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12:05 PM ET, March 13, 2008

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Tyler Kepner / New York Times:
A Slide Leads to a Cut and a Festering Wound  —  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Two of his players and two of his coaches were ejected Wednesday, but Yankees Manager Joe Girardi insisted his team had not been looking for a fight.  In the visiting dugout after Round 2 of a bruising bout with the Tampa Bay Rays …
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Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Let's try not to get carried away
Associated Press:
Yanks-Rays, Round 2: Five ejected after scrum
Marc Lancaster / Rays Report:
Rays: Duncan play ‘flat-out dirty’
Discussion: DRaysBay and Sliding Into Home
Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Yankees-Rays: The Live Blog
Mark Hale / New York Post:
YANKS, RAYS BRAWL
Nick Cafardo / Boston Globe:
Francona and Theo chat with Coco  —  FORT MYERS, Fla. — Willie McGinest used to say “You can't make the club from the tub.”  In the case of Coco Crisp, “you can't make a trade from the shade.”  —  If Coco Crisp wants an exit out of Boston, teams want to see that he's healthy and playing before trying to swing a deal.
Discussion: MLB Rumors
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Tony Massarotti / Boston Herald:
No arms surplus here … FORT MYERS — In the unlikely event you're looking for one, here's an opinion: The Red Sox [team stats] need another starting pitcher.  —  “Six wasn't enough,” Red Sox manager Terry Francona mused yesterday following the Sox' 12-7 win over the Minnesota Twins …
Boston Herald:
Clay throwing his A game with new Pet … As you may have suspected, life is good if you're Red Sox [team stats] hurler Clay Buchholz.  —  First he throws a no-hitter in his second start in the bigs.  Then Josh Beckett [stats] goes down with a bad back, meaning Clay's odds of starting just got a whole lot better.
Discussion: Baseball Musings
Jim Street / MLB.com:
Capuano can't find groove vs. Seattle  —  Left-hander struggles for third straight outing in Cactus play  —  MARINERS 5, BREWERS 1  —  Mariners at the plate: Outfielder Mike Morse tacked on three more hits to his productive spring: a single in the fifth, run-scoring double in the seventh …
Discussion: Associated Press
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Adam McCalvy / MLB.com:
Cameron to seek supplement use
Discussion: ESPN and FanHouse
Adam McCalvy / MLB.com:   ‘Huge’ step for Brewers' Gallardo
Jim Street / MLB.com:
Mariners release Ramirez  —  Lefty's struggles, stocked rotation spell end of road in Seattle  —  PEORIA, Ariz. — The Mariners' first roster move of Spring Training was a stunner.  —  Left-handed pitcher Horacio Ramirez, who spent most of last season in the starting rotation …
Discussion: The Transaction Guy and 6-4-2
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Tom Spousta / New York Times:
Crystal Puts Bat on Ball and Tongue in Cheek  —  TAMPA, Fla. — Say this about Billy Crystal, a 5-foot-5 infield prospect who bats right-handed, throws right-handed and left everything on practice field No. 2 at Legends Field during a workout Wednesday: He has a strike zone the size of a fire ant.
Discussion: NY Daily News and Bucs Dugout
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Chris Girandola / MLB.com:
Crystal lives out pinstripe dreams
Discussion: Bombers Beat
Maureen Mullen / MLB.com:
Manny finds wisdom with touch of gray  —  Slugger refines exercise, diet as career begins to wind down  —  FORT MYERS, Fla. — The experts will tell us one of the keys to aging well is to continue learning along the way.  Older and wiser, as the saying goes.
Alyson Footer / MLB.com:
Lee not a fan of batting in five-hole  —  Slugger prefers to hit cleanup, but will do what's best for team  —  LAKELAND, Fla. — Before the start of Spring Training, Astros manager Cecil Cooper projected the Opening Day lineup to include Miguel Tejada hitting third, Lance Berkman fourth and Carlos Lee fifth.
Associated Press:
Awed Padres perched atop Great Wall of China  —  BADALING, China — Perched on the Great Wall of China, Trevor Hoffman gazed over the slick cobblestones and through the watchtowers to survey a barrier to invading armies that once stretched 4,000 miles.  —  This weekend, the Padres …
Discussion: Baseball Musings
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Anthony Rieber / Newsday:
Mets looking for outfielder; how about Endy?  —  PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. - Barry Bonds.  Sammy Sosa.  Xavier Nady.  Marcus Thames.  Kenny Lofton.  Juan Rivera.  Reed Johnson.  Coco Crisp.  —  These are the outfielders that have been linked to the Mets ever since it was learned …
Discussion: MetsBlog.com
Associated Press:
Ga. baseball team plans “Eliot Spitzer” theme night  —  MACON, Ga. (AP) - A Georgia minor league team is hoping to turn Eliot Spitzer's scandal into a packed stadium.  —  The Macon Music is capitalizing on the outgoing New York governor's prostitution-related downfall, by serving up a “Eliot Spitzer Night.”
Discussion: Projo SoxBlog
Chicago Tribune:
Wednesday's recap: White Sox 4, Rockies 1  —  Spring record: 8-9.  —  At the plate: Josh Fields had three singles, and Orlando Cabrera, Nick Swisher and Brian Anderson had two hits apiece.  Anderson hit his third home run, his second in as many days.  —  On the mound: Javier Vazquez allowed …
Discussion: MLB Rumors
Ken Mandel / MLB.com:
Manuel reveals Phillies' No. 3 starter  —  Manager gives nod to Moyer; Kendrick to skirt Braves  —  CLEARWATER, Fla. — While the rest of his teammates battle the Braves at Bright House Field on Friday, Kyle Kendrick will pitch in a Minor League game.  —  Manager Charlie Manuel wants …
Discussion: Phillies Nation
Carrie Muskat / MLB.com:
Piniella to test Soriano at No. 2 in lineup  —  Move an attempt to keep slugger healthy; Fukudome to bat fifth  —  SURPRISE, Ariz. — Lou Piniella plans to experiment with the Cubs lineup, dropping leadoff man Alfonso Soriano to No. 2 in an attempt to keep him healthy while inserting Kosuke Fukudome fifth.
Discussion: Cobra Brigade, CubsNet.com and Cubs f/x
Patrick Sullivan / Baseball Analysts:
To Take or Not To Take  —  I can't imagine that many readers of this site do not have at least some form of addiction to Baseball Reference, a veritable data goldmine for any baseball junkie.  I know I sure do.  —  Recently I have taken to coming up with some point of interest …
Discussion: THE BOOK
 
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Mark Gonzales / Chicago Tribune:
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