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Hamilton's slip could cost him millions — “I feel like I've got a handle on it. But every time I feel like I've beaten it, I take control back of the situation, and I end up falling on my face again.” — Texas Rangers star Josh Hamilton drank alcohol in a bar Monday night.
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Randy Galloway / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
Rangers must decide if Josh Hamilton can be trusted
Rangers must decide if Josh Hamilton can be trusted
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FanGraphs Baseball, MLB Daily Dish, Baseball Nation, HardballTalk, Baseball Prospectus and Foul Territory
Richard Durrett / ESPN:
Source: Josh Hamilton has relapse
Source: Josh Hamilton has relapse
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The Yankee Analysts, Lone Star Ball and MLB.com
Jeff Passan / Yahoo! Sports:
Josh Hamilton suffers another very public relapse
Josh Hamilton suffers another very public relapse
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Pinstripe Alley, The Platoon Advantage, Drunk Jays Fans, HardballTalk and Baseball Nation
Fox Sports:
Cashman's wife files for divorce — The wife of Yankee general manager Brian Cashman filed for divorce Friday — a day after her husband was publicly accused of a second affair, this time with a woman who was charged with shaking him down, sources said. — Mary Cashman, 42 …
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A.J. Daulerio / Deadspin:
The Weird Relationship Between Brian Cashman And Louise Meanwell, His Alleged Stalker
The Weird Relationship Between Brian Cashman And Louise Meanwell, His Alleged Stalker
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New York Post
Paul Swydan / FanGraphs Baseball:
Jayson Werth, Center Fielder? — As Dave discussed yesterday, Nationals manager Davey Johnson is in favor of having Bryce Harper begin the season as his starting right fielder. This would undoubtedly affect Jayson Werth, since he is the incumbent right fielder. — First, let's work under a couple of assumptions.
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Nats' Rizzo: Bryce can make team; others unsure — Nationals manager Davey Johnson has been telling anyone who'll listen he wants slugging teen-aged phenom Bryce Harper to start the season with the big-league team. And while most folks around baseball think that's a reach …
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Nats Enquirer, HardballTalk, SiriusXM Sports and Federal Baseball
Marc Topkin / St. Petersburg Times:
Cecil Fielder chides his son Prince at Ted Williams Hitters Hall of Fame induction — ST. PETERSBURG — Seeing son Prince pull on the Olde English D he once wore proudly in Detroit only brought Cecil Fielder back so far. — Dismissing talk of an “improving” relationship with his son …
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Bless You Boys and Baseball Nation
Bryan Hoch / MLB.com:
Girardi would welcome one more bat — Yanks' manager considers Ibanez, Damon, Matsui candidates — NEW YORK — Joe Girardi is generally pleased with the work done during his club's offseason, but the Yankees' manager would like to have one more bat added to his lineup card before Spring Training begins.
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ESPN:
Dodgers ask court to disallow claims by Stow — WILMINGTON, Del. — The Los Angeles Dodgers asked a U.S. Bankruptcy Judge on Friday to disallow claims against the team filed by Bryan Stow, the San Francisco Giants fan nearly beaten to death outside Dodger Stadium last spring.
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Ben Nicholson-Smith / MLB Rumors:
Dodgers Sign Todd Coffey — The Dodgers have signed Todd Coffey to a one-year deal with a club option for 2013, the team announced. He'll earn $1MM in 2013, and the club option is worth $2.5MM with a $300K buyout for a total guarantee of $1.3MM. The Beverly Hills Sports Council represents Coffey.
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Dan Steinberg / Washington Post:
Nationals launch ‘Take Back the Park’ campaign — (John McDonnell - The Washington Post) Visits from the Phillies in recent years have meant quotes from the home clubhouse about getting booed at home — “You wish they were cheering for you,” Michael Morse said last August.
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Phillies Nation, Baseball Nation and Nats Enquirer
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Bill Ladson / MLB.com:
Nats ask fans to ‘Take Back the Park’ vs. Phils
Gregor Chisholm / MLB.com:
Blue Jays mull installing grass surface — Range of other events at Rogers Centre may halt project — TORONTO — Arguably the biggest news to come out of this week's State of the Franchise in Toronto was the potential for the Blue Jays to install a natural-grass surface at Rogers Centre.
Lyle Spencer / MLB.com:
Busting back onto scene? Posey, Giants ready — Catcher rehabbing quickly, confident in Opening Day return — SAN FRANCISCO — Bruce Bochy looks at Buster Posey, whose 24-year-old body is equipped with a mind seemingly 10 years older, and what the Giants' manager sees chases away whatever blues he might be feeling.
Larry Granillo / Baseball Prospectus:
Friday Fun - Popeye and PEDs — On a Friday afternoon when all the “baseball talk” around the web has been decidedly not about baseball, how about a little fun? — They say the PED problem in baseball is a recent issue in baseball, with most experts placing it's emergence to somewhere around Jose Canseco's career.