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Thursday | BTF's Baseball Primer

Price: Damon a Met? It's not that crazy

Is it cyanide fishing season yet? When I first heard the Yanks were about the sign Nick Johnson and say goodbye to Johnny Damon last night, my mind immediately went into "If I were Omar, what would I do?" mode.

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Related Topix: Sports, Johnny Damon, Baseball Players

Tue Dec 22, 2009

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

WIll LaRoche return?

If the Braves have any interest in re-signing first baseman Adam LaRoche , he said he's not been told about it.

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Related Topix: Sports, Atlanta Braves, Major League Baseball, Adam LaRoche, Baseball Players, Boston Red Sox, Derek Lowe, Javier Vazquez

Sun Dec 20, 2009

San Francisco Chronicle

Giants' deliberate search for hitting

Yes, yes, we know, too easy. But between Brad Ausmus, Rod Barajas, Jason Bay, Adrian Beltre, Marlon Byrd, Mike Cameron, Jack Cust, Johnny Damon, Mark DeRosa, Ryan Doumit, Jermaine Dye, Nick Johnson, Jason Kendall, Kevin Kouzmanoff, Adam LaRoche, Xavier Nady, Miguel Olivo, Scott Podsednik, Ivan Rodriguez, Yorvit Torrealba and Dan Uggla, all ...

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Related Topix: Sports, San Francisco Giants, Major League Baseball, Johnny Damon, Baseball Players, New York Yankees, Freddy Sanchez, Brian Wilson

Fri Dec 18, 2009

Major League Baseball

Inbox: What's Cards' plan for outfield?

As always, if you have a question, use the link below to submit it -- and please be sure to include your first name, last initial and hometown.

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Related Topix: Sports, St. Louis Cardinals, Major League Baseball, Matt Holliday, Baseball Players, Nick Stavinoha, Joe Mather, Mark DeRosa

Wed Dec 16, 2009

Examiner.com

Yankees can't ignore Johnny Damon

With the signing of Curtis Granderson the Yankees have added a formidable bat to centerfield, but if the Yankees miss out on the free agent outfielders they might still find themselves lacking.

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Related Topix: Sports, New York Yankees, Major League Baseball, Johnny Damon, Baseball Players, Melky Cabrera, Nick Swisher, Brett Gardner

New York Mets

Inbox: Should Mets take chance on Wang?

Chien-Ming Wang being non-tendered by the Yankees has me salivating in spite of his recent injury history.

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Related Topix: Sports, Major League Baseball, New York Mets, Baseball Players, Chien-Ming Wang, New York Yankees, Daniel Murphy, Todd Zeile

Mon Dec 14, 2009

Atlanta Braves

Wren seeking suitors for Soriano, Lowe

Having been provided permission to attempt to trade reliever Rafael Soriano as soon as possible, Braves general manager Frank Wren has once again committed his focus away from his reconstructed bullpen that seemingly won't include Soriano's financial burden.

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Related Topix: Sports, Atlanta Braves, Major League Baseball, Baseball Players, Rafael Soriano, Derek Lowe, New York Yankees, Takashi Saito

Sat Dec 12, 2009

CW11 New York WPIX-TV

Hey Mets...Here's An Idea

How come Xavier Nady to the Mets hasna TMt gained any traction? This is completely a scenario that I made up this morning, but it makes so much sense that Ia TMm bringing it up in blog form.

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Related Topix: Sports, Baseball Players, New York Yankees, Major League Baseball

Thu Dec 10, 2009

Major League Baseball

Yanks' prospects more than trade chips

This is the point on the calendar when the Yankees' farm system can really jump to the forefront of the baseball consciousness, and it's not necessarily to chronicle the progress each player has been making toward reaching the Bronx.

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Related Topix: Sports, New York Yankees, Major League Baseball, Baseball Players, Damaso Marte, Austin Jackson, Robinson Cano, Jesus Montero

Tue Dec 08, 2009

Major League Baseball

Meetings signal time to ramp up effort

The Giants know they must find a hitter or two to fortify themselves for next season.

