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Joel Sherman / Hardball:
Winter Meetings update —Both Dodgers GM Ned Colletti and Yankee officials say the two sides have yet to have any discussions about sending second baseman Robinson Cano to the West Coast. And the Yankees believe so strongly that Cano is going to have a bounce back season that they are not anxious to move him.
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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 …
JSOnline:
Melvin: We're still in it — By Tom Haudricourt of the Journal Sentinel — Las Vegas - Brewers general manager Doug Melvin just returned from his meeting with the agents of free agent left-hander CC Sabathia. — Amazingly, after five weeks of waiting, the meeting took less than a half-hour.
Newsday:
Yanks encouraged after Sabathia meeting — Yankees general manager Brian Cashman is believed to have held a face-to-face meeting with free agent pitcher CC Sabathia on Sunday. (AP Photo) — LAS VEGAS - The Yankees came out of their Sunday night meeting with coveted free-agent pitcher CC Sabathia feeling …
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Dan Graziano / New Jersey Online:Fear and Loathing at the Baseball Winter Meetings — Monday morning update
George A. King III / New York Post:TROUBLE BREWIN' IN YANKS' CC CHASE
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Ken Davidoff / Ken Davidoff's baseball insider:Winter meetings: Updates on CC Sabathia, Brian Fuentes and Trevor Hoffman
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 …
Chris De Luca / Chicago Sun Times:Santo falls short again of Hall of Fame induction
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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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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 …
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Dejan Kovacevic / PBC Blog:
Tigers will not trade for Wilson; Twins could be in the mix — LAS VEGAS — The Detroit Tigers will not trade for Pirates shortstop Jack Wilson, apparently because they are set to sign free agent Adam Everett, a source said today at Major League Baseball's Winter Meetings.
La Velle / Twins Insider:
Afternoon update: Delmon Young rumors — For a team that claims it's not shopping Delmon Young around his name sure keeps popping up around the Bellagio. — The Phillies apparently are doing due dilligence on Young now. The Twins do like shortstop Jason Donald, who's coming off of a huge Arizona Fall League run.
Jon Heyman / For the Record:
Mets GM meets with Fuentes — LAS VEGAS — The Mets' continuing tour of closers picks up this afternoon here with a meeting with star free-agent Brian Fuentes, less than 24 hours after Mets GM Omar Minaya and club owner Jeff Wilpon dined with Francisco Rodriguez.
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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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Tony Massarotti / Boston Globe:
So far, it's a show about nothing — Look at it this way: “Seinfeld” was a show about nothing and was a huge success. But the winter meetings? Not so much. — A couple of things: — There are rumors circulating that the Red Sox have met with CC Sabathia, and the speculation is only growing because the Sox have said nothing.
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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.
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.
