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Alex Rodriguez homers again, plays 7 innings in field — CLEARWATER, Fla. — Alex Rodriguez hit a long homer, played seven innings in the field and drew a walk off Philadelphia's J.C. Romero on Monday in his latest extended spring training game. — The Yankees' third baseman, however, wasn't talking.
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DOPEY GIRARDI PLAYS CENSOR FIELD — JOE Girardi took the Yankees job, I assume, with a sound mind and open eyes. He was offered a lot more money to manage here than he was offered by the Dodgers, and certainly a lot more than he made with the Marlins. — You get a lot more money …
Kansas City Star:
Roberts' book on A-Rod should be questioned — Not long ago, sports writer Selena Roberts compared the Duke lacrosse players to gang members and career criminals. — She claimed that the players' unwillingness to confess to or snitch about a rape (that did not happen) …
David Lennon / On the Mets beat:
Summit at Turner Field — It looks like there will be a Mets' summit meeting this afternoon at Turner Field with Omar Minaya flying in with COO Jeff Wilpon to discuss the fate of Oliver Perez and other roster questions. — As much as everyone wants to dismiss Olllie and dump him in the minors …
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Mets Seem to Have New Option for Perez — PHILADELPHIA — The morning after he all but pitched himself out of the Mets' rotation, Oliver Perez walked through the clubhouse with an ice pack on his right knee. Just as he was about to address his murky future, Perez was intercepted by Jay Horwitz …
Brian Costa / New Jersey Online:No decision yet on status of New York Mets' Oliver Perez
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Tom D'Angelo / Palm Beach Post:
RICKY NOLASCO'S TURN TO WAIT ON MOUND — Another game, another Marlins pitcher standing around the mound. — This time, the intent did not appear as calculated as when the Mets made Matt Lindstrom wait in the ninth inning on Wednesday, a ploy for which Mets manager Jerry Manuel was fined an undisclosed amount by the league.
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Juan C. Rodriguez / Florida Marlins:Florida Marlins make a grand exit from Wrigley
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Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Aceves here for Claggett — The Yankees finally have a long reliever. Alfredo Aceves has been called up and RHP Anthony Claggett was optioned back.
Jon Heyman / Sports Illustrated:
Separating contenders from pretenders; notes around majors (cont.) — Around the majors — • The Nationals have settled on right-handed phenom Stephen Strasburg from San Diego State. The $50 million asking price won't be met. But for what it's worth, I asked two executives …
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Scott Soshnick / Bloomberg:
A-Rod's Antics Would Have Ruined These Red Sox: Scott Soshnick — The boys from Boston are scheduled to visit the bigger ballpark in the Bronx tonight, providing the Red Sox with their first glimpse at what one columnist satirically dubbed the House That Ruthless Men Built.
Enrico / The700Level.com:
Mets-Phillies Rivalry Already Turned Ugly — It took all of two games for the Mets-Phillies rivalry to turn ugly in the stands at Citizens Bank Park. I emailed with Nick, the photographer behind these photos of a bloodied up Mets fan to get the story. — Nick's report below:
Brian McTaggart / Tag's Baseball Plays:
Chia-Jen Lo off to quick start in Lancaster; other minor league news — Taiwanese righthander Chia-Jen Lo, the first player signed by Astros director of Pacific Rim scouting Glen Barker, is off to a fast start at high Class A Lancaster of the California League.
MLB:
Gordon ahead of schedule on hip rehab — KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Just two hours after hip surgery, still numb and woozy, Kansas City Royals third baseman Alex Gordon was riding a stationary bike. — It didn't go too well. — “I ended up puking on the bike,” Gordon said Monday. “It was a pretty funny story.”
