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Armando Rios / ESPN:
Players listed in the Mitchell Commission report … Here are players mentioned in the Mitchell Commission report and how it links them to performance-enhancing substances: — Information Learned During this Investigation Concerning BALCO and Major League Baseball (9 players/3 active in MLB in 2007)
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Jayson Stark / ESPN:
Many legacies will be tarnished forever … Was it really worth it? — C'mon. Was it really worth all that money, all that time, all that trouble? — Was it really worth it to relive all those years of ugliness, shred all those reputations, embarrass the sport of baseball all over again?
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Hartford Courant:
No A-Rod? Canseco Stunned — Former A's slugger Jose Canseco tried to get in the news conference, but was told it was a media-only event and that he wasn't welcome. — Canseco said he was unimpressed with the report. — "It's a slap on the hand," he told Fox Business Network.
Mike Fish / ESPN:Congress doesn't waste time; hearings scheduled already
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We've Got Heart
Mike Vaccaro / New York Post:
TAINTED TITLES LOSE SOME JUICE — LIST TAKES BIG BITE OUT OF BIG APPLE — THEY were the dominant team of the baseball epoch that will be known forevermore as the Steroid Era, and so it is proper and it is fitting that there are no fewer than 22 men named in the Mitchell Report who played with the Yankees during that time.
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Ken Davidoff / Newsday:
Canseco surprised A-Rod is not on Mitchell's list — During Thursday's Fox Business Network's "Happy Hour," Jose Canseco had an observation concerning a current, very prominent Yankee. When asked whether Alex Rodriguez should have been mentioned in the Mitchell Report, Canseco responded …
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Lady At The Bat
Mark Feinsand / New York Daily News Blogs:
Mitchell Report doesn't tarnish Yankee dynasty — The Mitchell Report is out, and by my count, 77 different players — both current and former — are named in some capacity in the report. Among them are stars such as Barry Bonds, Jason Giambi, Miguel Tejada, Roger Clemens, Andy Pettitte …
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GoatRiders of the Apocalypse
La Velle E. Neal III / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Plan to add offense takes big detour with Everett signing — The Twins, in need of a shortstop, gave light-hitting Astros castoff Adam Everett a one-year, $2.8 million deal. — The Twins want to improve their offense this offseason, but they spent Thursday making sure they have a reliable shortstop …
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Brian McTaggart / Houston Chronicle:
Astros turn their focus to former Cub Prior — Twins pick up shortstop Everett with one-year deal — Astros general manager Ed Wade said Thursday the club has contacted the agent for righthander Mark Prior, who became a free agent when the Chicago Cubs chose to non-tender his contract Wednesday night.
NY Daily News:
Roger Clemens' bid for Cooperstown likely will end with strikeout — Today, I feel a little like that kid standing outside the Chicago courthouse in 1920 imploring Shoeless Joe Jackson to say it ain't so. — Even though reports of the Chicago White Sox fixing the 1919 World Series …
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David O'Brien / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Braves open 2008 in Washington — Special Sunday night game starts major league season from Washington's new Nationals Park — It hasn't been announced yet, but the Braves and Nationals are scheduled to open the 2008 major league season with a special Sunday night game March 30 at Washington's new Nationals Park.
Tom Krasovic / San Diego Union-Tribune:
Caminiti heads list from Padres' past — Old Padres hash was reheated on a white-hot stove yesterday when baseball issued its report on the sport's Steroid Era. — Recycled in the Mitchell Report, whose release drew expansive media coverage, were accounts of steroid use by Padres slugger Ken Caminiti …
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MLB Trade Rumors
Sid Hartman / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Vikings' Frazier familiar with Bears rivalry from both sidelines — Leslie Frazier, in his first year as Vikings defensive coordinator, recalled a big game for the Bears at the Metrodome during their 1985 title run. — Minnesota's first-year defensive coordinator, Leslie Frazier, is very familiar with the Vikings-Bears series.
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MLB Trade Rumors
Amalie Benjamin / Boston Globe:
No relief: Gagné, Donnelly are on the list — The names of two members of the 2007 World Series-winning Red Sox appeared in former Senator George Mitchell's report, which was released yesterday: Eric Gagné, who came to the team in a trade with the Rangers at the trading deadline in July …
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NY Daily News:
ESPN keeps outed Fernando Vina off air — That video often seen on the Yankees Entertainment and Sports Network - you know, the one where Roger Clemens addresses pinstriped loyalists from on high, announcing his triumphant return to the Bronx for about $18 million - is now destined for private screenings only.
Aaron Sharockman / St. Petersburg Times:
Marlins' plans may not aid Rays … The Tampa Bay Rays may be losing one of their few allies in securing state money to build a new stadium on the St. Petersburg waterfront. — Miami city and county leaders are close to an agreement to build a new Florida Marlins baseball stadium without state assistance.
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