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| Yankees' Posada scratched from lineup |
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02/28/2009 |
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| Tampa, FL (MySportsbook) - New York Yankees catcher Jorge Posada was scratched from Saturday's spring training game against Minnesota because of a sore shoulder. Posada is coming off shoulder surgery performed last July. He played just 51 games last season, batting .268 with three homers and 22 runs batted in. The veteran backstop has appeared in two games this spring as the designated hitter. He homered in his first spring training at-bat on Thursday and added a run-scoring double against Tampa Bay, then wa |
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| Report: A-Rod to meet with MLB officials Sunday |
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02/27/2009 |
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| Bristol, CT (MySportsbook) - New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez will reportedly meet with Major League Baseball officials on Sunday to discuss his use of performance-enhancing drugs, according to ESPN. Over the past two weeks since Sports Illustrated broke the story of Rodriguez' steroid use, the embattled slugger has openly discussed the issue both in an ESPN interview when he admitted using performance-enhancing drugs while a member of the Texas Rangers from 2001-03 and upon his arrival at sprin |
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| Dodgers, Mientkiewicz agree to minor league contract |
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02/26/2009 |
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| six seasons. After spending five-plus years with Minnesota, the 2001 Gold Glove winner was shipped to Boston for its World Series run in 2004. Since then, the Florida State product has had one-year stints with the New York Mets, Kansas City Royals, New York Yankees and Pittsburgh Pirates, where last year he appeared in 125 games and batted .277 with 30 RBI. In 1,067 career games, Mientkiewicz has recorded a .271 average with 66 home runs, 402 RBI and a .996 field percentage at first, which leads all active fir |
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| Brewers sign Gwynn, three others |
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02/26/2009 |
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| nder Manny Parra, who went 10-8 with a 4.39 ERA in 32 games (29 starts) in 2008. He is 10-9 with a 4.31 earned run average over 41 career games, 31 of which have been starts. Left-hander Chase Wright and infielder Hernan Iribarren also agreed to deals. Wright didn't pitch at the major league level in 2008 after going 2-0 with a 7.20 ERA in three games -- two starts -- with the New York Yankees the year before. Iribarren made his big league debut in 2008 for Milwaukee, recording two hits and an RBI in 12 games. |
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| A-Rod homers, but draws controversy after spring training game |
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02/25/2009 |
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| Dunedin, FL (MySportsbook) - Alex Rodriguez shrugged off the steroid frenzy and smacked a two-run homer in his first official at-bat of the Spring and the New York Yankees defeated the Toronto Blue Jays, 6-1, in the Grapefruit League opener for both teams. Rodriguez worked a walk in the first and again in the fifth amid a smattering of supporters and detractors at Dunedin Stadium. It was the embattled slugger's first professional appearance since his admission to taking performance-enhancing drugs while a me |
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| WBC Pool D Preview from The Sports Network |
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02/25/2009 |
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| reason for that is the fact that three-time AL MVP Alex Rodriguez has switched his allegiance from Team USA to join the Dominican Republic squad. Rodriguez, of course, is the latest superstar player to become embroiled in a steroid controversy. The New York Yankees slugger has admitted to taking performance enhancing drugs from 2001-03 while playing for the Texas Rangers. Joining A-Rod in the well-stocked Dominican lineup will be Hanley Ramirez, Jose Reyes, David Ortiz and Robinson Cano. Edinson Volquez headli |
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| WBC Pool A Preview from The Sports Network |
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02/25/2009 |
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| Oh. Oh is skipping this year's Classic because of health concerns. Other major leaguers expected to participate for Japan will include Seattle outfielder Ichiro Suzuki, Chicago Cubs outfielder Kosuke Fukudome and Tampa Bay infielder Akinori Iwamura. New York Yankees outfielder Hideki Matsui has already declined an invitation. One player to keep an eye on for Japan will be 22-year-old right-hander Yu Darvish, who is the country's best pitcher now that Matsuzaka is in the United States. Darvish has electric stuff |
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| Yankees P Johnson diagnosed with melanoma |
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02/21/2009 |
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| Tampa Bay, FL (MySportsbook) - New York Yankees right-handed pitcher Jason Johnson has been diagnosed with cancer of the retina in the right eye, which is limiting him to only indoor activities at the team's spring training complex. The 35-year-old veteran, who is battling for a bullpen spot, is in camp with New York this spring as a non-roster invitee. A retina specialist identified a mass in the back of the retina, close to the optic nerve. Johnson was then sent to Wills Eye Institute in Philadelphia. Ther |
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| Report: Son of Yankees VP linked to steroids |
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02/21/2009 |
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| New York, NY (MySportsbook) - The son of New York Yankees vice president Felix Lopez Jr. was arrested in 2002 for trafficking in a banned date-rape drug that athletes have used for muscle recovery and for possession of anabolic steroids, according to the New York Post. Felix Lopez III has been spotted in recent weeks at the team's minor league facility in Tampa working out in official team sweats, the newspaper reported. The Post also said Lopez served 19 months of probation after pleading guilty to reduced |
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| Report: A-Rod linked to trainer banned by MLB |
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02/20/2009 |
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| New York, NY (MySportsbook) - New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez has reportedly been linked to a trainer who was banned from Major League Baseball clubhouses after an investigation spurred by a 2001 incident involving a bag of steroids. The New York Daily News cited a source as saying Angel Presinal, a Dominican trainer, has been associated with Rodriguez since his time with the Texas Rangers -- a three-year period from 2001-03 when the three-time AL MVP has acknowledged using steroids. A source a |
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