Florida Marlins' Lo Duca looks to revive career in 2009 -- South Florida Sun

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WASHINGTON - Catcher Paul Lo Duca didn't get too choked up about returning to Washington for the first time since the Nationals cut him Aug. 1. Signed to a $5 million, one-year contract, Lo Duca spent time on the Nationals' disabled list with a fractured right hand and ultimately lost his ... [link]

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Baseball Today: Wednesday, September 24
Published 9/24/2008 by Art Martone (amartone@projo.com) at Projo Sox Blog
... (San Diego Union-Tribune) . . . Paul LoDuca says he's healthy again and ready to win a job somewhere next year (South Florida Sun-Sentinel) . . . Ron Washington ...

Odds and Ends: Santos, Blalock, Lo Duca
Published 9/24/2008 by Tim Dierkes at MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com
... in preparation for the winter. Dejan Kovacevic has yet to observe why new Pirates third baseman Andy LaRoche is so highly regarded. Jamey Newberg feels Hank Blalock's $6.2MM option for '09 is an easy call to exercise. J.C. Bradbury sees a rift within the Braves organization. Craig Calcaterra dismisses the silly idea of Frank McCourt suing Andruw Jones. Paul Lo Duca would prefer a non-guaranteed deal next year if he gets a chance to ...

MLB’s Reigning Sexual Libertine Hangs Up His Spikes…
Published 9/25/2008 by GC at Can't Stop The Bleeding
…and sadly, I’m not refering to Paulie Go Nuts.  Tigers reliever Todd Jones informed readers of his Sporting News Magazine (the publication with significantly fewer readers than The Sporting Blog), “it’s been a great ride, but it’s time to stay home.” (link swiped from Repoz and Baseball Think Factory). Being neither a Tigers fan nor someone who watches a ton of AL games in person, Jones’ decision to retire strikes me as less of a baseball tragedy and more of a loss for persons looking for easy blog ...

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