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The Dodgers? signing of Doug Mientkiewicz to a minor-league contract continues two very recent yet very obvious trends by the organization.? The first is to sign members of the 2004 Boston Red Sox and the second is to bring in guys who played under Torre.? Soon, this team will consists of no one who doesn?t [...]
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Via Eli's MLB Rumors
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February 27, 2009
The Dodgers and Doug Mientkiewicz have agreed to a minor league deal with an invitation to big league camp. Mientkiewicz is a .271 career hitter with 66 career homeruns. His best year came in 2001 with the Twins when he hit .306 with 15 HR in 151 games. For now, he will compete for bench role on the Dodgers bench.?In 2008, Mientkiewicz hit .277 with 2 HR in 125 games for the Pirates...
Via smallwhiteball.com
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February 27, 2009
News broke around 11:45 pm EST that Manny Ramirez and agent Scott Boras rejected the Los Angeles Dodgers' two-year, $45 million offer Thursday - an offer that at this point seemed more generous than anything.
Via Where Is Andy Van Slyke
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February 27, 2009
In a surprising move this morning, the Los Angeles Dodgers have announced the most important signing of the off-season. They have acquired the single most prized free agent in the history of all space and time, and somehow, they inked him to a minor league deal. That's right. The Los Angeles ...
Via Awful Announcing Inactive
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February 27, 2009
I've made no secret that the first crush of my life was Alyssa Milano, and today comes the wonderful news that she's writing a book about her "experiences" in and around Major League Baseball. There's no word if she will be addressing all of her past relationships with some of the players, but if she does, the book will apparently also be much more than that...
Via SoCal Sports Hub
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February 27, 2009
Once again, free agent outfielder Manny Ramirez has rejected a contract offer from the Los Angeles
Late Thursday night, the Dodgers announced that Manny’s agent Scott Boras had declined a $25 million, one-year contract with a $20 million player option for 2010. It was LA’s fourth offer ...
Via Memories Of Kevin Malone
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February 27, 2009
Update (02/27/2009 1:54 AM PST)-Dylan Hernandez gives Scott Boras' side of the story."The Dodgers took a swipe at Boras in a strongly worded news release they issued Thursday night to report that the free-agent outfielder had rejected the two-year, $45-million offer the team made Wednesday.That ...
Via Oriole Post
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February 27, 2009
Ok, Manny Ramirez is crazy. At this point, the Dodgers should just drop him and move on. Do they need him -- yes -- however, do they want to deal with his demands and petulant nature? No.I hope he enjoys forced retirement because there's no way in hell a team is going to give him what he wants.>... ...
Via Memories Of Kevin Malone
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February 27, 2009
Technically, he never left, but with this new deferred money revelation, McCheap seems to be back in full force. I was skeptical about taking Boras' word for it, but Colletti confirmed that the deal always was about deferred money."Ned Colletti says deferred money was always part of the ...
Via Eli's MLB Rumors
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February 27, 2009
Free agent outfielder Manny Ramirez has rejected the Dodgers' latest offer. The Dodgers said a two year deal worth 45 million dollars, with the second year at his option, would be as far as they would go. Ramirez and has team must think the Dodgers will ultimately give him what he is looking for, a three to four year deal worth 25 million dollars annually. Ramirez became the...
Via Fansided New England
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February 27, 2009
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Via Bugs & Cranks
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February 26, 2009
Starting the season is often about acquainting yourself with the new incarnation of your team. And for the Red Sox this year, the changes are not quite earth-shattering. There’s no Manny but way more Smoltz. Alex Cora has become Rocco Baldelli. And the artist formerly known as “promsing youngster Brad Wilkerson†is wandering around the [...]
Via MLB Rumors
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February 27, 2009
Despite being tentative over a number of aches, pains and infirmities, Mariners third baseman Adrian Beltre swung as hard as he could at the first pitch he saw in Friday's Cactus League tilt at Peoria, Ariz., against the Dodgers.Feeling no pain, Beltre said he went on to play without reservation ...
Via MLB Rumors
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February 28, 2009
Mariners third baseman Adrian Beltre -- coming off variety of aches, pains and various infirmities -- suffered day-after no day-after effects following a full-day of play in the field and at the plate, but the team still denied him his request to appear for his native Dominican Republic in ...
Via ladodgersbaseballblog.blogspot.com
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February 27, 2009
The LA Dodger fans that think the signing of Manny Ramirez will instantly turn that team into a World Series contender are on crack and have forgotten that the Dodgers lost Derek Lowe, Brad Penny and Takashi Saito. That's their #1 and #2 pitcher and closer from last year for all the band wagoners from last year that are rummaging the house for their Lakers Car flags right now.
Via Raise the Jolly Roger!
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February 27, 2009
The Atlanta Braves make the trip to McKechnie Field today to take on the Pirates. Action will begin around
Once again, the game is not on TV or radio anywhere. So be sure to check the [MLB Gameday] to follow
[Jen Langosch has the pregame
Pirates pitchers: Tom Gorzelanny, ...
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