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Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Cervelli injured and Girardi is furious — The look on Joe Girardi's face said plenty. Then he had plenty to say about the play in the ninth inning when Tampa Bay's Elliot Johnson rolled into Yankees catcher Francisco Cervelli. — “I think it's uncalled for in spring training.
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Spring Training / Associated Press:
Yanks' C Cervelli breaks wrist in collision at plate — TAMPA, Fla. (AP)—The Tampa Bay Rays changed their name this offseason, and the beleaguered organization looks as if its working on a new attitude this spring. — Four days after Carl Crawford barreled over a catcher on a play at the plate …
John Romano / St. Petersburg Times:
Clubhouse is place Percival calls home — ST. PETERSBURG - In certain circles, this place is considered sacred. And by sacred, I mean a place where cruelty passes for entertainment and crudity is an accepted form of art. — The clubhouse for a major league baseball team is filled with millionaires …
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Justice B. Hill / MLB.com:
Yost plans to bat Kendall ninth in order — Unconventional batting order could help Brewers score more — PHOENIX — The sound will start to become more familiar to Brewers fans: “Batting ninth, Jason Kendall.” — What? Kendall in the nine hole for a National League team? — Is manager Ned Yost joking?
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Justice B. Hill / MLB.com:
Notes: Selig attends Brewers game — Commissioner talks about how baseball is prospering — PHOENIX — Commissioner Bud Selig took in the Brewers-Royals game in Phoenix on Saturday. It was a chance for Selig to watch the team he once owned. — During an interlude in the game …
Amalie Benjamin / Boston Globe:
Beckett update — Josh Beckett didn't come out to talk to the media, only saying, through media relations director John Blake, “We'll just have to wait and see how it feels tomorrow.” — Beckett will possibly undergo more testing tomorrow, when he's re-evaluated by the medical staff.
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Ken Gurnick / MLB.com:
Infield in flux with LaRoche hurt — Colletti, Torre ponder options as injuries, ailments pile up — JUPITER, Fla. — With Andy LaRoche heading back to Los Angeles to have his thumb put back together, the Dodgers were left on Saturday to pick up the pieces from LaRoche's freak accident, which has created an infield problem.
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Spring Training / Yahoo! Sports:
Royals' Bannister unafraid to do the math — SURPRISE, Ariz. - The revolution is happening, of all places, in the Kansas City Royals dugout. — The sabermetric community, baseball's cottage industry of thinkers and rapscallions, has been waiting 30 years for a player like Brian Bannister to come along.
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Jim Molony / MLB.com:
Notes: Winds change Villone's plans — La Russa not worried about defense; no-go on Ponson — JUPITER, Fla. — On a day like Saturday, Ron Villone knew it was going to be tough to work on some of the things he'd planned to work on. — With winds blowing out to right in excess of 20 mph …
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Spring Training / Yahoo! Sports:
Jeter continues to set the bar for consistency — TAMPA - He's coming up on 34 years old, the shoulders still taut, the fade still working, the eyes still burning jade. — Thirteen years into this, Derek Jeter looks up from his chair in his familiar spring-time place. Time and rigor have let his face be.
Bill Chastain / MLB.com:
Price justifies hype in spring debut — After hitting first batter, top Draft pick strikes out side in seventh — TAMPA, Fla. — Rays left-hander David Price entered Saturday's Grapefruit League game against the Yankees in the seventh inning. Seventeen pitches later …
Bill Shanks / Scout.com:
The Shanks Report - March 7 — Here's the latest from Braves Spring Training at Disney. — * Sources have told The Braves Show.com that a trade involving Scott Thorman this spring is very possible. The Braves are considering their other options for first base, including Mark Kotsay …
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