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	<title>Twitter / Ken Rosenthal: Angels, Rangers most aggre ...</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/story/twitter-ken-rosenthal-angels-rangers-most-aggre/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/ballhype/story_story/2009/12/09/twitter_ken_rosenthal_angels_rangers_most_aggre.jpg" width="140" height="140" align="right" alt="Twitter / Ken Rosenthal: Angels, Rangers most aggre ..." style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Loader Twitter.com Login Join Twitter! Angels, Rangers most aggressive teams on Darren Oliver. about 1 hour ago from txt  Ken_Rosenthal Ken Rosenthal Footer 2009 Twitter About Us Contact Blog Status Goodies API Business Help Jobs Terms Privacy&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Nova Fantasy Sports Headline Newsfeed found this 2 days ago on twitter.com &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/"&gt;MLB&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/ken_rosenthal/"&gt;Ken Rosenthal&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/darren_oliver/"&gt;Darren Oliver&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/texas_rangers/"&gt;Texas Rangers&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/los_angeles_angels/"&gt;Los Angeles Angels&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Wed, 9 Dec 2009 20:24:18 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Mets interested in return of Oliver..</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/story/mets-interested-in-return-of-oliver/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/ballhype/story_preview/2009/12/09/mets_interested_in_return_of_oliver.jpg" width="140" height="140" align="right" alt="Mets interested in return of Oliver.." style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  Darren Oliver made a tremendous comeback in 2006, the spring training invitee had been out of baseball the year before but came to camp and made the team. In 2006 he appeared in 45 games in which he posted a 3.44 ERA with a 4-1 record. The Mets were concerned about giving Oliver a multi-year&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;edfever posted 2 days ago from metsfever.blogspot.com &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/"&gt;MLB&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/new_york_mets/"&gt;New York Mets&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/darren_oliver/"&gt;Darren Oliver&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/los_angeles_angels/"&gt;Los Angeles Angels&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/tampa_bay_devil_rays/"&gt;Tampa Bay Rays&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/jerry_crasnick/"&gt;Jerry Crasnick&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Wed, 9 Dec 2009 20:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Ticket to Rumorville 5.0</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/story/ticket-to-rumorville-5-0/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/ballhype/story_story/2009/12/09/ticket_to_rumorville_5_0.jpg" width="140" height="140" align="right" alt="Ticket to Rumorville 5.0" style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt; - Mets reportedly amongst 5+ teams interested in Darren Oliver 
 -Heyman reports the Mets have kicked up interest in Lackey 
 -Heyman also reports the Mets expect to sign Molina for 2 years 12 million (or so) while the Mets maintain interest in Rod Barajas, Yorvit Torrealba (one of the worst&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;realdirtymets posted 2 days ago from nleastchatter.com &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/"&gt;MLB&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/new_york_mets/"&gt;New York Mets&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/darren_oliver/"&gt;Darren Oliver&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/bengie_molina/"&gt;Bengie Molina&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/rod_barajas/"&gt;Rod Barajas&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/yorvit_torrealba/"&gt;Yorvit Torrealba&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/kelly_shoppach/"&gt;Kelly Shoppach&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Wed, 9 Dec 2009 15:36:12 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Twitter / Jerry Crasnick: The Darren Oliver market i ...</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/story/twitter-jerry-crasnick-the-darren-oliver-market-i/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/ballhype/story_story/2009/12/08/twitter_jerry_crasnick_the_darren_oliver_market_i.jpg" width="140" height="140" align="right" alt="Twitter / Jerry Crasnick: The Darren Oliver market i ..." style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Loader Twitter.com Login Join Twitter! The Darren Oliver market is starting to pick up. Among the interested teams: Boston, Tampa Bay, Texas, the Mets and his old club, the Angels about 4 hours ago from web  jcrasnick Jerry Crasnick Footer 2009 Twitter About Us Contact Blog Status Goodies&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com found this 3 days ago on twitter.com &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/"&gt;MLB&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/darren_oliver/"&gt;Darren Oliver&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/jerry_crasnick/"&gt;Jerry Crasnick&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/tampa_bay_devil_rays/"&gt;Tampa Bay Rays&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/new_york_mets/"&gt;New York Mets&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/los_angeles_angels/"&gt;Los Angeles Angels&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Tue, 8 Dec 2009 23:51:25 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Rockies Offer Torrealba Two-Year Deal</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;5:58: Renck reports that the Rockies made a two-year offer worth $4.5-6MM. The two sides continue to talk and they could reach a deal tonight. Miguel Olivo is currently a fallback option for the Rockies.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Bluebird Banter found this 3 days ago on mlbtraderumors.com &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/"&gt;MLB&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/colorado_rockies/"&gt;Colorado Rockies&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/ivan_rodriguez/"&gt;Ivan Rodriguez&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/darren_oliver/"&gt;Darren Oliver&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/milton_bradley/"&gt;Milton Bradley&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/miguel_olivo/"&gt;Miguel Olivo&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/yorvit_torrealba/"&gt;Yorvit Torrealba&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Tue, 8 Dec 2009 21:46:52 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Rangers meeting with Oliver&#39;s agents</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt; The Rangers are expected to meet with left-handed reliever Darren Oliver&#39;s agents here at the Winter Meetings sometime Tuesday night. 
