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Angels say they're out of Teixeira sweepstakes — The door was opened for the Yankees to jump into the pursuit of Mark Teixeira after the Angels surprisingly pulled out of the bidding yesterday. — The Angels had been considered a leading contender to sign Teixeira, but they took their offer off the table.
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Angels withdraw offer to Mark Teixeira — Tim Mead, the Angels' vice president of communications, confirmed a foxsports.com report that the team has withdrawn its offer to Mark Teixeira and is no longer pursuing the free-agent first baseman. — The Angels, according to General Manager Tony Reagins …
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Angels no longer trying to bring back Teixeira … The Los Angeles Angels withdrew their eight-year offer for free-agent first baseman Mark Teixeira on Sunday, according to team vice president of communications Tim Mead. — The Angels' departure from the Teixeira sweepstakes leaves the Boston Red Sox …
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Impacto Deportivo Manny Report — By Tim Dierkes [December 22 at 8:27am CST] — MONDAY, 8:27am: MLB.com's Bryan Hoch asked Yankees GM Brian Cashman about this report. Cashman responded: “Not true.” — SUNDAY, 10:53pm: According to a report in the Dominican newspaper Impacto Deportivo …
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Cashman: Manny 3/$75M report “not true” — Just swapped text messages with Brian Cashman, who wrote two words to splash some cold water on the Impacto Deportivo report of Manny Ramirez receiving a three-year, $75 million offer from the Yankees: — “Not true.”
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PINSTRIPE POSTS — From the clubhouse to the diamond, Pete Caldera tells you everything you want to know about the Yankees. — Read “Pinstripe Posts” — Klapisch: Girardi, Manny don't mix — As the Yankees continue to toy with the idea of signing free agent bad-boy Manny Ramirez …
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Braves' stockings lacking; our top CDs of 2008 — Braves general manager Frank Wren is hitting the Colorado slopes with his family this week, but I think it's probably safe to assume his crackberry will be on his person at all times, just in case. — He would've preferred …
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The day I ran into Phil Hughes on a baseball card message board.. — I believe I shared this before on my blog, but I didn't really explain what happened...so here it is: — I am a big collector of sports memorabilia and baseball cards. I was on this trading card forum (Beckett Message Boards) …
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Reds' outfield options down to three — Hairston Jr., Baldelli, Taveras are leading candidates — The effects of Juan Rivera signing with the Angels now has narrowed the Reds' search for an outfielder to likely just three candidates, according to a story in Saturday's Cincinnati Enquirer.
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Minaya learning off his own mistakes — In Omar Minaya's four seasons as a general manager in New York, the Mets have recorded 83, 97, 88 and 89 victories. The previous four years, 2001-04, their victory totals came in at 82, 75, 66 and 71. — Somehow, that turn hasn't seemed to comfort Mets fans very much.
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Source: Pirates, Doumit reach deal … The Pittsburgh Pirates have reached an agreement on a three-year deal with catcher Ryan Doumit that will take him through his salary arbitration years, a baseball source told ESPN.com. — The contract includes a club option that will take Doumit into free agency, the source said.
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Talented teams of the '90s quite different than today — Should a sale go through, whoever buys the Padres from John Moores would be lucky to get a Padres club as talented as the one Moores bought in late 1994. — True, when Moores took control, the Padres were coming off a 47-70 season.
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Huge payday awaits Webb — Last week, the New York Yankees introduced left-hander CC Sabathia in pinstripes, officially making him the latest nouveau riche ace in the baseball world. — His seven-year, $161 million contract exceeds Mets lefty Johan Santana's in length and dollars …
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