Yanks Offer Girardi Job; A-Rod Is a Big Question

 
The champagne-soaked carpets in the visitors' clubhouse at Coors Field had not yet dried, and the Boston Red Sox, with the World Series trophy in tow, had scarcely landed back at Logan Airport when the new champions ceded their space at the center of the baseball universe to their familiar rivals... [link]

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Torre to manage Dodgers; Mattingly will be his bench coach

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Scott Boras: Media Whore

Hi my name is Scott Boras and because my client Alex Rodriguez needs attention, I am going to release the news a day or two early that ARod is going to opt-out of his contract with the New York Yankees. The reason why is that the Red Sox don’t need the attention, it should all be focused on my prized stallion, who is worth more than the Red Sox franchise.
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Dodgers Could Reunite Torre and Mattingly - New York Times

Joe Torre and Don Mattingly parted ways with the Yankees this month, but they may stay together in a major league dugout next season. Two major league officials said yesterday that the Los Angeles Dodgers planned to fire Grady Little as their manager ...
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A-Rod's agent apologizes for poor timing - Yahoo! News

I'm sure he didn't mean to upstage the Red Sox one bit ...
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Scott Boras News - The New York Times

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