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A-Rod mess gets Selig pumped up — Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig came out roaring Wednesday, putting Alex Rodriguez on notice that the Yankee third baseman's admitted performance-enhancing drug use may not go unpunished. — In an interview with USA Today, Selig was asked …
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Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
MLB commissioner Selig considers suspending A-Rod — New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez might be suspended for admitting he used performance-enhancing drugs, Commissioner Bud Selig told USA TODAY on Wednesday. — Selig and Major League Baseball officials realize any attempt …
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Joe Smith / St. Petersburg Times:
GM Brian Cashman can't say whether Alex Rodriguez used performance-enhancing drugs with Yankees — TAMPA — Yankees general manager Brian Cashman called Alex Rodriguez's admission he used performance-enhancing drugs a “necessary” and “important” first step.
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Rob Iracane / Walkoff Walk:
Bud Selig, You Sanctimonious Coward — Shoulder-shruggin' baseball commissioner Bud Selig told USA Today Wednesday afternoon that he is “heartsick” about Alex Rodriguez' latest steroid admission and that he is not ruling out punishing A-Rod or adjusting the MLB record books. … Wait a minute.
John Koblin / New York Observer:
Who's ‘This Lady’? Meet Selena Roberts, A-Rod's Worst Nightmare — When Sports Illustrated put one of its usual big features in the hands of a serious reporter, serious news started happening — Selena Roberts. — “This lady is coming out with all these allegations, all these lies …
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Christine Brennan / USA Today:
‘Heartsick’ Selig won't rule out punishing Alex Rodriguez — Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig said Wednesday afternoon that he is “just heartsick” about Alex Rodriguez's admission of performance-enhancing drug use and would not rule out punishing him or adjusting baseball's record book.
Mike Gimbel / Hardball Times:
Did steroids help Alex Rodriguez? — Did the confession to the use of steroids, made by Alex Rodriguez, invalidate his purported outstanding performances from 2001 to 2003? The myth of “performance enhancement” by the use of steroids needs to be exploded. — (1) There is no scientific definition for “performance enhancement” and
Jerry Crasnick / ESPN:
Sources: Mariners pushing Griffey talks — The Seattle Mariners have stepped up the pace in negotiations that could bring Ken Griffey Jr. back to the city where he spent the first 11 years of his major league career, two baseball sources told ESPN.com. — Although it's unclear whether …
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Jim Street / MLB.com:
Griffey near return to Mariners — Active career home run leader spent first 11 seasons with Seattle — PEORIA, Ariz. — Ken Griffey Jr. could be coming home in a few days. — A little more than nine years after being traded to the Reds for four players, Griffey and the Mariners are nearing agreement on a one-year contract.
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Adam McCalvy / MLB.com:
Brewers ready to solve camp questions — Who'll play third base remains uncertain entering Spring Training — Triple play: Three questions that need answers — 1. Is the starting rotation deep enough? — The pending Braden Looper deal might help change the answer to this question to the affirmative.
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Alyson Footer / MLB.com:
Tejada apologizes after guilty plea — Shortstop charged with misrepresentations, admits buying drugs — HOUSTON — A tearful and seemingly contrite Miguel Tejada offered an apology to a packed room of reporters at Minute Maid Park on Wednesday, expressing remorse for his actions that led …
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Dan Shaughnessy / Boston Globe:
Juice has sucked fun out of voting — Cover major league baseball on a daily basis for a newspaper for 10 consecutive years and you get to vote on Hall of Fame candidates. Forever. — It is one of the great privileges of being a baseball writer. It's a responsibility most of us take seriously.
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Neil Best / Watchdog:
Chris Russo flies first class for Sirius, ‘which is fair’ — My favorite line from Chris Russo's appearance with Howard Stern on Sirius this morning came as Russo tried to illustrate the fact Sirius' financial situation is not as dire as reported, based on the fact his budget has not been cut:
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Neil Best / Watchdog:Mike Francesa-Bill Parcells relationship on the rocks
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Baseball Analysis at Tufts / Baseball Analysts:
BABIP: Progressing and Regressing Groundball Out Rates — A couple of weeks ago, Rich Lederer asked what variables account for extraordinarily low groundball out rates. So, using a similar method to that which Peter Bendix and Chris Dutton used to find expected BABIP …
Bruce / Bruce Markusen's Cooperstown Confidential:
The Mysterious Legacy of Ramon Hernandez — Most readers of “Cooperstown Confidential” have heard of Ramon Hernandez the catcher, now the No. 1 receiver for the Reds. I suspect that only a few readers are familiar with Ramon Hernandez the left-handed reliever, who pitched for a variety …
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David Lennon / Newsday:
Early arrival Schneider wants to play every day — PORT ST. LUCIE - Brian Schneider knew his first season in New York might be difficult, but he never could have predicted spending a week in the hospital with a staph infection. Or even getting stuck in a platoon with Ramon Castro.
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Bryan Hoch / MLB.com:
Three more pitchers invited to camp — Righties Cox, Kontos, Texeira will report to Tampa on Friday — TAMPA, Fla. — The Yankees announced invitations to big league camp on Wednesday for three additional right-handed pitchers, increasing the total number of players scheduled to report to 63.
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