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Nick Collias / MLB Rumors:
Spanish Links: Garcia, Belaguer, Rangers — Links in Spanish as the 2011 Caribbean Series inches closer... - The White Sox may be considering Freddy Garcia, but Garcia had a different team in his sights when he spoke yesterday with Israel Pacheco Velásquez from the Venezuelan paper Meridiano.
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Sliding Into Home
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Craig Calcaterra / HardballTalk:
Bobby Valentine is taking public service very seriously — We all shook our heads when Bobby Valentine was named the public safety director for Stamford, Connecticut, but the dude is committed: he was caught on film directing traffic near the I-95 on-ramp this morning. Click through for the video.
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Julieparise / CBS New York:
Ex-Mets Star Valentine At Work In I-95 Traffic Mess
Ex-Mets Star Valentine At Work In I-95 Traffic Mess
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Amazin' Avenue and Kranepool Society
TMZ.com:
MLB Star Adam Kennedy — Busted for DUI — Seattle Mariners 2nd baseman Adam Kennedy was busted for DUI in Orange County last night .... TMZ has learned. — Kennedy — who was a key member of the 2002 World Series winning Anaheim Angels — was driving on the freeway near Newport Beach around 9 PM …
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Seattle Times, U.S.S. Mariner, The Goessling Game, Angels blog and Yahoo! Sports
Keith Law / ESPN:
Ranking the top prospects (Nos. 1-25) — Trout, Harper lead the way in ESPN's fourth annual rankings of top prospects — Welcome to the fourth annual edition of my rankings of the top 100 prospects in baseball. With a slew of impressive debuts from top prospects in 2010 …
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ESPN, The Good Phight, HardballTalk, Seattle Times and River Avenue Blues
Ian Begley / ESPN:
Mets see Omar Minaya in advisory role — NEW YORK — New York Mets owner Fred Wilpon said Thursday night that he wants former general manager Omar Minaya to return to the organization in an advisory role. — “I think Omar is a very good man and a very good person also,” …
Discussion:
HardballTalk and Amazin' Avenue
Don Banks / Sports Illustrated:
Titans, Jeff Fisher parting ways … In an unexpected development in what already has been a turbulent offseason in Tennessee, the Titans and Jeff Fisher, the NFL's longest-tenured head coach, are preparing to part ways, SI.com learned Thursday afternoon. — According to an NFL source close …
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ProFootballTalk, SBNation.com, The Big Lead, NESN.com, Bleacher Report, The700Level.com and Fanhouse NFL Blog
Associated Press:
U2 concert forcing Florida Marlins-Mariners series to Seattle — NEW YORK — A three-game series between the Florida Marlins and Mariners from June 24-26 has been moved from Miami to Seattle because of a U2 concert. — Major League Baseball said Thursday the change was made because of the scheduling conflict at Sun Life Stadium.
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FishStripes, Mariners blog, Baseball Analytics Blog and baseballmusings.com
Bryan Hoch / MLB.com:
Cashman serves up drinks, Pettitte talk — NEW YORK — The most frequent request Brian Cashman heard in his cameo as an evening bartender was also a predictable one from Yankees fans: Serve us up a pitcher, please. — Cashman's hustle in slinging beverages in a fundraiser for prostate cancer …
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Newsday, The LoHud Yankees Blog and Pinstripe Alley
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Bob Klapisch / Boston Herald:
Yankees' Brian Cashman is unplugged, but why
Yankees' Brian Cashman is unplugged, but why
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baseballmusings.com
Fox Sports:
Guerrero's best bet could be Orioles — Ken Rosenthal has been the senior baseball writer for FOXSports.com since August 2005. He appears weekly on MLB on FOX. Follow him on Twitter. — Vladimir Guerrero could be an Oriole soon, if only because he has no choice. — Try to find another suitor.
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School of Roch, Orioles Insider, Britt's Bird Watch, MLB Daily Dish, HardballTalk, MLB Rumors and Oriole Post
Evan Drellich / MLB.com:
Beimel narrows decision down to three teams — Veteran lefty reliever considering Red Sox, O's and NL club — BOSTON — Free-agent lefty reliever Joe Beimel has pared down his choices to the Red Sox, Orioles and a National League team, and could sign as soon as Thursday.
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Boston Globe and Bucs Dugout
MLB.com:
Twins Announce Plans To Retire Bert Blyleven's Number 28 — Will Become Sixth Twins Player To Have Number Retired; Bert Blyleven Day Set For July 16 — Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN - The Minnesota Twins announced today that they will honor 2011 Hall of Famer Bert Blyleven by retiring …
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HardballTalk
Aaron Fitt / Baseball America:
2011 Preseason College Top 25 — About Our Grades — We love the 20-80 scouting scale at Baseball America; we use it to assess everything from prospects to our favorite local barbecue restaurants (the Backyard BBQ Pit consistently scores highest). So we figured it would be fun and instructive …
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SOX & Dawgs
Associated Press:
Darryl Strawberry aids cancer research — NEW YORK — Darryl Strawberry will run to the top of the Empire State Building to raise money for cancer research. — The former baseball slugger will race up 1,576 steps and 86 floors to the Observatory on Tuesday with about 100 other participants …
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HardballTalk
Troy Renck / All Things Rockies:
No new Rocks' talk on Rangers' Young — With Texas' acquisition of DH-1B candidate Mike Napoli this week, the Rockies have been reconnected to trade rumors involving Rangers' all-star infielder Michael Young. Colorado, however, has not talked with Texas since the Rangers reached out during the winter meetings.
Discussion:
HardballTalk and Texas Rangers
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Thomas Harding / MLB.com:
Rockies sign Amezaga, Moeller to Minors deals
Rockies sign Amezaga, Moeller to Minors deals
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HardballTalk and Inside the Colorado Rockies