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Angels vote full playoff share to Adenhart estate
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The Los Angeles Angels voted to give a full postseason share to the estate of Nick Adenhart, the rookie pitcher killed in April in a car accident allegedly caused by a drunken driver.
Cora agrees to $2M, 1-yr deal to stay with Mets
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Alex Cora is staying with the New York Mets, agreeing to a $2 million, one-year contract.
Average MLB salary falls just short of $3 million
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The average baseball salary fell just short of $3 million this year, with the percentage increase slowing to its lowest level since 2004.
Indians: Racy Sizemore photos stolen from e-mail
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Indians center fielder Grady Sizemore has contacted investigators from Major League Baseball to stop publication of steamy photographs that he says were stolen from his girlfriend's e-mail account and then posted online.
Derek Jeter named SI's sportsman of the year
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Derek Jeter posed in his crisp pinstripe uniform, resting a shiny black bat on his shoulder, while a photographer lying on the ground near the entrance to a Bronx subway station snapped pictures of the New York Yankees shortstop from a low angle.
Baseball | Sources: Commissioner Selig will step down after 2012 season
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Selig is entering the closing chapters of his tenure. He made that point semiofficially during an owners meeting in Chicago in mid-November.
Baseball | Ex-Mariners DH Edgar Martinez is among 15 first-time Hall of Fame candidates
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Ex-Mariners designated hitter Edgar Martinez and Roberto Alomar are among 15 first-time candidates on this year's Hall of Fame ballot that...
Alomar, Martinez, Larkin & McGriff on Hall ballot
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Roberto Alomar is among 15 first-time candidates of this year's Hall of Fame ballot, joining holdovers Mark McGwire, Andre Dawson and Bert Blyleven.
Baseball | Toronto Blue Jays acquire shortstop Alex Gonzalez
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The Toronto Blue Jays signed shortstop Alex Gonzalez to a one-year contract worth $2.75 million, with a team option to sign him for $2.5 million for the 2011 season.
Report: Longtime Yankees voice Sheppard retiring
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Bob Sheppard has no intentions of returning to his longtime job as the public address announcer at Yankee Stadium, MLB.com reported Thursday.
North Carolina coach Mike Fox on Dustin Ackley's move to second base: "I think he has the athletic skills to make it work"
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Jamie Moyer of Philadelphia admitted to hospital
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Phillies pitcher Jamie Moyer has been hospitalized due to recurring symptoms from groin surgery in September.
Suit tossed over development near Mets' stadium
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A federal judge has rejected a lawsuit by a group of businessmen hoping to block the redevelopment of an industrial area near the New York Mets' new stadium.
Andruw Jones agrees to deal with White Sox
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Andruw Jones agreed Wednesday to a $500,000, one-year contract with the Chicago White Sox.
Feds seek rehearing of baseball drug list ruling
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Solicitor General Elena Kagan asked for an unprecedented reconsideration of an appeals court ruling that government agents illegally seized drug-testing samples and records of baseball players who allegedly tested positive for steroids in 2003.
Dumb, but not dumber: Boneheads revealed (sort of)
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(bham husky, turn your head).
Clock starts now on Edgar Martinez's Hall-of-Fame candidacy
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Mariners are doing their best to make sure voters are informed.
Albert Pujols wins 2nd straight NL MVP award
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Albert Pujols' third National League MVP award put him in select company. Only Barry Bonds has more. "I'm just humbled," Pujols said. Pujols won unanimously Tuesday, becoming the first player to repeat since Bonds won four in a row from 2001-04. Pujols, who also won...
Baseball | Unanimous pick Albert Pujols repeats as NL MVP
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Albert Pujols' third National League MVP award put him in select company. Only Barry Bonds has more. "I'm just humbled," Pujols said.
Feds seek rehearing of baseball drug list ruling
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Federal officials are asking for a rehearing of an appeals court decision that said the government illegally seized drug-testing samples and records of baseball players who allegedly tested positive for steroids.
Making a Hall of Fame case for Edgar Martinez, who as of Wednesday is on the clock
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Miguel Cabrera on the block, Mets look at Branyan
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A couple of items for your perusal. With talks between the Mariners and Tigers on the Curtis Granderson/Edwin Jackson front said to be stalled and a deal "pretty doubtful" (according to ESPN's Jerry Crasnick's sources), a new Tigers name is now said to be on the trading...
Baseball | Minnesota catcher Joe Mauer is voted American League MVP
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Joe Mauer became the second catcher in 33 years to win the American League Most Valuable Player Award, finishing first in a near-unanimous vote Monday.
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