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Jerry Crasnick / ESPN:
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. — Angels vice president of communications Tim Mead confirmed an earlier ESPN report later Sunday night.
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Kat O'Brien / Newsday:
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.
Mike DiGiovanna / LA Times Sports Blog:
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Teixeira — Tim Mead, the Angels' vice president of communications, confirmed a foxsports.com report that the team has withdrawn its offer to Mark Teixeira and is no longer pursuing the free-agent first baseman.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 …
Lyle Spencer / MLB.com:
Angels pull out of Teixeira chase — Club confirms it has withdrawn its eight-year contract offer — The Angels confirmed Sunday that they have pulled out of the bidding for free agent Mark Teixeira's services. Team spokesman Tim Mead said the club would have no further comment today.
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Lyle Spencer / MLB.com:
Angels pull out of Teixeira chase — Club confirms it has withdrawn its eight-year contract offer — The Mark Teixeira sweepstakes are now exclusively an East Coast derby. — The Angels, withdrawing their eight-year offer believed to be in the $160 million neighborhood …
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Buster Olney / ESPN:
Fuentes may land in offseason bargain bin
Fuentes may land in offseason bargain bin
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Tom Krasovic / San Diego Union-Tribune:
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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Jerry Crasnick / ESPN:
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.
Kobrien / On the Yankees beat:
Boras calls Yankees on Teixeira — So the Yankees talked to Scott Boras Friday about Mark Teixeira, as I first learned by reading Jon Heyman's story on SI.com. But what I learned yesterday from talking to multiple sources is that Boras reached out to the Yankees.
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David Pinto / Baseball Musings:
Creating a Market — Scott Boras called the Yankees about Mark Teixeira:
Creating a Market — Scott Boras called the Yankees about Mark Teixeira:
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Kat O'Brien / Newsday:
Yankees on fringes of Teixeira talks
Yankees on fringes of Teixeira talks
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Tim Dierkes / MLB Rumors:
Impacto Deportivo Manny Report — By Tim Dierkes [December 21 at 10:53pm CST] — According to a report in the Dominican newspaper Impacto Deportivo, the Yankees are on the verge of signing Manny Ramirez to a three-year, $75MM deal. They say negotiations are advanced and an announcement would take place Monday or Tuesday.
Associated Press:
Ex-Negro league star Carlos Santiago, 82, dies — SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Carlos Manuel Santiago, a star infielder in the Negro leagues during the 1940s, died Sunday. He was 82. — He died of cardiac failure at his home in Mayaguez, son Carlos Manuel Santiago Feliciano said.
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Melvin confirms interest in Looper — By Tom Haudricourt of the Journal Sentinel — I spoke to Brewers general manager Doug Melvin on the telephone today and he confirmed he has shown interest in free agent pitcher Braden Looper. — Melvin denied a Boston Globe report, however, that the Brewers “are close” to signing Looper.
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Nick Piecoro / Arizona Republic:
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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External / ESPN:
Olney: Market forces at work — Brian Fuentes began the offseason as, theoretically, the most second-most coveted reliever, after a season in which he earned 30 saves and accumulated a 2.73 ERA, and held left-handed batters to a .184 average, with 20 strikeouts in 49 at-bats.
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