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Alison Leigh Cowan / New York Times:
Trustee Seeks Hundreds of Millions From Mets Owners Over Madoff Fraud — The trustee representing the victims of Bernard L. Madoff's multibillion dollar Ponzi scheme is seeking hundreds of millions of dollars from the owners of the Mets, alleging that they, as longtime and successful investors …
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Emma Span / BronxBanterBlog.com:
Mets Minority Partner Madness — Remember when there were all those rumors swirling about how much money the Mets had invested with Bernie Madoff, and how that could impact their ability to run the team? And the Wilpons kept saying, nope, it would have no effect at all? Well, today they issued a statement:
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Craig Calcaterra / HardballTalk:
There is no guarantee that the Wilpons will be able to keep control of the Mets
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Matthew Cerrone / MetsBlog.com:
Recap: Wilpon conference call at 2:15 PM
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Matthew Cerrone / MetsBlog.com:
Wilpons are ‘exploring’ possibility of strategic partnership
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Andrew Marchand / ESPN:
Yanks prez: Rangers owner ‘delusional’ — NEW YORK — Yankees president Randy Levine has fired back at Texas Rangers owner Chuck Greenberg, calling him “delusional.” — The message was direct: Mind your business and keep your team off “welfare.” — Levine made his comments in response …
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Nathaniel Vinton / NY Daily News:
Yankees president Randy Levine rips Texas Rangers over Cliff Lee: Team is ‘on welfare’ — The Texas Rangers are “on welfare” and their CEO is “delusional,” according to Yankees president Randy Levine. — That's the message the Yankee brass wants Rangers CEO Chuck Greenberg to hear …
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Richard Durrett / ESPN:
Lance Berkman bashes Rangers
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MLB.com:
Seattle GM downplays Figgins-to-A's talk — Zduriencik says plan remains for veteran to stay with Mariners — Despite several reports that the Mariners and A's are talking about swapping third basemen Chone Figgins and Kevin Kouzmanoff, Seattle general manager Jack Zduriencik said Friday …
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Susan Slusser / SFGate:
Figgins' no-trade clause to Oakland hasn't been waived yet, but...
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Gary Peterson / insideBayArea:
A's future, and uniforms, are bright as gold
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Joe Stiglich / Mercury News:
Source: Oakland A's trying to trade for Chone Figgins
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Buster Olney / ESPN.com:
Albert Pujols will veto any trade proposal from the St. Louis Cardinals, sources say — Other teams have asked the Cardinals about Albert Pujols in the past to let St. Louis know if it ever thought about dealing the perennial MVP candidate, the inquiring team's interest was established.
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Andy Martino / NY Daily News:
Source: R.A. Dickey, Mets agree to 2-year deal just hours after Wilpons announce they seek investors — Hours after the Mets asserted that Friday's news about their finances would not impact baseball operations, the team invested in its pitching staff, agreeing to terms with knuckleballer R …
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Mike Axisa / MLB Rumors:
Mets Avoid Arbitration With R.A. Dickey — Saturday, 8:50am: Dickey's two-year deal is for less than $8MM, tweets Jon Heyman of SI.com. — Friday, 9:43pm: The Mets and R.A. Dickey have avoided arbitration by agreeing to a two-year deal with a third year club option according to Andy Martino …
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Paul Hagen / Philly.com:
Sources: Grilli could join Phillies' minor league roster — The Phillies have some interest in signing free-agent reliever Jason Grilli to a minor league contract, two sources confirmed yesterday. No agreement has been reached yet. — The 34-year-old righthander missed all of last season with a knee injury.
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Fox Sports:
Cashman's skin toughened by New York — 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. — Here's the first thing you need to know about whether Brian Cashman is sick of being Yankees general manager …
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Jenifer Langosch / MLB.com:
Club not offering hints on who will be closer — PITTSBURGH — If the Pirates are any closer to naming a closer for the 2011 season, the club isn't letting on. The only thing that is certain is that Joel Hanrahan and Evan Meek will not be in direct competition for the role in Spring Training.
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Ben Shpigel / New York Times:
To Increase Production, Jeter Tries Subtracting a Step — TAMPA, Fla. — Kevin Long needed a place to demonstrate Derek Jeter's retooled hitting mechanics, so the bar area of a Bonefish Grill on Thursday night had to suffice. Long nudged aside a coffee table, assumed the hitting position …
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Jon Weisman / ESPN:
Los Angeles Dodgers sign RHP Mike MacDougal to minor league deal with invite to major league spring training — Seven seasons removed from All-Star status, right-handed reliever Mike MacDougal has signed a minor league contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers and received an invitation to major league spring training.
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