usatoday.com - 12/8/2008
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For the first time, Major League Baseball has descended upon Las Vegas for its annual winter meetings, where every general manager ...
sportsagentblog.com - 12/9/2008
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sportsagentblog.com —
As of yesterday, baseball executives and MLBPA agents
had crawled up into the Ritz and glitz of...
Las Vegas, but this trip is not to enjoy the blackjack tables, luxurious pool decks, and clubs that stay open all hours of the night. The agents and executives are in Vegas for one of the..
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GMs, Agents, Welcome To Las Vegas
letsgodeep.com - 12/8/2008
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letsgodeep.com —
When baseball GMs roll into Las Vegas next
week, you can be certain that they will be...
ready to gamble. They won’t, however, be headed to the card tables or the slot machines.
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Winter Meetings Greetings To One & All
itmightbedangerous.blogspot.com - 12/8/2008
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itmightbedangerous.blogspot.com —
It's Sunday afternoon, and much of the baseball
industry has descended upon Las Vegas for the annual...
Winter Meetings. I'm actually still home, as the idea of flying INTO Vegas on a Sunday night just seemed unnatural. I attended my first Winter ...
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What Happens in Vegas...
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"We're not into a big type of rebuilding project," Williams says, "but more of a transitional...
South Side Sox —
... Kenny Williams on the eve of the Winter Meetings
Cabrera leaves early Christmas gift before winter meetings
Sox Machine —
... But since Williams is apparently ready for them to be taken off his hands , there stands a chance one of them could find a destination and situation to his liking. ************************** Additional winter meeting notes: *The overwhelming sentiment is that Williams is going to lay low during this week . Then again, that was the overwhelming sentiment at the trade deadline , and somehow the Sox ended up with Ken Griffey Jr. *Williams, by the way, is back to having 50 cents . *The Tigers acquired Gerald Laird for 17-year-old prospect ...
Odds and Ends: Boras, Laird, Baldelli
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com —
... Funny quote from Scott Boras: "There can be a lot of late-night meetings where you're in a room and people are falling asleep. And you'll have some late-night GMs who want you to drink. I'll allow them to do it, but I won't do it. I do have some interesting things written on napkins over the years." ...
Bad for Baseball? Good for Them!
The 35th Street Review —
... Think about that next team you hear how stupid the high-roller teams are, or how the Sox are 50 cents short, or how some bargain bin reclamation project plays the game the right way. Every team talks about winning at all costs, but the catch is that once you actually pull it off, you become the most despicable team of them all. ...
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