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Charlie Nobles / MLB.com:
Jeter OK after bruising pinky finger — Injury likely won't keep shortstop from Opening Day lineup — MIAMI — Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter bruised his right pinky finger before Saturday night's game with the Marlins while trying to field a ground ball that took a bad bounce.
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Charlie Nobles / MLB.com:
‘Second wind’ has Giambi confident — In final season of contract, slugger expects to avoid injuries — MIAMI — Jason Giambi feels physically rejuvenated. At 37, the Yankees slugger wrapped up an injury-free Spring Training on Saturday night and said he hasn't felt this good since his first two seasons with the Yankees.
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Joe Frisaro / MLB.com:
Hughes sharp in Yanks' spring finale — Right-hander surrenders one earned run in win over Marlins — YANKEES 4, MARLINS 2 — Marlins at the plate: Hanley Ramirez swatted Phil Hughes' first pitch into right field for a single. After stealing second base, Ramirez scored on Luis Gonzalez's two-out single.
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Kevin Baxter / Los Angeles Times:
Dodgers, Red Sox enjoy Coliseum's cozy, crazy confines — Players and fans have a good time—and for a good cause—with cramped field and strange dimensions. — World Series MVP Mike Lowell took one look at the 201-foot left-field line and smiled. — “I could do some damage here,” he said.
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More than 100K see BoSox-Dodgers in L.A. — LOS ANGELES — As he walked down the Los Angeles Coliseum tunnel and glanced toward the left-field screen, Boston catcher Jason Varitek smiled and said sarcastically: “Wakie's a fly ball pitcher. That's great.” — Then, in his best broadcast voice, he intoned: “Dodgers 85, Red Sox 81.”
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Will Brinson / AOL Sports:Dodgers - Red Sox to Get 115,000 Fans at Los Angeles Coliseum for Exhibition Game
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Scott Merkin / MLB.com:
Ozzie reveals Opening Day lineup — Uribe to play second, Swisher to lead off against Sabathia — MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Ozzie Guillen never has been one to hide the truth from White Sox fans, the media covering the team or anyone else in the general vicinity when he is holding court.
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Adam Rubin / NY Daily News:
Mets moved by visit to Lorraine Motel — MEMPHIS - Mets bench coach Jerry Manuel reveres Martin Luther King Jr. So the Mets' detour here to face the White Sox in MLB's second-annual Civil Rights Game Saturday night was especially welcome, and significant. The team's 24-hour stay before returning …
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Adam Rubin / NY Daily News:
El Duque might start season on DL — MEMPHIS - Mets officials appeared to be leaning toward placing Orlando Hernandez on the DL to start the season, paving the way for Mike Pelfrey to make at least two starts, the first opposite Tom Glavine on Saturday in Atlanta, the Daily News has learned.
Tyler Kepner / New York Times:
Deep Inside the Big Ballyard in the Bronx — The Yankees' second baseman is named for the Brooklyn Dodgers' second baseman, the man who stole home at Yankee Stadium in the first game of the 1955 World Series. Where Jackie Robinson once slid, Robinson Canó now hits. — It is not only Canó, of course.
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David Haugh / Chicago Tribune:
20th Century gone, but 21st wide open for Cubs — Cubs not guaranteed a World Series title, but anything possible by the year 2108 — When (and if) the Cubs win the World Series before another 100 years of Major League Baseball passes, Chicago-area futurist Ann Feeney believes local spirits might …
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Roch Kubatko / Baltimore Sun:
That sinking feeling — Experts agree that the O's will be mighty bad but that they won't match the depths of the '88 team — FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - The Orioles continue to recite the mantra of a rebuilding team, whether it's done inside the brick walls of the B&O Warehouse or the cramped offices …
Andrew Ratner / Baltimore Sun:
True devotion: blogging about the Orioles — Blogging about the Orioles isn't for the faint of heart. — The team, which opens the 2008 season tomorrow, used to have about 30 blogs focused on it, according to baseballblogs.org. — That was on a par with the San Francisco Giants …
Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Brian Cashman answers your questions — We've had a lot of fun with the reader Q&A feature on the blog but this one is special. — We put the word out for questions for Brian Cashman last week and a record 512 e-mails came into blog headquarters from around the world.
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Kevin Kernan / New York Post:
THE WRIGHT THING TO DO — WHY DAVID CUT DOWN ENDORSEMENT DEALS — March 30, 2008 — SO THAT the Mets can say yes to the postseason this season, David Wright has been saying no. — Wright, 25, cut back on many possible endorsement deals and promotional activities this year …
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Larry Stone / Mariners Blog:
Mariners set roster, with some surprises — It was a weird scene this morning at Cashman Field, with the Mariners' brass huddling in the bowels of the stadium, and a mixture of elated and devastated players as they learned their fate to start the season. — The most dejected was R.A. Dickey …
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Associated Press:
RHP Williams says he plans to retire after release by Astros — Right-hander Woody Williams was released by the Houston Astros on Saturday and said he planned to retire. — The 41-year-old Williams signed a two-year, $12.5 million contract with the Astros before last season.
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