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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 — STAMFORD, Conn. (CBS 2/WCBS 880) — Several stranded trucks turned Interstate 95 into a virtual parking lot in parts of Connecticut Thursday morning. As CBS 2's Wendy Gillette stood in the thick of it, she ran into former Mets player and manager, Bobby Valentine.
Discussion:
Amazin' Avenue, Mets Merized Online 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
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
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
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, Baseball Analytics Blog, Mariners blog and 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
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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The LoHud Yankees Blog, Newsday 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
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.
Discussion:
Boston Globe and Bucs Dugout
Hal McCoy / Dayton Daily News:
Bavasi a ‘hit’ at WSU's First Pitch dinner — One of the baseball highlights of my life - and I'm fortunate to have many baseball blessings every year - is the annual First Pitch Baseball Dinner at Wright State University. — It is a fund-raising event for the Wright State baseball team …
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redsminorleagues.com, Lookout Landing and Red Reporter
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
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