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Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Wrapping up the day in Tampa — Two good things happened today: Andy Pettitte got it cranked up and Mariano Rivera looked like Mariano Rivera in the bullpen. — “It was good to get out there and get it cranked up a little bit. It's been a long spring already,” said Pettitte, who allowed one hit, struck our two and walked one.
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Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Spring Game 13: Blue Jays at Yankees (includes A-Rod surgery update) — YANKEES — Pitching today: Andy Pettitte followed by Ian Kennedy, Dan Giese, Dave Robertson, Jose Veras and Jon Albaladejo. — BLUE JAYS — Adams LF — Hill 2B — Lind DH — Overbay 1B — Lane CF — Snider RF
Mark Feinsand / Blogging the Bombers:
Girardi holds ‘WBC Ryder Cup’ at Yankee camp — Spring training gets rather monotonous for players, especially pitchers. There are only so many side bullpen sessions and pitchers fielding practices (PFPs) you can do before you get bored to tears. — Today, Joe Girardi found a way to combat that boredom.
Kobrien / On the Yankees beat:
First players sent to minors — The Yankees sent their first players to the minor leagues today. — They re-assigned right-handed pitchers J.B. Cox, George Kontos and Kanekoa Texiera to minor league camp, and optioned right-hander Andrew Brackman to Class-A Charleston.
Christian Red / NY Daily News:
Pedro to Mets: Call me — CAROLINA, Puerto Rico - Pedro Martinez has a message for Mets general manager Omar Minaya: If you want a future Hall of Famer as your fifth starter this season, give me a call. — Martinez - the free-agent pitcher who sparkled in three scoreless innings of relief …
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Jim Baumbach / Newsday:Delgado believes Pudge can help Mets
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NY Daily News:
A-Rod A-OK after successful surgery … Alex Rodriguez underwent successful hip repair surgery Monday at a Colorado clinic. — The 80-minute procedure was performed by Dr. Marc Philippon, a specialist known as the “hip doctor to the stars.” — “Alex is doing very well,” Philippon said.
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Joe Lapointe / New York Times:Rodriguez's Doctor Says Surgery Was Successful
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Rob Bradford / Full Count:
Peavy never said no to the Red Sox — TORONTO — In case you were wondering ... according to San Diego pitcher Jake Peavy, the Red Sox were never excluded from teams he would accept a trade to. Initially, Padres general manager Kevin Towers had said at the General Managers' Meetings …
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Lester extension makes good business sense — One can make the case that of all the left-handed pitchers younger than 26 years old, Cole Hamels and Jon Lester would have the most value on the open market. Each is 25. Each has pitched World Series-clinching games.
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Barry M. Bloom / MLB.com:
Chavez shut down with sore shoulder — Former Gold Glover was scheduled to play in field on Monday — PHOENIX — The on-again, off-again comeback by Oakland's Eric Chavez hit another snag on Monday, as he was scratched from his expected spring fielding debut at third base because of soreness …
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Associated Press:
Chipper Jones leaves game with mild oblique strain — TORONTO (AP) — United States third baseman Chipper Jones left Sunday night's game against Venezuela after five innings with a mild oblique strain and will be evaluated again Monday. — Jones was injured swinging at a pitch in the fifth inning …
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Troy Renck / All Things Rockies:
Details on Cabrera, Garciaparra contracts with Oakland — The Oakland A's are nothing if not contrarian. At a time when small market teams are trimming their budgets, Oakland has opened its wallet. The A's will have around a $60 million payroll — still well below the Rockies' $73 million 00 …
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Jon Heyman / Sports Illustrated:Oakland redefines rebuilding, latest on A-Rod and notes around camps
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Matt Eddy / Baseball America:
Minor League Transactions — February 28 through March 7 — Atlanta Braves — Placed on restricted list: OF Rashod Henry — Outrighted to Triple-A: RHP Anthony Lerew — The Nationals released Perez during spring training last year and the 29-year-old minor league veteran failed to latch on with another affiliated club.
MLB:
Report: Manny Ramirez won't get all his money till 2013 — NEW YORK — Manny Ramirez's money from his new $45 million, two-year contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers won't be fully paid until June 2013, according to contract details obtained Monday by The Associated Press. — Ramirez
Ed Eagle / MLB.com:
Team USA advances behind big sixth — Iannetta, Pedroia, Youkilis deliver key hits vs. Venezuela's 'pen — TORONTO — For the first five innings on Sunday, Team USA seemed destined for its second nail-biter in as many nights in the World Baseball Classic.
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Mike Puma / New York Post:
JETER: YANKEES WILL GET BY — TORONTO - Hip, hip, hooray! Six to nine weeks without Alex Rodriguez doesn't sound so bad to Derek Jeter. — “It's good, better than the other story I heard that he was going to miss a longer time,” Jeter said last night before Team USA faced Venezuela in the World Baseball Classic.
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Associated Press:
Twins concerned by Mauer's lingering back pain … PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. (AP) — Minnesota Twins catcher Joe Mauer has been hampered by back pain, hurting his rehab from offseason kidney surgery. — Mauer, the reigning American League batting champion, will undergo a magnetic resonance arthogram Tuesday.
Mike A. / River Avenue Blues:
Gardner vs. Gathright — Last week longtime RAB reader and commenter whozat shot me an email asking me if there was any reason to expect Brett Gardner to develop into a better Major League player than Joey Gathright. The comparison between the two players obviously makes sense since they're …
New York Post:
JOKE JOCK JUST DOIN' WHAT HE'S PAID TO DO — CONTINUED — Selected for stardom by WFAN because he was a fully committed professional lowlife with no other discernible skill - he once recited a vulgar poem mocking those afflicted with breast cancer - Sid Rosenberg, after FAN finally …
