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Jeter won't worry about contract until fall — Yankees captain says he doesn't want to be free agent — TAMPA, Fla. — The contract that bears Derek Jeter's swirling signature obligates him to wear the pinstripes for just one more season, but the Yankees captain refuses to think about his upcoming free agency.
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Cashman: Granderson is the center fielder — Braaaaaaaains. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens) — The latest motif out of Tampa has been the Yankees' quiet Spring Training. Without a new manager or A-Rod's PED revelations to rile up New York's sports media world, most commentators and reporters …
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Cashman: Granderson's Our Center Fielder — Yesterday on the MLB Home Plate channel on SIRIUS XM Radio, hosts Jody McDonald and Jim Bowden spoke with Yankees GM Brian Cashman about the club's new outfielder, Curtis Granderson. [Thanks to Andrew FitzPatrick for this information.]
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Baseball Plans to Test for H.G.H. in Minors — Major League Baseball, which had long been skeptical about a viable test for human growth hormone, now plans to implement blood testing for the substance in the minor leagues later this year, according to an official in baseball with direct knowledge of the matter.
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Nats' Rodriguez terms Strasburg ‘amazing’ — VIERA, FLA. Before his bullpen session here on Tuesday, Stephen Strasburg glanced to see who'd be his catcher of the day. In his first work of spring training Sunday, it was minor leaguer Derek Norris. This time he saw Iván Rodríguez, 14 All-Star games, 13 Gold Gloves.
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With Johnny Damon and Hideki Matsui gone, time for Robinson Cano to be clutch for New York Yankees — TAMPA - In theory the Yankees have replaced Johnny Damon and Hideki Matsui sufficiently enough so that the offense should continue to be the most imposing in the American League.
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Williams not happy about Ozzie's venture into Twitter — “I feel nice and relax today I don't know why yeeessssssss carlos quentin and rios in camp b ready people”— Ozzie Guillen tweet on Wednesday morning. — GLENDALE, Ariz.—Little catches Ken Williams off guard, especially as far as his White Sox organization is concerned.


Kerry Wood won't complain about role on rebuilding Cleveland Indians … GOODYEAR, Ariz. — This isn't the team Kerry Wood figured he'd be with in the spring of 2010. The name and colors are the same, but the team he signed with was supposed to be a contender, a team built to play in late October …


Tax men strike out against McCourts — Jamie and Frank McCourt, who are now separated, made $108 million from 2004 through 2009 but paid no federal or state income taxes. The couple, shown above at a Los Angeles Dodgers game, are battling over control of the team. (Carlos Delgado / Associated Press / September 25, 2008)
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Nationals' roster seems unusually well-defined — In two days, the Washington Nationals will hold their first full-squad workout. In 40 days, the Nationals will play their first game. Normally the period between Practice No. 1 and Game No. 1 causes untold roster contortions, but this year's Nationals seem already well-defined.

Former NY Times writer Jack Curry joins YES — NEW YORK - Jack Curry, who covered the New York Yankees and Major League Baseball at The New York Times for nearly 20 years as its Yankees beat writer and most recently as its national baseball writer, has joined the YES Network as a Yankees studio analyst …

Florida Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria: I expect us to make the playoffs — Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria just spoke with reporters about a range of topics — from his expectations of reaching the playoffs to manager Fredi Gonzalez's job to the new ballpark. — We'll have a story on this later, but here are highlights from his interview.
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Photo: It looks like somebody has a crush on Evan Longoria — PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. — This picture says a thousand words by itself. Evan Longoria — has just made the day (week, month, year, lifetime) of a young Rays fan by signing her miniature batting helmet. It's just an autograph, yes, but it's also much more.


A Timeline of MLB Stadiums — A small sample of the Major League Baseball Stadium and Stadium Names Since 1901 timeline. Click the image above to be taken to a full-size version. — With the wave of new stadiums that have been built in the last 20 years or so, from the second Comiskey Park …

Lowell: ‘No idea’ where he'll be on Opening Day — FORT MYERS, Fla. — Red Sox third baseman Mike Lowell spoke at the team's minor league training facility on Tuesday. He discussed his health and his status with the team this spring, following an offseason where the team nearly dealt …
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