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McNamee Speaks — Clemens' ex-trainer reacts to 60 Minutes interview — Brian McNamee sits mostly stone-faced as Roger Clemens, his onetime client and close friend, brings the heat. “Ridiculous,” “hogwash” — terms used by the seven-time Cy Young Award winner to discredit McNamee's bombshell testimony …
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McNamee bitter over taping of call — Brian McNamee comes across as a scared and confused man during Friday's 17-minute conversation with Roger Clemens, deeply worried about his son's poor health and his frayed relationship with his most famous client. — But the fear and the confusion …
Duff Wilson / New York Times:
Clemens's Lawyer Plays Tape of McNamee Call — HOUSTON — Roger Clemens unleashed a furious attack Monday on his former trainer Brian McNamee with a news conference featuring a tape of a recorded phone call and a lawsuit accusing McNamee of lying about injecting him with performance-enhancing drugs.
Gerry Fraley / Sporting News:
Torre's silence on Clemens: louder than words? — The most telling moment in the mushrooming Roger Clemens saga came before his Marion Jones-like performance Sunday night on CBS's “60 Minutes." — Joe Torre managed Clemens for six seasons with the New York Yankees.
ESPN:
Clemens plays tape of conversation with distraught McNamee — Roger Clemens repeatedly denied using steroids during a telephone conversation with Brian McNamee, but the former trainer would not confirm or deny his claims. — On Monday in Houston, Clemens and his lawyer played a tape …
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Richard Sandomir / New York Times:
Raw and Edited: The Two Versions of Clemens — The moment Roger Clemens cut off his news conference Monday by walking off (still, in high dudgeon, remembering to take his bottle of water), I said to myself, “Now that's television!" — This was live, raw, sour Roger, the one you get in a foul mood …
Gene Wojciechowski / ESPN:Clemens has made his case, but logic asks for more
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Christian Red / NY Daily News:Roger Clemens sues Brian McNamee for defamation
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Fox Sports:
M's, Reds still interested in O's Bedard — Andy MacPhail, the Orioles' president of baseball operations, left his options open when he said last month that there was a “strong likelihood” the team would not trade left-hander Erik Bedard.
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Jason A. Churchill / Prospect Insider:
M's Getting Closer? — I have it on pretty good authority that the Seattle Mariners and Baltimore Orioles may very well be making significant progress on a trade involving left-hander Erik Bedard. — Unfortunately, if you are an M's fan, the word is that the Mariners may agree …
Dan Connolly / Baltimore Sun:
Patterson could return to Orioles — Club could bring back center fielder if trade isn't made — If the Orioles don't trade for a young center fielder in the coming weeks, they likely will turn their attention back to last year's Opening Day starter, Corey Patterson.
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Doug Fischer / National Post:
Stats junkies differ over McGwire's Hall of Fame worthiness — OTTAWA - When baseball's Hall of Fame announces its newest crop of inductees today in New York, the eighth greatest slugger in the sport's history will not be on the list - again. — Despite whacking 583 career homers …
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Jack Curry / New York Times:
Little Support for McGwire Among Hall Voters — Mark McGwire, the player who did not want to talk about the past, will learn how his achievements are viewed in the present when the voting for the Hall of Fame is announced Tuesday. Unless hundreds of writers experienced stunning reversals …
MLB.com:
Major League Baseball acts on Mitchell recommendations — MLB launches clubhouse security plan — As part of an evolving process to prevent the illegal use of performance-enhancing substances, Baseball Commissioner Allan H. (Bud) Selig announced today that Major League Baseball …
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Murray Chass / New York Times:
A Reliever From the Old School Awaits His Hall of Fame Day — The Yankees' new relief pitcher lost three of his first four games, and people, including catcher Thurman Munson, were wondering what was going on. That pitcher, Rich Gossage, thereafter to be known primarily as Goose …
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Bill Madden / NY Daily News:
Goose closes in on Hall call — It's Hall of Fame reckoning day and Goose Gossage, who got to the doorstep of Cooperstown with 71.2% of the vote last year, is hoping his eighth time on the ballot finally will be the charm as he seeks to become only the fifth reliever elected to baseball's shrine.
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Jacqueline L. Salmon / Washington Post:
Security to Lower Pope's Profile on D.C. Visit — Which position will the pope take up at Nationals Park? Second base or center field? — Curious questions face organizers preparing for the arrival of Pope Benedict XVI, whose three-day visit to Washington in mid-April will allow few opportunities for the public to see him.
Anthony DiComo / MLB.com:
Sanchez signs one-year deal with Mets — Righty has chance to provide late-inning relief in New York — NEW YORK — Duaner Sanchez has a new contract and a new opportunity. The Mets can only hope those perks will bring with them some new results. — The Mets signed Sanchez …
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