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Glendale signs deal to lure Dodgers
Nov 15 2006 11:50PM (CT)
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) - The Los Angeles Dodgers appear to be headed to the Phoenix suburbs for spring training after nearly 60 years in Vero Beach, a small Florida city that wrapped its identity around the baseball team.
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Leyland, Girardi win top manager honors
Nov 15 2006 10:32PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Sometime soon, Joe Girardi will go looking for another job in a major league dugout. And when he does, he'll have a Manager of the Year award at the top of his resume.
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Frank Thomas, Blue Jays close to deal
Nov 15 2006 10:24PM (CT)
NAPLES, Fla. (AP) - Frank Thomas and the Toronto Blue Jays were close to agreement Wednesday night on a two-year contract.
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D'Rays win negotiating rights to Iwamura
Nov 15 2006 8:50PM (CT)
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - The Tampa Bay Devil Rays won the negotiating rights to Japanese star infielder Akinori Iwamura on Wednesday, submitting a winning bid of about $4.5 million for the power hitter.
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Column: Boston bidding to sign or block?
Nov 15 2006 8:11PM (CT)
NAPLES, Fla. (AP) - Here's the $51.1 million question: Did the Boston Red Sox bid all that money to sign Daisuke Matsuzaka or merely to block him from going to the New York Yankees?
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Mets acquire Adkins, Johnson from Padres
Nov 15 2006 6:32PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The Padres and Mets swapped four role players Wednesday, with San Diego sending relief pitcher Jon Adkins and reserve outfielder Ben Johnson to New York for relievers Heath Bell and Royce Ring in a deal between NL division winners.
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Matsuzaka 'surprised' at Red Sox bid
Nov 15 2006 6:04PM (CT)
NARITA, Japan (AP) - Japanese pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka was "surprised" to hear the Boston Red Sox bid $51.1 million for the rights to negotiate a contract with him.
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Acta hired to manage Nationals
Nov 15 2006 6:07AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Manny Acta began preparing to be a major league manager when he was the only kid with a catcher's mitt in his neighborhood back in the Dominican Republic.
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Diamondbacks' Webb wins NL Cy Young
Nov 15 2006 6:06AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Back in the minor leagues, Brandon Webb had so much trouble controlling his sinker that he was hitting batters with it all the time and growing increasingly frustrated on the mound.
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Japan national treasures: Baseball players
Nov 15 2006 2:34AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Time was when Japan lauded seasoned Kabuki actors, kimono-clad traditional dancers and aging masters of obscure ancient instruments like the 13-stringed koto as "living national treasures."
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