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Joel Sherman / Hardball:
Winter Meetings update —Padres GM Kevin Towers said that if he does not complete a trade of Jake Peavy to the Cubs at these meetings, he will probably announce that he is keeping his ace to start the season. — “We have made progress, but if it is not worked out with the Cubs …
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Dan Graziano / New Jersey Online:
Fear and Loathing at the Baseball Winter Meetings — Monday morning update — The problem is, you need sleep, but you wake up at 6 am and can't get back to sleep because your body's still on East Coast time and...well, jeez. You're in Vegas. There's stuff to do. — Today I have no excuse.
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Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Peavy has no interest in Yankees, AL — As for now, Scott Boras is hiding out backstage. But the ever-gracious Kevin Towers did stop to speak to reporters. — Attention fans of the New York Yankees: Forget Jake Peavy. — Forget. Jake. Peavy. — Towers made it clear that Peavy …
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National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum:
Gordon elected to Hall by Veterans Committee — Former Yankees, Indians second baseman to be enshrined in 2009 — National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum — COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — Nine-time All-Star and five-time World Series champion Joe Gordon was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame today by the Veterans Committee.
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Barry M. Bloom / MLB.com:
Veterans elect '40s star Gordon to Hall — Second baseman for Yankees, Indians picked by committee — LAS VEGAS — Joe Gordon, a nine-time All-Star second baseman for the New York Yankees and Cleveland Indians and an American League MVP, was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame …
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Scott Jensen / Dugout Central:
Allen, Santo and Torre To Get The Call Monday — According to a source close to the situation, the Veteran's Committee will on Monday announce that Dick Allen, Ron Santo and Joe Torre have been elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. — Dick Allen played in 1,749 games for the Philadelphia Phillies …
Associated Press:
Veterans elect former 2B Gordon to Hall of Fame — NEW YORK — Former second baseman Joe Gordon has been elected to the Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee. — The late Gordon was a nine-time All-Star with the New York Yankees and Cleveland Indians. He played on five World Series championship teams and retired in 1950.
Dejan Kovacevic / PBC Blog:
Winter Meetings, Day 1: Pirates sign Slocum — LAS VEGAS — Everyone is just beginning to set up, mostly media. The lobby has a couple scouts, not much more. — One thing to bear in mind for those of you intent on tracking this closely: There is a three-hour time difference between here and Pittsburgh …
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Chris De Luca / Chicago Sun Times:Santo falls short again of Hall of Fame induction
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Bill Madden / NY Daily News:
CC's agent pitches curves to Yankees — LAS VEGAS - The $140 million game of chicken began in earnest Sunday night when Brian Cashman met with CC Sabathia and his agent, Greg Genske, on the eve of the winter meetings at the Bellagio hotel. — According to industry sources …
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George A. King III / New York Post:
TROUBLE BREWIN' IN YANKS' CC CHASE — Prior to Yankee GM Brian Cashman's meeting with CC Sabathia yesterday in Las Vegas, there was a feeling in the baseball universe the stud free-agent lefty would eventually re-sign with the Brewers. — Since the Yankees' six-year …
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T.R. Sullivan / MLB.com:
Laird nets Rangers pitching prospects — Moscoso, Melo come to Texas in return for veteran backstop — LAS VEGAS — The Rangers have acquired Minor League pitchers Guillermo Moscoso and Carlos Melo from the Tigers for catcher Gerald Laird. — Laird was informed of the trade …
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Bruce / Chicago's Inside Pitch:
Early rumblings from Vegas — LAS VEGAS — I put a dollar into a slot machine last night and lost it. That'll be the extent of my gambling here since I don't even know how to play most of these games out here. And it is something to see people smoking cigarettes and cigars inside in this day and age.
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Gordon Wittenmyer / Chicago Sun Times:Sources: Cubs' pursuit of Peavy fluid, but will pay off
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Alex Speier / Archive:
The Night the Catching Market Changed — LAS VEGAS—It was after midnight on the East Coast, but baseball's winter meetings in Las Vegas were just waking up. In a span of minutes, a pair of events occurred that significantly altered the complexion of the offseason market for catchers …
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Troy Renck / All Things Rockies:
Rockies sign C Phillips; Brewers bring back Coffey — Looking add Triple-A catching depth, the Rockies signed Paul Phillips to a minor-league contract with an invite to spring training. — Phillips, 31, has made bit appearances with the Royals and White Sox over the past five seasons.
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Paul Hagen / Philly.com:
Phillies interested in Twins' Delmon Young? — Paul Hagen reporting from the winter meetings in Las Vegas: — Throwing out the ceremonial first rumor of the winter meetings ... Phillies baseball personnel have been asking pointed questions about Twins outfielder Delmon Young …
ESPN:
Phillies, Moyer haggling over money — The Phillies' difficulties in re-signing Jamie Moyer have reached the stage where Moyer has re-enlisted his former agent, Jim Bronner, to begin calling other clubs to see how much interest they would have in the 46-year-old left-hander.
Tim Brown / Yahoo! Sports:
Dodgers near agreement with Blake — Buzz up! — LAS VEGAS - The Los Angeles Dodgers are nearing a contract agreement with third baseman Casey Blake after raising their offer to three years, sources said Monday morning. — The team expected to hear more from Blake's representative, Jim McDowell, as the meetings went on.
