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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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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.
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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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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.
David Waldstein / New York Times:
For Job as Mets' Starting Catcher, Caracas Will Have Been Worth It — PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — Josh Thole bought his fiancée a box of frosted flakes, a jar of peanut butter and a loaf of bread, kissed her and walked out of the Best Western hotel in Caracas, Venezuela, for a three-day trip.
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Dan Hayes / North County Times:
PADRES NOTES: Worrell on right track less than a year after surgery — With pain stronger than anything he had ever felt shooting through his right arm, Mark Worrell didn't need a trainer to tell him his injury was serious. When he left the mound last March 17, Worrell suspected it might be a while before he returned to the hill.
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Paul White / USA Today:
Manager Joe Torre open to return to the Dodgers in 2011 — LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Bobby Cox is firm in his commitment that this is his last season leading the Atlanta Braves, but fellow active managers near the top of the career wins list aren't so sure they're ready to leave.
Chico Harlan / Nationals Journal:
So, Strasburg, how was your first day of high school? — Commencing their first formal day of spring training, a morning of basic drills for pitchers and catchers, the Washington Nationals divided their players into workout groups, such that Group 2A included right-hander Joel Peralta …
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Chris Jenkins / SignOnSanDiego.com:
Wells stays true to himself — The last time he attended the Hall of Champions banquet, David Wells was seated next to Ted Williams. Think of it. The greatest hitter to come out of San Diego County — or anywhere else — and quite possibly the greatest pitcher to come out of the city. Side-by-side.
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