put up Cooperstown-worthy numbers?  —  Of course you wouldn't, unless you realize I'm talking about two guys.
Murray Chass / New York Times:
As Season Approaches, Some Topics Should Be Off Limits  —  Things I don't want to read or hear about anymore:  —  ¶  Roger Clemens saying he hasn't decided if he will play this year or retire, and if he decides to play, which team he will play for.  —  Clemens is one of the greatest pitchers ever, the greatest of his era.
Brendan J. Lyons / Albany Times Union:
Albany DA raids Fla. steroids center  —  Yearlong investigation of Internet drug sales may expose use by pro athletes  —  Click byline for more stories by writer.  —  Copyright © Times Union  —  ORLANDO, Fla. — A downtown pharmacy was raided by a law enforcement task force on Tuesday …
Jason Williams / TwinCities.com:
Ponson has a serious visa issue  —  Wait for proper permit frustrates Ryan, Gardenhire  —  FORT MYERS, Fla. — For a guy who admittedly is down to his last chance in baseball, Sidney Ponson hasn't shown his new team a sense of urgency.  —  And that is hurting the oft-troubled veteran pitcher's chances …
 
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Sports Illustrated:
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Mike Edelman / Fire Brand of the American League:
Forgive Me Joel  —  I haven't exactly been quiet in my criticism of the Joel Pineiro deal.
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Jim Moore / Seattle Post-Intelligencer:
Go 2 Guy: Yankees' camp a zoo far from the Bronx
Adam Rubin / NY Daily News:
In first look, Burgos appears quite striking
Discussion: Mets Fever and Mets Heads
Jan Hubbard / Dallas Star-Telegram:
It's a glove story for Botts now
Discussion: Lone Star Ball
Tom Krasovic / San Diego Union-Tribune:
Spring fever or is prospect really special?
Discussion: Ducksnorts
Jayson Stark / ESPN:
Braves streak is over, but not hunger for October
Discussion: MetsBlog.com
Carrie Muskat / MLB.com:
Cubs' Perry not accepting excuses
Bob Dutton / Kansas City Star:
All Butler needs is glove
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