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10:55 AM ET, January 9, 2008

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Rick Telander / Chicago Sun Times:
No erasing empty feeling  —  This non-vote is not frivolous.  Instead, a blank Hall of Fame ballot sums up what the Steroid Era has done to my feelings about baseball  —  Ilook at my 2008 Hall of Fame ballot with sadness.  That's a photocopy of it on the right, and as you can see …
Discussion: Bleed Cubbie Blue
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Dan Shaughnessy / Boston Globe:
Nothing false about his case  —  I think I heard Roger Clemens's lawyer humming our national anthem when the Rocket stormed off the stage Monday, abruptly concluding one of the more bizarre press conferences in the history of Western Civilization.  —  “I got another [expletive] …
Matthew Leach / MLB.com:
McGwire falls short in Hall bid  —  Former slugger appears on 23.6 percent of ballots  —  It appears that Mark McGwire is going to encounter tough sledding if he hopes one day to be elected to baseball's Hall of Fame.  —  McGwire received no boost in his second year on the ballot …
Discussion: Athletics Nation
Barry M. Bloom / MLB.com:
Hall welcomes Gossage into its doors
Jayson Stark / ESPN:
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Kat O'Brien / Newsday:
Yankees still eye Santana  —  Roger Clemens is dominating headlines these days, not Johan Santana.  Yet nearly two months after the Yankees first engaged in trade talks with the Twins over Santana, the Minnesota ace is not off the Yankees' radar.  —  “There's definitely still a possibility …
Amalie Benjamin / Boston Globe:
Buddy LeRoux; was part owner of Sox, real estate baron; at 77  —  Buddy LeRoux, who rose from team trainer to part owner of the Boston Red Sox in the 1970s and 1980s, died of natural causes Monday night.  He was 77.  —  Often a controversial figure in Boston sports - both with the Red Sox …
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Associated Press:
Former Red Sox owner dies at 77  —  TUFTONBORO, N.H. -Former Red Sox [team stats] owner Edward “Buddy” LeRoux has died in a New Hampshire hospital.  —  LeRoux, 77, died Monday.  —  He rose from serving as a Red Sox trainer from 1966-1974 to one of its owners.
Discussion: Baseball Musings
Victoria Welch / Bostonist:
Dear Boston: I Miss You.  Love, Bronson  —  Regardless of how you think he would have fared in 2006, one must admit that Bronson Arroyo was screwed over by the Red Sox organization.  He plunks down money on a new house in Boston.  He agrees to a hometown discount, $11.2 million contract …
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Associated Press:
Mariners sign veteran IF Cairo to jump-start Lopez  —  SEATTLE — The Seattle Mariners signed veteran infielder Miguel Cairo to a one-year, major league contract on Tuesday, giving starting second baseman Jose Lopez more prodding to improve.  —  Cairo, 33, played 82 games for the New York Yankees …
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Jim Street / MLB.com:
Mariners sign Cairo to one-year deal  —  Veteran infielder gives club depth and versatility  —  One super sub apparently isn't enough for the Mariners, who signed veteran Miguel Cairo on Tuesday to a one-year contract.  —  “Miguel strengthens our bench by giving us another player …
Discussion: Lookout Landing
NY Daily News:
Fame brings Goose bumps  —  When the call from Baseball Writers Association secretary-treasurer Jack O'Connell came to his home in Colorado Springs at 1:45 Tuesday afternoon, Rich (Goose) Gossage, the most fearsome and intimidating closer in the history of baseball, was reduced to emotional mush and “numbness.”
Discussion: Bronx Banter
USA Today:
Gossage laments baseball's current condition  —  Rich “Goose” Gossage, the newest member of baseball's Hall of Fame, recognizes the money is much greater in today's game.  —  But while baseball perhaps has never been more popular, generating more fans and revenue than at any time in history …
Mike Puma / New York Post:
METS' RADIO EYES HAGIN  —  The Mets still haven't filled the vacancy in their radio booth, but are targeting veteran broadcaster Wayne Hagin to sit alongside Howie Rose this season, The Post has learned.  Hagin would replace Tom McCarthy, who departed after the season to...
Baseball America:
Ask BA  —  What would Arizona's Top 10 list look like now?
 
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