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Bill Chastain / MLB.com:
Rays sign Longoria to multiyear contract — Nine-year deal is longest in Tampa Bay franchise history — ST. PETERSBURG — Evan Longoria has been signed by the Rays to the longest contract in franchise history. — Friday afternoon at a news conference at Tropicana Field …
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Rays lock up Longoria for six years, $17.5 million — ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Rookie third baseman Evan Longoria and the Tampa Bay Rays agreed Friday to a $17.5 million, six-year contract, a deal that could be worth up to $44 million over nine seasons. — Tampa Bay has a club option …
Marc Topkin / The Heater:
Rays, Longoria reach deal - 9 years, $44-million — Tampa Bay Rays third baseman Evan Longoria, left, and Andrew Friedman, Rays executive vice president for baseball operations, answer reporters' questions at a Tropicana Field news conference today after announcing Longoria's new contract.
Sports Illustrated:
Canseco's ‘Max’ identity revealed … MIAMI — As the Justice Department pursues its perjury investigation of Roger Clemens, Jose Canseco may put his credibility at risk during a scheduled interview with federal agents next week if the author of Vindicated discloses the identity of “Max.”
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Report: Feds likely to question Canseco on ‘Max’ — While federal agents are meeting Tuesday with Jose Canseco in connection with their probe of Roger Clemens on possible perjury charges, a person named “Max” might also be part of the conversation. — In “Vindicated,” his second book …
NY Daily News:
Jose Canseco's steroid dealer says he never gave A-Rod drugs — In his recent book “Vindicated,” Jose Canseco says he introduced Alex Rodriguez in the late 1990s to a shadowy figure named “Max,” a Canadian-born trainer and steroid supplier. — But in a story posted Friday on Sports Illustrated's Web site …
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Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Game 18: Yankees at Orioles — YANKEES — ORIOLES — Notes: Edwar Ramirez is in the clubhouse. But the Yankees won't say who is being sent out. I would assume it's Jon Albaladejo. ... Beautiful day here in Baltimore. ... The Yankees have homered in five straight games. ...
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The Times-Tribune:
Edwar up, plus upcoming rotations — I've heard from various people today — some writers in New York, some Yankees officials — that Edwar Ramirez is with the big league club. No word yet on a move to make room for Ramirez but the smart money seems to be on Jonathan Albaladejo being sent down.
Tyler Kepner / New York Times:
Victory Is a Moral One With Hughes in Control — BALTIMORE — The Yankees have played 18 games, they have won half, and the earned run average of their starting pitchers is 5.50. Whoever said that starting pitching would make or break the team — it was General Manager Brian Cashman, was it not? — made a valid point.
Dan Connolly / Baltimore Sun:
2 injured in fall last night at Camden Yards — Sources: Man leaned too far over club-level railing, landed on fan below — Two fans at Thursday night's Orioles game were taken to the hospital after one fell from the club-level deck at Camden Yards and landed on the other moments …
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Gordon Edes / Boston Globe:
Ramírez unloads on Yankees again — NEW YORK - Had enough of the Yankees, having seen them five times in the last seven days? — The sentiment is understandable, unless you're Manny Ramírez, who has reason to mourn because he won't see the Bombers again until Fourth of July weekend.
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Troy E. Renck / Denver Post:
Rockies outlast Padres in 22 innings — SAN DIEGO — This wasn't a game. It was a relationship. — The Rockies and San Diego Padres stayed close for hours Thursday night. Problem is they don't know to break it off. Or break away. — After 6 hours, 16 minutes, 15 pitchers …
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Chimpanzee Rage / Deuce of Davenport:
Marty Brennaman Hates Cubs Fans — To say that Marty Brennaman doesn't like Chicago Cubs fans would be a bit of an understatement. Here's a video with the audio from the Chicago Tribune of Marty Brennaman taking Cubs fans to task for throwing like 20 balls onto the field after a huge Adam Dunn home run at Wrigley Field.
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Sports Illustrated:
Rangers prospects holding onto hope … It's not everyday that a major league team ships two of its top pitching prospects 10 time zones away to see if they can be sold to another team. In Japan. But that's exactly the situation the Texas Rangers find themselves in with righthanders Omar Beltre and Alexi Ogando.
Susan Slusser / SFGate:
Johnson claimed by Tampa Bay - update — From Chronicle Staff Writer Susan Slusser — I just got off the phone with Dan Johnson's agent, who said that Tampa Bay claimed Johnson this morning. Johnson confirmed it, as well. — “It's been a long 10 days,” Johnson said.
