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Pat Jordan / Baseball Analysts:
Friends — It's nice to have friends, especially friends one makes during the course of business. It's even nicer if those new friends are celebrities. Take Mike Wallace, for example. At 89, Mr. Wallace has made a lot of celebrity friends during the 40 years he has been a reporter for CBS's “60 Minutes.”
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Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Cashman: My job has changed — Brian Cashman made an appearance at Fenway Park today for the annual Hot Stove/Cool Music Roundtable. It's a fundraiser for Theo Epstein's charitable foundation. — For the first time in public, Cashman admitted what has become increasingly evident …
Anthony McCarron / NY Daily News:
Brian Cashman: Three written in for pen — By Brian Cashman's estimation, only three relievers are assured of slots in the Yankee bullpen - Mariano Rivera, Kyle Farnsworth and LaTroy Hawkins. The rest of the pen, Cashman says, is likely to come from the team's pool of young pitchers …
NY Daily News:
Armed & dangerous — With the new year, the countdown has begun for pitchers and catchers, but who would've believed the countdown would still be going on for when Johan Santana is going to be traded by the Minnesota Twins? — According to Hank Steinbrenner, the Yankees have not closed …
David Lennon / Newsday:
Clemens, McNamee have ‘emotional’ phone talk — Roger Clemens and Andy Pettitte were both asked to testify before a congressional committee about steroids in baseball. (AP File Photo) — In a surprising twist to their public war of words, Roger Clemens and his former trainer, Brian McNamee …
Mike Petraglia / MLB.com:
Cashman part of round table discussion — Yankees GM was one of the featured speakers on unique panel — BOSTON — It seemed very ironic that Brian Cashman found some moments of perspective and escape from his whirlwind of an offseason on Saturday at Fenway Park.
Rob Bradford / Boston Herald:
Cashman opens up — GM discusses Santana, Yanks hierarchy … As Brian Cashman walked out of Fenway Park [map]'s EMC Club yesterday, the New York Yankees general manager offered a final message. — “Right now,” said Cashman, “all is quiet." — But when it comes to the Yankees …
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Peter's Red Sox Forever
Michael O'Keeffe / NY Daily News:
Ex-minor leaguer may sue MLB — Rich Hartmann sits in a booth at a Penn Station restaurant and sips on a beer as he waits with dozens of other commuters for the train home to Long Island and wonders what might have been. — Hartmann is now a 35-year-old operations manager at a Manhattan bank …
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Rob Biertempfel / PittsburghLIVE.com:
Bucs' Parker hopes 12th time is the charm — TRIBUNE-REVIEW — If he had a ballot, Dave Parker would think twice before putting Barry Bonds or Mark McGwire into the Hall of Fame. — But Parker would not hesitate to vote for himself. — “I was probably the best player in baseball from 1975 until '80,” Parker said.
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Honest Wagner
Dan Rosenheck / New York Times:
Raines Could Slide Safely Into the Hall on First Try — Even if Tim Raines had not been among the greatest base runners in baseball history, he would still be comfortably qualified for the Hall of Fame, which will announce its new members on Tuesday. Raines was regularly among the league leaders in on-base percentage.
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Dan Agonistes
Jordan Greenberg / MLB on XM. Every Team …:
Free Agent Kyle Lohse checks in with XM — Free Agent Pitcher Kyle Lohse was a guest on “MLB Live: Weekend Edition,” with Chris Russell on Sunday. Kyle talked about his off-season of Free Agency — “Personally, for myself, I'm not worried, I know he is going to get the best deal out there, best fit for me.
Richard Sandomir / New York Times:
Just for Men Just Right for Former Stars — It was (and is) cheesy, hokey, goofy, silly and evidently effective. It was a cri de coeur to men that their moribund love lives could be resuscitated with brush-in facial hair gel. It was the Just for Men advertisement with Keith Hernandez …
John Sickels / Minor League Ball:
Philadelphia Phillies Top 20 Prospects for 2008 — Philadelphia Phillies Top 20 Prospects for 2008 — All grades are EXTREMELY PRELIMINARY and subject to change. — Carlos Carrasco, RHP, Grade B — Adrian Cardenas, 2B, Grade B — Josh Outman, LHP, Grade B
Eduardo A. Encina / St. Petersburg Times:
Maddon out to spark Navarro — ST. PETERSBURG - Dioner Navarro is still just 23 years old, but this offseason represents a critical time for the Rays starting catcher. — Navarro will enter his second full season as the starter, and the organization is hoping to see more maturity …
Dave van Dyck / Chicago Tribune:
Konerko no Angel, but don't rule it out — White Sox general manager Ken Williams spent Saturday flatly denying a fast-spreading story that Paul Konerko was being traded to the Angels for infielder Howie Kendrick and pitcher Ervin Santana. — “I haven't spoken to [Angels GM] …
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