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Chris Jaffe / Hardball Times:
Barry Larkin career highlights — The news came down earlier today. As predicted here at THT, Barry Larkin is the newest member of the Hall of Fame. — In honor of that grand honor, it's only fitting to spend some time looking back at the career that got him into Cooperstown.
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Red Hot Mama, FanGraphs Baseball, Baseball Nation, THE BOOK and Cincinnati Reds Blog
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Conor Glassey / Baseball America:
Blast From The Past: 2012 Hall of Fame Candidates — With the Hall of Fame results being announced today, we decided to take a trip down memory lane and dig up some old scouting reports from the Baseball America archives on some of the ballot's notable candidates. . .
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BBWAA.com, River Avenue Blues and BBTF's Baseball Primer …
Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
Barry Larkin elected to baseball's Hall of Fame — Barry Larkin, who was planning to spend his morning on the golf course trying to calm his nerves, will be spending the rest of his day celebrating his entrance into baseball's Hall of Fame. — Larkin, who spent his entire 19-year career …
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Royals Review and FenwayNation
Carp / Rangers Report Blog:
Re-living the most remarkable season — I'm going to be interviewed on this documentary I told you about a while ago—about the 1993-94 Rangers. So last night I was studying up, going over some of the things that happened that year, reading accounts of the season (re-reading my book on Mark Messier), etc.
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HardballTalk, Getting Blanked and It's About The Money
Barry M. Bloom / MLB.com:
Red-letter day: Larkin elected to Hall of Fame — Cincinnati shortstop makes it on third try; Morris, Bagwell fall short — NEW YORK — Barry Larkin will be the newest member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame, joining the Class of 2012 as the sole member elected by the Baseball Writers' Association …
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Gonzo and ‘The Show’
ESPN.com:
Barry Larkin elected to Hall of Fame … Former Cincinnati Reds shortstop and current ESPN analyst Barry Larkin was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame on Monday, getting 86.4 percent of the vote by the Baseball Writers' Association of America. — A player needs at least 75 percent to gain election.
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Bleacher Report and ESPN
Barry Larkin / ESPN:
ESPN's 2012 Hall of Fame ballot
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NotGraphs Baseball, HardballTalk, Halos Heaven and MLB
Rob Bradford / WEEI:
SOURCE: AARON COOK, RED SOX AGREE TO DEAL — According to multiple industry sources, the Red Sox have agreed to terms with free agent starting pitcher Aaron Cook on a minor league deal, pending a physical. The 32-year-old right-hander is expected to compete for one of the final spots in the Sox' rotation in 2012.
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Bleacher Report, The LoHud Yankees Blog, Baseball Nation, MLB Rumors and FenwayNation
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Fox Sports:
Sources: Red Sox agree with Cook
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Over the Monster, Boston Globe, NESN.com, Red Sox Monster and MLB Daily Dish
Dan Mennella / MLB Rumors:
Red Sox Agree To Sign Aaron Cook
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Amazin' Avenue, SOX & Dawgs, Bleacher Report and Bucs Dugout
Peter Gammons / MLB.com:
Big markets remain silent during strange winter
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Over the Monster and Baseball Time in Arlington
Baseball Insider:
Rangers' Darvish bid is about $52M; work to do — The Texas Rangers are offering about “Dice K money” to star Japanese righthander Yu Darvish, sources told CBSSports.com, and there's no evidence a deal is at hand. — The expression “Dice K money” would mean the offer is someone in the range …
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NESN.com, HardballTalk, MLB Daily Dish, MLB Rumors and Rangers Blog
New York Magazine:
The Met Who Blames Everything on the Wilpons — It's really sad to see what the Mets have become: A great franchise, on the biggest stage in sports, is now a laughingstock. Ownership is trying to turn the Mets, a big-market franchise, into a small-market franchise. That's not just sad, it's disgusting.
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MetsBlog.com and HardballTalk
SportsBusiness Daily:
MLB to make TV, timing decisions on new playoff games — MLB this week during owners meetings in Arizona will wrestle with the mechanics of inserting an additional round of playoffs into the 2012 schedule, including how to televise the extra games. — The league and MLB Players Association in November …
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River Avenue Blues, Getting Blanked and HardballTalk
David Kaplan / csnchicago.com:
Tigers, Cubs talking Garza trade — Excellent baseball sources have confirmed for me tonight that the Cubs are down the road in discussions with the Detroit Tigers to send Matt Garza to the Motor City in exchange for a package of prospects. The Cubs are currently in the middle …
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MLB Rumors, Bless You Boys and HardballTalk
Associated Press:
Kendrick, Angels agree to $33.5M, 4-year deal — ANAHEIM, Calif. — All-Star second baseman Howie Kendrick agreed to a $33.5 million, four-year contract with the Los Angeles Angels on Monday, passing up a chance to hit the free-agent market after next season.