 Oliver was 5-1 with a 2.71 ERA in 63 games with the Angels in 2009. After years as a starter, Oliver re-invented himself as a reliever and has become one of&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com found this 3 days ago on trsullivan.mlblogs.com &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/"&gt;MLB&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/texas_rangers/"&gt;Texas Rangers&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/darren_oliver/"&gt;Darren Oliver&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/los_angeles_angels/"&gt;Los Angeles Angels&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/c_j_wilson/"&gt;C.J. Wilson&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Tue, 8 Dec 2009 23:51:25 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Mariners Interested In Darren Oliver</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt; The Mariners are doing their best to make the Angels feel uneasy. They&#39;re interested in free agent lefty  Darren Oliver , according to Jon Paul Morosi of FOX Sports . The M&#39;s are expeceted to finalize a deal with longtime Angel  Chone Figgins soon and they&#39;re in the mix for John Lackey .  The&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Monkey With A Halo found this 3 days ago on mlbtraderumors.com &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/"&gt;MLB&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/darren_oliver/"&gt;Darren Oliver&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/los_angeles_angels/"&gt;Los Angeles Angels&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/chone_figgins/"&gt;Chone Figgins&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/john_lackey/"&gt;John Lackey&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/seattle_mariners/"&gt;Seattle Mariners&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/general/fox_sports/"&gt;Fox Sports&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Tue, 8 Dec 2009 17:13:14 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Lackey, Figgins decline arbitration</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;INDIANAPOLIS
Not surprisingly, Angels free agents John Lackey and Chone Figgins did not accept the team&amp;#8217;s offer of salary arbitration before Monday&amp;#8217;s deadline.
The decision has no effect on the Angels&amp;#8217; ability to re-sign Lackey (Figgins has already agreed to a contract with the&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Monkey With A Halo found this 3 days ago on fromthedugout.freedomblogging.com &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/"&gt;MLB&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/john_lackey/"&gt;John Lackey&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/chone_figgins/"&gt;Chone Figgins&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/los_angeles_angels/"&gt;Los Angeles Angels&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/darren_oliver/"&gt;Darren Oliver&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Tue, 8 Dec 2009 17:13:14 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Rangers Rumors: Oliver, Dye, Dotel</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt; This info-packed T.R. Sullivan report for MLB.com indicates that Texas is interested in Darren Oliver , Jermaine Dye and Octavio Dotel . Sullivan points out that all three are Type A free agents, costing the Rangers their first pick in next year&#39;s draft. Sullivan added that Texas is expected to&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Monkey With A Halo found this 10 days ago on mlbtraderumors.com &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/"&gt;MLB&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/texas_rangers/"&gt;Texas Rangers&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/darren_oliver/"&gt;Darren Oliver&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/jermaine_dye/"&gt;Jermaine Dye&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/octavio_dotel/"&gt;Octavio Dotel&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/marlon_byrd/"&gt;Marlon Byrd&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/ivan_rodriguez/"&gt;Ivan Rodriguez&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Tue, 1 Dec 2009 17:19:16 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Halo Headlines – 12/2/09</title>
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 The Story:  The Angels will likely have to find an ace from within next season .  The Monkey Says: Barring a Halladay trade, that appears to be the case.  However, I am already getting a little tired of the Angels trying to paint Jered Weaver (or any other Angel pitchers) as aces.  He might&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;gstatejester posted 9 days ago from monkeywithahalo.com &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/"&gt;MLB&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/los_angeles_angels/"&gt;Los Angeles Angels&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/john_lackey/"&gt;John Lackey&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/chone_figgins/"&gt;Chone Figgins&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/jered_weaver/"&gt;Jered Weaver&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/darren_oliver/"&gt;Darren Oliver&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/vladimir_guerrero/"&gt;Vladimir Guerrero&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Wed, 2 Dec 2009 16:56:17 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>No Arbitration for You!</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/story/no-arbitration-for-you/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/ballhype/story_preview/2009/12/03/no_arbitration_for_you.jpg" width="140" height="140" align="right" alt="No Arbitration for You!" style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt; What does a guy have to do to get offered salary arbitration? 
