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ESPN.com:
Leyritz charged with DUI manslaughter in crash — Former Major League Baseball player Jim Leyritz was arrested Friday on charges of driving under the influence and killing another driver after his vehicle crashed into hers. — Leyritz, who turned 44 on Thursday, faces charges of DUI manslaughter …
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WPLG-TV:
Former Baseball Player Charged In DUI Death — Jim Leyritz Refused Breathalyzer Test, Police Say — FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A former major league baseball player is in the Broward County Jail after being arrested on suspicion of DUI and vehicular homicide.
Fox Sports:
Report: Leyritz charged with DUI homicide — Former major leaguer Jim Leyritz, who played the hero in the Yankees' 1996 World Series run, is in Broward County's Main Jail, charged with DUI homicide after a Friday morning crash in Fort Lauderdale, the Miami Herald reported on its Web site.
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Pinstriped Scranton
MSNBC:
Leyritz arrested for vehicular homicide, DUI — Former major leaguer behind wheel of car in fatal accident, police say — FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Former major league baseball player Jim Leyritz was arrested Friday morning on suspicion of DUI and vehicular homicide, TV station Local10 reported on its Web site.
Sports Illustrated:
Jon Heyman: Gossage has waited long enough for Hall — Enshrinement in Cooperstown shouldn't be about numbers. If anyone thinks so, let's trash tradition and have a computer select the honorees. — The Hall of Fame should be about who starred and who dominated. And about who made an impact.
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Lone Star Ball
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ESPN:
Debate: Is Bert Blyleven a Hall of Famer? … Bert Blyleven has 287 wins and is fifth all time with 3,701 strikeouts. But so far those numbers haven't gotten Blyleven elected to the Hall of Fame. — In this, his 11th year on the ballot, will Blyleven get enough votes to become part of the Class of 2008?
New York Post:
BOSTON'S MARKET — BOSOX STILL LEAD IN JOHAN RACE — JOHAN Santana remains available. The New York teams remain interested. Yet, according to multiple executives spoken to yesterday, the Red Sox remain the strong favorite to obtain the star lefty if - and probably more likely, when - he is traded in the new year.
Mike Fish / ESPN:
Clubhouse culture led ex-Mariner to steroids and greenies … There is something different about this. Most big-leaguers and recent baseball retirees have been scrambling to distance themselves from the Mitchell Report, or they've called on their agent or a neatly crafted statement to explain away their performance-enhancing drug use.
Discussion:
Unfiltered
NY Daily News:
Mets show interest in Lieber — The Mets have touched base with representatives for several free-agent pitchers they consider fallback options if they are unable to land a marquee starter in a trade this winter. — One of those contingency arms apparently belongs to former Yankee righty Jon Lieber, according to agent Rex Gary.
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Philliesflow.com, Balls, Sticks, & Stuff, Mets Fever, MetsBlog.com, Kranepool Society and MLB Trade Rumors
Brian McTaggart / Houston Chronicle:
Erstad to provide versatility, depth to Astros — 2-time All-Star won Gold Gloves at first base, outfield — The Astros made another move to strengthen their bench Thursday, signing free-agent outfielder Darin Erstad to a one-year, $1 million contract with performance incentives.
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New York Post:
SECOND HOME — Bob Costas is the latest celeb to buy a costly apartment at 15 Central Park West. City records show the sportscaster and his wife, Jill, paid more than $11 million for a just-completed 3,500- square-foot abode in the new condo tower. The Post's Braden Keil reports the three-bedroom …
Sabernomics:
The Deal of the Year — I have enjoyed following the free agent market this year, and I've tried to put a value on most of the players who have signed contracts so far. While there are plenty of contacts yet to be signed, I'd like to give the award to the best signing to the 2007 offseason to the San Francisco Giants.
