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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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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.
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MLB Rumors
Gordon Edes / ESPN.com:
Cubs offer Sveum managerial job, source says — MILWAUKEE — Minutes after Boston Red Sox general manager Ben Cherington said Wednesday night the Red Sox had taken a “good step” in bringing Dale Sveum to Milwaukee to meet with the team's owners, a source confirmed that Sveum had been offered …
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VFTB, MLB Rumors and ESPN
Michael Silverman / Clubhouse Insider:
Red Sox keep tabs on free agent SS, starting at top with Jose Reyes — The Red Sox are keeping an eye on the free agent shortstop market, an interesting development considering that they have already exercised the $6 million 2012 option on shortstop Marco Scutaro and also have infielder Jed Lowrie in the fold.
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MLB Rumors, MLB Daily Dish and FenwayNation
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 …
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The Mighty Quinn Media Machine and Surviving Grady
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)
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MLB Rumors and MetsBlog.com
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Fox Sports:
Marlins appear serious about Pujols
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MLB.com, Amazin' Avenue, MLB Rumors and Baseball Nation
Joe Capozzi / Fish Tank blog:
Marlins offer to Albert Pujols is for less than $200 million; Roy Oswalt inquiry
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MLB Daily Dish, MLB Rumors and Yahoo! Sports
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,” …
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Pinstripe Alley
Luke Adams / MLB Rumors:
McLane Confirms Astros Will Move To AL West In 2013 — Drayton McLane confirmed to reporters, including Bob Nightengale of USA Today (Twitter link), that the Astros will be moving to the American League West for 2013. McLane added that the Astros' sale is on the agenda for the owners' meetings tomorrow …
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River Avenue Blues, MiamiHerald.com and Bucs Dugout
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MLB:
Report: Astros sale hinged on AL move — HOUSTON — Major League Baseball told Houston businessman Jim Crane it would not approve his purchase of the Houston Astros unless he agreed to move the team to the American League, The Associated Press has learned. — Crane was forced to agree …
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Baseball America, MLB Rumors, Yahoo! Sports, The Crawfish Boxes and ESPN.com
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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MetsBlog.com and Amazin' Avenue
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 and baseballmusings.com
Mark Bowman / MLB.com:
Braves campaigning to get Murphy into Hall — ATLANTA — Bobby Cox, Phil Niekro, Pete Van Wieren and many of the most respected figures in Atlanta Braves history have long said they believe Dale Murphy belongs in the National Baseball Hall of Fame. — With Murphy scheduled to be on the Hall …
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Deadspin and HardballTalk
Troy Renck / On the Rox:
Roy Oswalt squarely on Rockies' radar in search for pitching — Roy Oswalt pitches for the Philadelphia Phillies in July. — MILWAUKEE — The Pfister lobby became Bizarro World today. — Reporters chased after Oakland general manager Billy Beane, and several were staking out Miami owner Jeffrey Loria.
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MLB Daily Dish
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Troy E. Renck / Denver Post:
Rockies pursuing No. 3, No. 4 starter
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Denver Post, Purple Row and MLB Rumors
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.
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New York Times, The Yankee Analysts and Batter's Box Interactive …
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Greg Johns / MLB.com:
Mariners unveil patch to mark 35th anniversary — 'Northwest Green'-billed caps return for select home games — SEATTLE — The Mariners unveiled a new logo on Wednesday that will be worn on the right sleeve of players' jerseys throughout the upcoming year to commemorate the franchise's 35th season.
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Lookout Landing
Adam Kilgore / Washington Post:
Nationals kicking tires on Mark Buehrle, Tsuyoshi Wada — but not closers — Nationals General Manager Mike Rizzo had a preliminary meeting Monday night with the agent for top free agent pitchers Roy Oswalt and C.J. Wilson, and before he leaves the GM Meetings here, he said …
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