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4:20 PM ET, February 22, 2010

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Thomas Harding / MLB.com:
Yankees, Park agree to one-year deal  —  Right-hander pitched for NL champion Phillies last season  —  Right-hander Chan Ho Park, who pitched for the National League champion Phillies in 2009, announced early Monday that he has reached a one-year agreement with the World Series champion Yankees …
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Kang Seung-woo / The Korea Times:
Park to Pitch for Yankees in 2010  —  Veteran right-hander Park Chan-ho will wear pinstripes next season.  —  “I decided to join the New York Yankees this morning,” the 36-year-old Korean said in a press conference in Seoul Monday.  —  “I will work as a reliever and my terms are a one-year contract worth $1.2 million.”
Bill Shaikin / Los Angeles Times:
Dodgers' payroll plans are detailed  —  Confidential documents in divorce case filing show the team may seek to spend on players at a pace that lags behind doubling ticket prices and revenue through 2018.  —  Plenty of people in the greater Los Angeles area would like to purchase Dodgers tickets …
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Tony Jackson / ESPN:
Manny Ramirez says it's his last season with the Los Angeles Dodgers  —  GLENDALE, Ariz. — Manny Ramirez appeared in the Dodgers' clubhouse for the first time on Monday morning and promptly conceded this would probably is his final spring training with the club.
Dylan Hernandez / LA Times Sports Blog:
Manny Ramirez predicts this is his final season with the Dodgers
Discussion: HardballTalk
Fox Sports:
Sources: Anxiety preventing Rangers' Greene from reporting  —  Ken Rosenthal has been the senior baseball writer for FOXSports.com since Aug. 2005.  He appears weekly on MLB on FOX.  —  Infielder Khalil Greene is again suffering from anxiety issues, leaving the Texas Rangers short an infielder as they begin spring training.
Peter Abraham / Boston Globe:
Pedroia comes out swinging  —  Second baseman says he's not worried about offense  —  FORT MYERS, Fla. - Dustin Pedroia has heard the Red Sox are changing into a team geared more to preventing runs than scoring them.  The notion caused him to wince during a boisterous exchange with reporters yesterday morning.
Discussion: HardballTalk
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Steve Silva / Boston Globe:
Beckett's not talking contract
Discussion: sox1fan.com and Yahoo! Sports
New York Post:
Ready for the Jenrry Rules?  —  PORT ST. LUCIE — The Mets may have their own little Joba situation brewing.  —  Keep your eyes on young right-handed pitcher Jenrry Mejia.  He threw a bullpen session yesterday and his stuff was, in manager Jerry Manuel's words, “electric.”
Jfay / Cincinnati Reds:
Gomes will be here  —  The Reds and Jonny Gomes have agreed to a deal.  He'll be at complex today for a physical.  —  That's good news for the Reds.  They can use his bat against left-handers.  He hit .307 with five homers and 19 RBI in 101 at-bats vs. lefties last year.
Marc Topkin / St. Petersburg Times:
Crawford on staying: “Could go either way”  —  Carl Crawford said his chances of staying with the Rays “could go either way” and he's “hoping for the best like always.”  —  “Right now I really don't know,” he said after his first workout of the spring.  “I wish something good would come out of it.
Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
Bradley arrives in Mariners camp, finds new friend in Griffey  —  PEORIA, Ariz. - Milton Bradley walked through the Seattle Mariners' complex at 9:20 Monday morning, and within minutes, broke into a huge expansive grin.  —  There was Ken Griffey Jr., who walked up behind him and yelled out, “I'll be damned!”
Discussion: Yahoo! Sports
Associated Press:
Aaron: McGwire should have a clear conscience … KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) — Hank Aaron says Mark McGwire should have a clear conscience after his recent admission he used performance-enhancing drugs as a player.  —  Aaron says he wishes McGwire would have made his admission and apology earlier …
Joe Cowley / Chicago Sun Times:
Pierzynski realizes this could be final year with Sox  —  GLENDALE, Ariz. — This is catcher A.J. Pierzynski's last year in a White Sox uniform.  —  Just ask him.  —  “I've always said that this was the perfect place for me to end up,” Pierzynski said Sunday, sounding like a player who fully understands the nature of baseball.
Discussion: Jorge Says No!
Chad Jennings / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Vazquez asks for early work  —  This winter, Joe Girardi and Dave Eiland came up with a plan to slightly cut back on the spring training workload of their starting pitchers.  But that plan was subject to change.  Javier Vazquez was scheduled to begin his throwing schedule on Wednesday …
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Bryan Hoch / MLB.com:
Vazquez gets jump on second Bronx tenure
Discussion: Bombers Beat and The iYankees Blog
Bryan Hoch / MLB.com:
Girardi gets spring visit from Hal
Discussion: TYU and River Avenue Blues
Todd Zolecki / The Zo Zone:
Ready to Go  —  The Phillies' first full squad workout is tomorrow and everybody is here.  Jimmy Rollins, Jayson Werth and Greg Dobbs arrived today for physicals.  The first game action is March 3 against Florida State at Bright House Field.  The first Grapefruit League game is March 4 against the Yankees at Bright House Field.
Discussion: The Fightins and We Should Be GM's
 
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John Tomase / Associated Press:
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Adam Rubin / Surfing The Mets:
Beltran says no ill will, plenty of progress
Discussion: MetsBlog.com and Hot Foot
Brad Lefton / Seattle Times:
Kenji Johjima is comfortable back home in Japan
Bill Ladson / MLB.com:
Pudge, Flores bond on first day of camp
Discussion: Federal Baseball
Billfer / The Detroit Tiger Weblog:
Damon and his homers
Discussion: FanGraphs Baseball
Dan Hayes / North County Times:
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Discussion: Gaslamp Ball
Paul White / USA Today:
Manager Joe Torre open to return to the Dodgers in 2011
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Upton keeping focus on the field
Matthew Leach / Obviously, You're Not a Golfer:
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