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T.R. Sullivan / MLB.com:
Hicks ‘betrayed’ by A-Rod's steroid use — Rangers owner Tom Hicks said he feels personally “betrayed” and “deceived” by Alex Rodriguez's use of steroids while with the club in 2001-2003, which Rodriguez admitted to in a nationally televised interview on ESPN on Monday.
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Bob Raissman / NY Daily News:
Raissman: Gammons fails test with A-Rod … When word started spreading Sunday night that Alex Rodriguez would do a TV interview, a Major League Baseball official was asked if the Yankees' third baseman, outed by Sports Illustrated as a steroids user, would do the spot on the MLB Network.
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ESPN:
Transcript: Alex Rodriguez talks with Peter Gammons … The following is an edited transcript of Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez's discussion with ESPN's Peter Gammons on Monday. — PETER GAMMONS: Alex, this weekend Sports Illustrated reported that in 2003 you tested positive for testosterone …
Jim Baumbach / Newsday:
Cummings might get A-Rod an invite to Congress — Alex Rodriguez soon might have to repeat his steroid admission on Capitol Hill. — Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) plans to recommend to the head of the congressional committee that has previously hosted baseball players that A-Rod receive …
David Brown / Yahoo! Sports:
Play-by-play of the A-Rod interview, plus pics and commentary! — If you thought watching A-Rod bare his soul about steroids to Peter Gammons was fun, imagine how much enjoyment watching it over and over while writing down every word must have been. I don't have to imagine it, because I did it last night.
ESPN:A-Rod is sorry — sorry he got caught
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ESPN:A-Rod admits, regrets use of PEDs
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George Vecsey / New York Times:Facing Up to Some Truth Is a Start for Rodriguez
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Tyler Kepner / New York Times:Rodriguez Admits to Use of Performance Enhancers
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Maury Brown / The Biz of Baseball:
MLBPA Releases Statement Explaining Why “Survey Test” Results Were Not Destroyed — As the revelation that Alex Rodriguez was one of 104 players in 2003 that tested positive during what was collectively bargained between MLB and the MLB Players Association as part of a “survey test” …
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NY Daily News:
Gene hardly looking clean — When Gene Orza would show up in a baseball clubhouse during the 2004 season seeking out certain players, just about everyone on the team had a pretty good idea why he was there: To let them know they'd failed a Major League Baseball drug test.
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Adam Rubin / NY Daily News:
Santana to skip WBC at request of Mets — Johan Santana plans to withdraw from the World Baseball Classic at the request of Mets officials and remain in camp during spring training, the Daily News has learned. — Santana, who worked on his conditioning at the team's complex in Port St. Lucie Monday …
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Ken Gurnick / Hot Stove Blog:
Dodgers Sign Jeff Weaver — The Dodgers signed Jeff Weaver to a Minor League contract with an invitation to Major League training camp. Weaver, 32, will receive a $500,000 salary if he makes the club. — Weaver, a starter throughout his Major League career, will vie for a bullpen role.
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Joe Strauss / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
St. Louis Cardinals release second baseman Adam Kennedy — St. Louis Cardinals second baseman Adam Kennedy can't handle a ball hit by Milwaukee Brewers' Bill Hall. Kennedy was released by the Cardinals on February 9, 2009. (Morry Gash/AP) — ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
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Bernie Miklasz / Bernie's Extra Points:
5 Minutes for Blogging, — It was a very busy Monday... 1. THE BIGGEST VICTORY OF MIKE ANDERSON'S MU CAREER: What a relentless, fierce effort by Mizzou in coming back repeatedly down the stretch to bump off Kansas, 62-60. Finally, coach Mike Anderson has a true signature win in Columbia …
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JSOnline:
Looper agrees to one-year deal — By Tom Haudricourt of the Journal Sentinel — Unsure what the shopping list might look like down the road, the Milwaukee Brewers moved in to scoop up the best remaining arm on the free-agent market Monday. — The Brewers reached agreement on a one-year deal …
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Chris Haft / MLB.com:
Aurilia, Giants agree on Minors deal — Infielder to get about $1 million if he makes Opening Day roster — SAN FRANCISCO — Rich Aurilia said that earlier this offseason, the Houston Astros offered him a guaranteed Major League contract, which is the type of deal that has eluded most free agents.
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Dan McLaughlin / Hardball Times:
The path to Cooperstown: The catchers (Part 2) — In Part 1 of this series looking at the best catchers of the post-1920 period, I focused on catchers whose prime years ran eight or more seasons. In this followup, I will look at the top catchers whose major league primes were shorter than that.
Coley Harvey / Macon Telegraph:
WIFN's Shanks fired, radio show canceled — As countless Middle Georgians tuned their car, home and workplace radios to 105.5 FM on Monday afternoon, a voice they've become familiar with was nowhere to be found. — Around 3:30 p.m. Monday, Bill Shanks, the widely-recognized host of WIFN's …