 Career year?  Check. 
 Locker room leader?  Check. 
 Clutch performances?  Check. 
 Offer salary arbitration?  ACCESS DENIED!!!!!  No salary arbitration for you, Darren Oliver! 
  
 No soup arbitration for you!!! Come back, one&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;gstatejester posted 8 days ago from monkeywithahalo.com &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/"&gt;MLB&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/los_angeles_angels/"&gt;Los Angeles Angels&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/darren_oliver/"&gt;Darren Oliver&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/tony_reagins/"&gt;Tony Reagins&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Thu, 3 Dec 2009 20:11:11 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>23 Free Agents Offered Arbitration</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;23 free agents were offered arbitration this year, one fewer than last year. If you&#39;re not sure what offering arbitration means, click here to read our free agent arbitration primer.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;True Grich found this 9 days ago on mlbtraderumors.com &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/"&gt;MLB&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/detroit_tigers/"&gt;Detroit Tigers&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/darren_oliver/"&gt;Darren Oliver&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Wed, 2 Dec 2009 06:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Oliver not invaluable to Angels after all</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/story/oliver-not-invaluable-to-angels-after-all/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/ballhype/story_story/2009/12/03/oliver_not_invaluable_to_angels_after_all.jpg" width="140" height="140" align="right" alt="Oliver not invaluable to Angels after all" style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Sure, Darren Oliver was eligible for free agency again this winter, but the Angels could have essentially held him hostage for the second year in a row by offering him arbitration. It&#39;s the tactic they used last year, knowing that...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;MLB Notebook - Major League Baseball New, Notes, ... found this 8 days ago on bases.nbcsports.com &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/"&gt;MLB&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/los_angeles_angels/"&gt;Los Angeles Angels&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/darren_oliver/"&gt;Darren Oliver&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Thu, 3 Dec 2009 10:15:01 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Angels offer arbitration to Lackey, Figgins</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/story/angels-offer-arbitration-to-lackey-figgins/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/ballhype/story_story/2009/12/03/angels_offer_arbitration_to_lackey_figgins.jpg" width="140" height="140" align="right" alt="Angels offer arbitration to Lackey, Figgins" style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;By Lyle Spencer / MLB.com 12/01/09 8:55 PM EST The Angels offered arbitration to Type A free agents John Lackey and Chone Figgins prior to Tuesday&#39;s deadline.  While declining arbitration offers to Type A free agent Darren Oliver, Type B free agent Vladimir Guerrero and two other free agents,&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Monkey With A Halo found this 9 days ago on mlb.mlb.com &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/"&gt;MLB&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/john_lackey/"&gt;John Lackey&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/chone_figgins/"&gt;Chone Figgins&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/los_angeles_angels/"&gt;Los Angeles Angels&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/darren_oliver/"&gt;Darren Oliver&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/vladimir_guerrero/"&gt;Vladimir Guerrero&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Wed, 2 Dec 2009 16:56:17 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Oliver too expensive for Angels?</title>
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The Angels&amp;#8217; decision not to offer arbitration to free agent left-hander Darren Oliver before Tuesday&amp;#8217;s deadline was a bit surprising.