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Related Topix: Sports, San Francisco Giants, Major League Baseball, Edgar Renteria

Sun Dec 06, 2009

CBS Sportsline

Bay Rejects Red Sox contract offer

The offer was reportedly for 4yrs/$60mm, which is what a lot of people thought the Sox would offer.

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Related Topix: Sports, Major League Baseball, Boston Red Sox, Baseball Players, Jason Bay, New York Yankees

Fri Dec 04, 2009

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Possible return of Nady among recent inquiries

Xavier Nady was dealt from the Pirates to the Yankees in 2008. An X-Man sequel? The Pirates have made initial inquiries on free-agent outfielder Xavier Nady, as well as reliever Ron Villone and shortstop Bobby Crosby, though none of those inquiries is known to have moved past that stage.

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Related Topix: Sports, Pittsburgh Pirates, Major League Baseball, Baseball Players, New York Yankees, Ron Villone, Bobby Crosby

Thu Dec 03, 2009

New York Post

3UP: Damon, Yankees Lineup and Krivsky

As I noted in the column, the best outcome for the Yankees is to bring back Damon.

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Related Topix: Sports, New York Yankees, Major League Baseball, Johnny Damon, Baseball Players, Los Angeles Angels, Hideki Matsui, Alex Rodriguez

Wed Dec 02, 2009

The Jersey Journal

NY Yankees announce they will not offer any players arbitration

The Yankees announced Tuesday they will not offer arbitration to World Series MVP Hideki Matsui and six other eligible players.

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Related Topix: Sports, New York Yankees, Major League Baseball, Baseball Players, Hideki Matsui, Johnny Damon, Eric Hinske, Jose Molina

Tue Dec 01, 2009

Major League Baseball

Time winding down on arbitration choices

The Los Angeles Dodgers declined arbitration offers to all seven of their ranked free agents -- the largest unilateral action made by any team -- as the clock ticked down to the 11:59 p.m. ET deadline for a decision.

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Related Topix: Sports, Major League Baseball, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees, Johnny Damon, Baseball Players

Sun Nov 29, 2009

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Pirates' Tabata making rapid progress

The Pirates acquired outfielder Jose Tabata in a 2008 trade with th Yankees. In late March, his wife was arrested and charged with child abduction, which prompted him to announce angrily that she had lied to him and said the child was his.

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Related Topix: Sports, Pittsburgh Pirates, Major League Baseball, Jose Tabata, Baseball Players, New York Yankees, Damaso Marte

Fri Nov 27, 2009

A Red Sox Fan In Pinstripe Territory

Criminals At Steiner Sports Still Spamming Blogs And Robbing Customers

Now showing up on Google, new spam comments from Steiner! Tom Palomino has done his time, and now "Sam Enriquez" is making the rounds with new, more to-the-point ad comments on unsuspecting blogs.

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Related Topix: Sports, New York Yankees, Major League Baseball, Baseball Players

Mon Nov 23, 2009

Sporting News

Who will be this offseason's Bobby Abreu?

If this offseason is anything like last offseason -- and it just might be, given the continuing economic problems in the real world -- the free-agent market will take quite awhile to develop.

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Related Topix: Sports, Baseball Players, Bobby Abreu, Los Angeles Angels, Major League Baseball, Hank Blalock

Sat Nov 21, 2009

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Karstens waived in roster shuffling

Facing a midnight deadline last night to set their 40-man roster, the Pirates announced yesterday that they waived starter-reliever Jeff Karstens and officially added hard-throwing reliever Ramon Aguero, outfielder Gorkys Hernandez plus starters Brad Lincoln and Bryan Morris to that roster, thus protecting those minor leaguers from being exposed ...

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Related Topix: Sports, Pittsburgh Pirates, Major League Baseball, Jeff Karstens, Baseball Players, Robinzon Diaz, Damaso Marte, New York Yankees

Tue Nov 17, 2009

Washington Nationals

Similar Bay, Holliday top outfield free agents

Every free-agent market has a focal point, and in this one, the bull's-eye falls on a pair of outfielders who are strikingly similar.

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Related Topix: Sports, Baseball Players, Jason Bay, New York Yankees, Major League Baseball, Johnny Damon, Jermaine Dye, Chicago White Sox

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