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6:25 PM ET, February 24, 2010

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Bryan Hoch / MLB.com:
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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Chad Jennings / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Derek Jeter press conference  —  The media just moved into a tent behind the stadium.  We're waiting for Derek Jeter's press conference, expecting a lot of questions about his contract.  I'll be back soon with some updates.  —  UPDATE, 9:11a.m.: First question was about the contract.
George A. King III / New York Post:
Alex avoiding touchy subjects
Fox Sports:
Nationals morale up, respect to follow  —  Ken Rosenthal has been the senior baseball writer for FOXSports.com since Aug. 2005.  He appears weekly on MLB on FOX.  —  The Nationals Ivan Rodriguez, after catching right-hander Stephen Strasburg's bullpen session on Tuesday, turned immediately to general manager Mike Rizzo.
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USA Today:
Washington's top prospect Strasburg is ahead of the curve
Discussion: Baseball America and NATS INSIDER
Thomas Boswell / Washington Post:
Nats' Rodriguez terms Strasburg ‘amazing’
Benjamin Kabak / River Avenue Blues:
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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Steve Lombardi / WasWatching.com:
Cashman: Granderson's Our Center Fielder
Chico Harlan / Nationals Journal:
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.
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Bill Ladson / MLB.com:
Livan back in DC with Minor League deal
Discussion: MLB Rumors
Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
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.
NY Daily News:
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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Chad Jennings / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Three things about Robinson Cano
Joe Cowley / Chicago Sun Times:
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.
Albert Chen / Sports Illustrated:
Feel The Glove … It was just another ball game in early April, played in front of a sparse and sleepy Thursday afternoon crowd in Minneapolis.  But for those watching and paying attention, it was a glimpse into the future.  In the bottom of the first inning of a game between the Twins and the Mariners …
Discussion: Mariners blog
Peter Gammons / MLB.com:
Miller deserves to be in Hall  —  Despite acrimony, groundwork for current peace was laid  —  I remember the first strike: March 31, 1972.  I was covering my first Spring Training for The Boston Globe, and Bud Collins and I were at Joker Marchant Stadium in Lakeland, Fla. …
Discussion: ESPN
Joe Capozzi / Florida Marlins news, analysis …:
Florida Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria: I expect us to make the playoffs  —  Jeffrey Loria and Fredi Gonzalez chat on Wednesday as Chris Coghlan takes some hacks.  (Joe Capozzi)  —  Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria just spoke with reporters about a range of topics — from his expectations of reaching …
Discussion: Yahoo! Sports
Paul Hoynes / Plain Dealer:
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 …
Discussion: MLB Rumors and HardballTalk
David Brown / Yahoo! Sports:
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.
Discussion: metsgrrl.com and HardballTalk
Larry Granillo / Wezen Ball:
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 …
Duk / Yahoo! Sports:
Phillies glad to be back?  Photo day shots sure don't show it  —  Say cheese, Scorsese on coke!  The Phillies kicked off baseball's photo days with a set of shots taken at their Clearwater complex on Wednesday.  My favorite one of the group is this one of woolly Jayson Werth
Discussion: The Fightins
 
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Discussion: NESN.com and MLB Rumors
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Richard Durrett / ESPN:
Texas Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton leaves workouts early with shoulder injury
Discussion: Yahoo! Sports and HardballTalk
John Tomase / Boston Herald:
Red Sox' Big 3 address the state of the team
Discussion: Boston Globe
The Journal News:
(2 of 2)  —  “I was sad, I'm not going to lie, because he's my buddy,” Cano said.
Discussion: Bottom9 Baseball
Jeff Wilson / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
Rangers count Young among life's certainties
Discussion: Lone Star Ball
Dave / U.S.S. Mariner:
Jose Lopez, Third Baseman?
Peter Abraham / Boston Globe:
Drew discusses his shoulder surgery
Discussion: NESN.com
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Adam Rubin / NY Daily News:
Angel Pagan seems to be leading candidate to sub in center …
Ken Gurnick / MLB.com:
Kershaw looking ahead to life without limits
Discussion: HardballTalk
Rick Hummel / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Shelby Miller makes debut
Discussion: Baseball Prospectus
Jenifer Langosch / MLB.com:
Dotel sits with sore left side
Discussion: Mack's Mets
YES Network / YESNetwork.com:
Former NY Times writer Jack Curry joins YES
Robert MacLeod / Globe and Mail:
Time's up for Overbay?  —  Blue Jays youth movement has veteran …
Discussion: Yahoo! Sports and Bluebird Banter
 

 
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