GM Tony Reagins&amp;#8217; explanation for that choice seems to indicate that the Angels decided Oliver&amp;#8217;s value had topped out at $3.665&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Monkey With A Halo found this 8 days ago on fromthedugout.freedomblogging.com &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/"&gt;MLB&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/los_angeles_angels/"&gt;Los Angeles Angels&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/darren_oliver/"&gt;Darren Oliver&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/tony_reagins/"&gt;Tony Reagins&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Thu, 3 Dec 2009 17:52:01 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Darren Oliver or Takashi Saito?</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/story/darren-oliver-or-takashi-saito/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/ballhype/story_preview/2009/11/30/darren_oliver_or_takashi_saito.jpg" width="140" height="140" align="right" alt="Darren Oliver or Takashi Saito?" style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;    Patrick Newman of NPB Tracker reports that the New York Mets are among eight teams that have interest in Japanese reliever Takashi Saito . 
  According to Sponichi, Takashi Saito has eight teams interested, including the White Sox, Cubs, Braves and Mets. The Braves had some interest in Saito&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;joed86 posted 11 days ago from metsmerizedonline.com &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/"&gt;MLB&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/takashi_saito/"&gt;Takashi Saito&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/darren_oliver/"&gt;Darren Oliver&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/new_york_mets/"&gt;New York Mets&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/joe_dimaggio/"&gt;Joe DiMaggio&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/boston_red_sox/"&gt;Boston Red Sox&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Breakfast Links: Salty, Oliver, Indians</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/story/breakfast-links-salty-oliver-indians/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/ballhype/story_story/2009/12/03/breakfast_links_salty_oliver_indians.png" width="140" height="140" align="right" alt="Breakfast Links: Salty, Oliver, Indians" style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Links are back today. Enjoy... 
 
 
 Jarrod Saltalamacchia  left his winter ball game after discomfort in his right shoulder. 
 Matthew Pouliot examines the situation with the Angels and Darren Oliver . 
 Top Indians prospect Carlos Santana was sent home from winter ball after battling with the&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;mlbnotebook posted 8 days ago from mlbnotebook.com &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/"&gt;MLB&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/jarrod_saltalamacchia/"&gt;Jarrod Saltalamacchia&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/los_angeles_angels/"&gt;Los Angeles Angels&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/darren_oliver/"&gt;Darren Oliver&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/cleveland_indians/"&gt;Cleveland Indians&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Thu, 3 Dec 2009 10:15:01 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Halo Headlines – 12/3/09</title>
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 The Story:  Former Angel announcer Rex Hudler is holding two book signings next weekend .  The Monkey Says: Go out and by Rex&amp;#8217;s book and give Hud a thanks for his years of service if you are so inclined. 
 The Story:  AngelsWin.com continues their interview with Angel personnel director&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;gstatejester posted 8 days ago from monkeywithahalo.com &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/"&gt;MLB&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/los_angeles_angels/"&gt;Los Angeles Angels&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/chone_figgins/"&gt;Chone Figgins&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/john_lackey/"&gt;John Lackey&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/darren_oliver/"&gt;Darren Oliver&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/philadelphia_phillies/"&gt;Philadelphia Phillies&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Thu, 3 Dec 2009 17:52:01 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Arbitration Monday - the late night edition...</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;As I mentioned in my last post, the Angels offered arbitration to John Lackey and Chone Figgins. No surprise there. They did not offer arbitration to Darren Oliver and for me, that was a surprise. I didn’t see that coming at all. My first reaction was to ask why not? And then Mark Polishuk of&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;baseballmusings.com found this 9 days ago on truegrich.blogspot.com &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/"&gt;MLB&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/los_angeles_angels/"&gt;Los Angeles Angels&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/chone_figgins/"&gt;Chone Figgins&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/darren_oliver/"&gt;Darren Oliver&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/john_lackey/"&gt;John Lackey&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/matt_holliday/"&gt;Matt Holliday&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/jason_bay/"&gt;Jason Bay&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Wed, 2 Dec 2009 13:45:24 +0000</pubDate>
	
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