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Mike Axisa / MLB Rumors:
Royals Trade Mark Teahen To White Sox? — 5:30pm: The story keeps changing. Now, according to MLB.com's Dick Kaegel, neither team has confirmed the deal. — 11:13am: The White Sox have confirmed the trade, according to The Chicago Sun Times. It's Teahen for Getz and Fields.
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Chicago Sun Times:
White Sox trade Chriz Getz and Josh Fields to Royals for Mark Teahen — STAFF REPORTS — The White Sox have traded Josh Fields and Chris Getz to Kansas City in exchange for infielder-outfielder Mark Teahen, the White Sox have confirmed. — Teahen hit .271 while connecting on 12 home runs and driving in 50 runs last season.
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Dave Cameron / FanGraphs Baseball:Teahen To The White Sox
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Mike Axisa / MLB Rumors:
Angels Re-Sign Bobby Abreu — 2:40pm: Price says the deal is worth $19MM guaranteed. Abreu will be paid $9MM in 2010 and 2011, plus a $1MM buyout of a $9MM option for 2012 that could vest based on plate appearances. Given how the market treated Abreu last year, it's not a surprise that he jumped on this offer.
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Bill Plunkett / Angels blog:
Angels, Abreu agree to new contract — On the first day eligible players can file for free agency, the Angels headed that off with one of their seven potential free agents by reaching agreement with outfielder Bobby Abreu on a two-year contract with a club option for 2012.
Scott Hewitt / Columbian:
Pot found in star pitcher's car during I-5 speed stop — Tim Lincecum, star pitcher for the San Francisco Giants, is facing charges of misdemeanor possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia use after being stopped for speeding on I-5 last week. — At 8:23 a.m. Oct. 30 …
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Ray Ratto / San Francisco Chronicle:
So How Do You Spell “Tsk, Tsk, Tsk,” Anyway? — The news that Tim Lincecum got busted for a thumb's worth of pot (hey, the Washington cops know a thumb's worth of pot when they see it) is less surprising, let alone disturbing, than you'd think. The driving 74 in a 60 with a lung full of happy, on the other hand, not nearly so cool.
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Duk / Yahoo! Sports:
Say it ain't so, Timmy! Lincecum busted for pot possession — Something had to break us out of our intense World Series focus, so it might as well be a report that Tim Lincecum — was cited for marijuana possession in Washington state on Oct. 30. — Tim Lincecum was busted for pot?
New York Post:
Mets to decline Putz's option — J.J. Putzthat they plan to decline his $8.6 million option for 2010 and buy him out for $1 million instead. — The club cited health concerns in making the long-expected move, pointing to elbow surgery and forearm problems that caused the former All-Star closer …
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Adam Rubin / Surfing The Mets:
Time to file for free agency — With the conclusion of the World Series, Thursday begins the 15-day period in which players officially file for free agency. In the case of the Mets, let's take a look at the eligible players: — Brian Schneider expects to sign elsewhere …
The Journal News:
(2 of 2) — The cops were impressed. — “The guy wins the World Series, what does he do? He stops to help,” said Westchester County Police Officer Kathleen Cristiano, who was among the first to arrive at the accident scene. “It was totally surreal.” — The driver was stunned by the accident …
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Joe Capozzi / Florida Marlins news, analysis …:
Florida Marlins trade Jeremy Hermida to Boston — The Marlins kicked off what should be a busy offseason today when they traded right fielder Jeremy Hermida to the Boston Red Sox for left-handed pitchers Hunter Jones and Jose Alvarez. — The trade of Hermida was expected — he has underachieved and is eligible for arbitration.
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Jay Jaffe / Baseball Prospectus:
Prospectus Hit and Run — Anatomy of a Championship — Alex Rodriguez and Derek Jeter may be the Yankees for whom the spotlight shines the brightest, but it was Hideki Matsui who did the dirty work on Wednesday night. Tying a single-game World Series record with six RBI …
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Ken Gurnick / MLB.com:
Dodgers pass on Garland's 2010 option — Righty becomes free agent after $10 million not picked up — LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers declined the $10 million 2010 mutual option for right-handed pitcher Jon Garland, who can become a free agent. — Garland is entitled to receive a $2.5 million buyout …
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Sports Illustrated:
Court denies McCourt's bid to get Dodgers job back — LOS ANGELES (AP) -A court commissioner has denied Jamie McCourt's bid to be reinstated as the chief executive of the Los Angeles Dodgers. — Superior Court Commissioner Scott Gordon ruled Thursday in Los Angeles there is no state law to support her bid.
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Yahoo! Sports:
The Empire strikes back — NEW YORK - Everyone stood in the same spot to take a picture. It was a secluded area behind the clubhouse-turned-animal house where hundreds of glass empties littered the ground and new ones still popped like popcorn toward the end of a bag.
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Associated Press:
Matsui bat, Damon spikes headed to Hall of Fame — COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) - Hideki Matsui's bat and Johnny Damon's spikes are among the items from the Yankees' World Series title going to the Baseball Hall of Fame. — Nearly a dozen pieces were donated after New York won Wednesday night …
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T.R. Sullivan / MLB.com:
Rangers in market for right-handed bat — Club hopes to re-sign Byrd, but could make push for Dye — ARLINGTON — The Rangers are going into baseball's free-agency period hoping to re-sign Marlon Byrd and could come out of it with Jermaine Dye instead. — A right-handed bat is a high priority …
Buster Olney / ESPN:
Obstacles to a World Series rematch — Charlie Manuel quoted a general after Game 6, in pronouncing that the baseball world has not seen the last of the Phillies. “I'll tell you something — we will be back,” Manuel said. “As MacArthur said, I guess, we will be back.”
