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Peter Abraham / Boston Globe:
Sveum headed to Cubs? — Sox may reopen manager search — Dale Sveum seems to be in good position regarding the Red Sox managing job - but the Cubs are interested in him, too. (Jim Davis/Globe Staff) — MILWAUKEE - The Red Sox are prepared to open up their search for a new manager …
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HardballTalk, FenwayNation and The Soxaholix
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Ben Nicholson-Smith / MLB Rumors:
Dale Sveum To Manage Cubs — 1:33pm: The Cubs announced that Sveum will be their next manager. The sides agreed to a three-year deal that includes an option for 2015, according to Paul Sullivan of the Chicago Tribune (on Twitter). — 12:12pm: The Cubs will hire Brewers hitting coach Dale Sveum …
Chicago Sun Times:
Cubs offer manager job to Dale Sveum; Mike Maddux backs out — MILWAUKEE — Assuming the Boston Red Sox don't start —and win — a bidding war for Brewers hitting coach Dale Sveum on Thursday, the Cubs are about to take another key team official away from the Red Sox' brass.
Discussion:
Muskat Ramblings and MLB Rumors
Chad Finn / Boston Globe:
Watney leaving NESN — Heidi Watney, the in-game reporter on NESN's Red Sox broadcasts since 2008, is leaving the network, industry sources have confirmed. The Globe's Dan Shaughnessy was first to report the move in a column published Tuesday. — A University of San Diego graduate …
Discussion:
Red Sox Monster, Surviving Grady and The Mighty Quinn Media Machine
Michael Silverman / Clubhouse Insider:
Red Sox keep tabs on free agent SS, starting at top with Jose Reyes
Discussion:
MLB Rumors, FenwayNation and MLB Daily Dish
Gordon Edes / ESPN.com:
Cubs offer Sveum managerial job, source says
Discussion:
ESPN, VFTB and MLB Rumors
Gabe Lacques / USA Today:
MLB adds two wild cards, moves Astros to AL — Two wild card teams will be added to Major League Baseball's playoffs no later than 2013, the same year the Houston Astros will begin play in the American League. — Commissioner Bud Selig announced Thursday that baseball's owners unanimously …
Discussion:
Mike Scioscia's tragic illness, FenwayNation and WasWatching.com
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Ben Nicholson-Smith / MLB Rumors:
MLB Will Add Two Wild Card Teams — Commissioner Bud Selig announced that MLB will add two Wild Card teams — one in each league — for a total of ten playoff teams. Selig remains hopeful that the change will occur in 2012. — “People can be critical. I understand that,” …
Discussion:
Boston Globe and Pinstripe Alley
Richard Justice / Ultimate Astros:
Jim Crane officially approved as Astros' new owner; Astros moving to American League — MILWAUKEE — Jim Crane's purchase of the Astros from Drayton McLane was unanimously approved by Major League Baseball's owners this morning. — All that remains is a formal closing of the transaction, which likely will take place early next week.
Discussion:
Babes Love Baseball and Bless You Boys
Luke Adams / MLB Rumors:
McLane Confirms Astros Will Move To AL West In 2013
Discussion:
River Avenue Blues, MiamiHerald.com and Bucs Dugout
Tim Brown / Yahoo! Sports:
Pujols continues shopping after Marlins' offer — The contract offer made to Albert Pujols(notes) by the Miami Marlins seems to be about where the St. Louis Cardinals have lingered since spring training, or much closer to Joe Mauer's(notes) numbers than Alex Rodriguez's.(notes)
Discussion:
HardballTalk, MLB Rumors and MetsBlog.com
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Fox Sports:
Marlins serious about huge offers
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Amazin' Avenue, Florida Marlins and MLB Rumors
Fox Sports:
Marlins appear serious about Pujols
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MLB.com, Amazin' Avenue, Baseball Nation and MLB Rumors
Michael Rosenberg / Boston Herald:
Expect more awards for Tigers' Justin Verlander — Justin Verlander won the Cy Young Award by a unanimous vote, which means he'll try to do better next year. This is how he is wired. He has an unwavering belief in his greatness. He expects to pitch a no-hitter in every start and improve every year.
Discussion:
Yahoo! Sports, MLB Rumors, Federal Baseball, The Good Phight and True Blue LA
Andy Martino / NY Daily News:
Endy Chavez could catch on with NY Mets again in 2012 — OF who made famed grab in playoffs may be option off bench — Endy Chavez, shown with Mets in 2006, is on the Mets' radar as it looks for fourth outfielder. — MILWAUKEE — The left field fence at Citi Field …
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Lone Star Ball, MetsBlog.com and Amazin' Avenue
Jerry Crasnick / ESPN:
Source: Free-agent Wilson will talk to Angels — MILWAUKEE — Free-agent left-hander C.J. Wilson will begin his tour of potential destinations with a visit to the Los Angeles Angels on Monday, a baseball source told ESPN.com. — Wilson, 31, is a prime target for several clubs after going 16-7 …
Discussion:
MLB Rumors
Matthew Cerrone / MetsBlog.com:
David Wright's dream is to win and retire with Mets — Tonight on SNY's Mets Hot Stove, which airs tonight at 4:30 pm, hoest Kevin Burkhardt will talk with David Wright. In the interview, Wright says, though he knows this is a business, “My dream is to experience the good, the bad and the ugly …
Pete Kerzel / Orioles Buzz:
O's to honor six Hall of Famers with bronze statues inside Camden Yards — Remember those rumblings about the Orioles doing something more concrete at Camden Yards to honor their six Hall of Famers? Turns out those plans are finally out in the open - and the finished products will be in bronze.
Discussion:
HardballTalk and School of Roch
Where Have You Gone Joe:
Emperor Norton Sabean - Previously Owned Centerfielders — This is a Brian Sabean Analytical Calculator. If you think it resembles a 1980s era artifact sold in novelty shops under the aegis of “Bulls**t Grinder” you would not be wrong. For those of us who pay attention to such things …
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Giants Win
Evan Drellich / MLB.com:
Maddon, Gibson named 2011's top skippers — Rays staged historic run to playoffs; D-backs went worst to first — Both men were responsible for remarkable turnarounds in 2011 — one on the drop of a dime in a one-month span, the other in stark contrast to the team's finish from a year previous.
Discussion:
New York Times, The Yankee Analysts and Batter's Box Interactive …
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