sfgate.com - 1/3/2009
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From beat writer Henry Schulman: Shortly after the 2008 season ended, a top official told me the Giants had sincere interest in CC Sabathia, largely because the team felt he was interested in San Francisco and might accept a hometown discount. We in the Bay Area media did a fair job reporting ...
cbs5.com - 1/2/2009
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cbs5.com —
The San Francisco Giants are pursuing free-agent slugger
Manny Ramirez and have offered him a four-year deal,...
a well-connected source told CBS 5. In addition, the Denver Post newspaper quoted a Major League Baseball insider as saying the Giants were ...
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Giants Offer Slugger Manny Ramirez 4-Year Deal
msn.foxsports.com - 1/6/2009
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msn.foxsports.com —
The Dodgers aren't making much progress in keeping
Manny, but L.A. is still the most logical fit...
for the slugger, Ken Rosenthal says.
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Manny in L.A. still makes sense
sports.espn.go.com - 1/6/2009
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Manny Ramirez Rumors: Saturday
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com —
Henry Schulman of the San Francisco Chronicle carefully summarizes the Giants' interest in Manny Ramirez to kick off the day's Manny rumors.
Schulman reminds us that the Giants have talked with Scott Boras about Manny and writes that this is "not another case of Boras just trying to drum up another suitor."
That said, their interest is far from "an all-out assault on Ramirez in a bid to get him." They're simply intrigued.
Like any team at this point in the year, the Giants are apparently considering other free agents and "trying to make trades." In other words, they're interested, but they have other options. ...
IT’S JANUARY 3RD, DO YOU KNOW WHO YOUR LEFT FIELDER WILL BE ?
Kranepool Society :: A New York Mets Blog —
I’m having my living room renovated next week (my wife has some Highlander in her DNA as most people are cutting back on spending we are tearing apart our whole living room from the ceiling to the walls to the floors and remaking it at a cost that will have me strolling downtown Staten Island in hot pants and high heels to make extra dough) and I have had to move a lot of stuff down to my basement a/k/a The World Headquarters of The Eddie Kranepool Society. One of the items I brought down was a stereo receiver, turntable and speakers. I didn’t use it must upstairs because my family is not a big fans of the music I like which runs from Heavy Metal/Punk/ and ...
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San Francisco Giants : The Splash :
sfgate.com 1/9/2009 — SFGate.com Quick Search Home | News | Sports | Business | Entertainment | Food | Living | Travel Classifieds | Jobs | Homes | Cars SFGate: San Francisco Giants : The Splash Main | About | Bios | Contact Subscribe Giants Newsletter Categories Around ...
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sfgate.com 1/2/2009 — From beat writer Henry Schulman: I have not yet been able to confirm a report from KPIX that the Giants have offered Manny Ramirez a contract. That report seems to suggest a two-year offer with a third-year vesting option and fourth-year team option. ...
SF Giants Offseason Report Card
baseballreflections.com 2/21/2009 — Image via Wikipedia This is why I’m not a teacher; I’m sort of a pass or fail guy. So since the Giants seem destined to have Bengie Molina bat cleanup for the second year in a row, I suppose they have failed (or at least come close) in their off season mission to improve the ...
The Joba Debate —
Bleacher Report - MLB 1/3/2009
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All of a sudden, in just the past few days, the Joba Chamberlain debate has been renewed. Why don't the New York Yankees just put him in the bullpen and leave him there? says no less than Harold Reynolds on the new MLB ...
