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Sources: Red Sox agree with Cook — The Red Sox, taking a step toward upgrading their rotation, have reached agreement with free-agent right-hander Aaron Cook on a minor league contract, according to major league sources. — The deal, which will become official when Cook passes a physical …
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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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Dan Mennella / MLB Rumors:
Red Sox Agree To Sign Aaron Cook — 11:39: The deal is worth $1.5MM prorated if Cook is called up to the Major Leagues, according to Rob Bradford and Alex Speier of WEEI.com. — 9:43pm: The Red Sox have agreed to terms with right-hander Aaron Cook on a minor league contract, pending a physical …
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Jayson Stark / MLB:
Revealing my Hall of Fame ballot — Barry Larkin, of course, plus nine others, but not Alan Trammell or Bernie Williams — Off in the distance, the Steroid Era apocalypse is approaching, only a year away now. Woo-hoo. I can hardly wait. — Yes, way out there, just beyond the horizon …
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Barry Larkin / ESPN:
ESPN's 2012 Hall of Fame ballot … The Baseball Hall of Fame will announce the BBWAA election results at 3 p.m. ET Monday. Eighteen voters from ESPN submitted ballots this year, and their votes are listed below. — In the ESPN voting, the eligible players needed at least 14 votes to garner 75 percent of the total.
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John Schlegel / MLB.com:
MLB.com writers cast their HOF ballots — Each year, lifetime members of the Baseball Writers' Association of America, i.e. those who spent 10 or more consecutive years with the organization, are bestowed a unique honor: Together, they comprise the electorate for the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
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Troy E. Renck / Denver Post:
Larry Walker is more Rockies royalty than Hall of Famer
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Nick Cafardo / Boston Globe:
Good starting point for Sox is 200 innings — The Red Sox were one of seven teams that didn't have a pitcher log 200 innings last year. They were joined by the Royals, Nationals, Reds, Pirates, Rockies, and Padres. None of them made the playoffs, and only the Red Sox finished over .500.
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Peter Gammons / MLB.com:
Big markets remain silent during strange winter — Here it is, approximately six weeks from Spring Training, and Prince Fielder is still on hold, like Rick Ankiel or Aaron Cook. So are Ryan Madson and Roy Oswalt and Edwin Jackson. — When the Cubs traded for Anthony Rizzo Friday, it sent several clear messages.
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Chris Jaffe / Hardball Times:
Jorge Posada career highlights — On Saturday, news surfaced that Jorge Posada intends to retire after 17 years in baseball. In that time, he combined two things that rarely go together. He was a longtime New York Yankee, and he was constantly underrated.
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Source: Jorge Posada to retire
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Howie Rumberg / Associated Press:
AP Source: Yankees Posada set to retire
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Zach Links / MLB Rumors:
Jorge Posada To Announce Retirement
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Troy E. Renck / Denver Post:
Kevin Millwood not a primary option for Rockies' rotation — The Rockies' chances of re-signing right-hander Kevin Millwood nosedived last month with the acquisition of Kevin Slowey, leaving little room in the budget for the veteran. — Before the trade for Slowey at the winter meetings …
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Bill Madden / NY Daily News:
Bud Selig's contract as MLB commissioner may be expiring, but don't expect him to go anywhere — Selig has $20 million reasons to remain in baseball's highest posistion when deal ends — As one former MLB executive says, anyone who thinks Bud Selig is willing to walk away from a $20 million …
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HardballTalk and Baseball Prospectus
Bill Shaikin / Los Angeles Times:
Disney family to bid for Dodgers, sources say — Stanley Gold, who runs the investment firm for the family of the late Roy Disney, is in talks with investors about buying the Dodgers, sources say. — Stanley Gold, right, with the late Roy Disney in 2004. (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)
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Mike Scioscia's tragic illness, HardballTalk and MLB Rumors
