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The language of baseball winter
The language of baseball winter
Since Joe Torre took over the Yankees, arguably the ugliest farewell from the Bronx - besides that of Torre himself - was when Andy Pettitte left for his hometown Astros after the 2003 season. The Yankees got crushed -...
FOX Sports on MSN - MLB - Sources: Pettitte talks with Torre about Dodgers
FOX Sports on MSN - MLB - Sources: Pettitte talks with Torre about Dodgers
msn.foxsports.com — Don't believe it? Pettitte, 36, has spoken more than once with his former manager, Joe Torre, about... joining the Dodgers, according to major-league sources. And, lest anyone forget, Pettitte has a history of changing teams as a free agent when he does ... (more) FOX Sports on MSN - MLB - Sources: Pettitte talks with ...
Subway Squawkers
SubwaySquawkers.com — Pettitte was my favorite Yankee of the dynasty era. But when he left for Houston after the... 2003 season, I infamously proclaimed that he was dead to me. When he rejoined the Yanks for the 2007 season, Pettitte became undead to me, the first time I had ... (more) Subway Squawkers
Hal: We’re ready for free agency
yankees.lhblogs.com — OK, quite a bit of news to get to. We’ll categorize it: Baseball: Hal Steinbrenner said that... there have not yet been negotiations with Andy Pettitte. But he expects that there will be. ... Hal said the organization will be ready for the ... (more) Hal: We’re ready for free agency
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Odds and Ends: Byrnes, Boras, Cuban
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com — ... Links for Tuesday... This week's chat has been pushed to Wednesday at 2pm CST. I chatted with The Baseball Opinion on November 10th. Patrick Newman compares Kenshin Kawakami and Hiroki Kuroda. Jesse Spector talks to D'Backs GM Josh Byrnes. Ken Davidoff explains the semantics games often played by agents, GMs, and journalists. Peter Abraham makes free agent predictions. Chat with Scott Boras at USA Today on Wednesday at 10am CST.  ...

A view from the reporter's chair
It's About The Money - A New York Yankees BlogKen Davidoff of Newsday.com offers us a pretty unique, frank and open view of what the challenges the beat writers face with regards to rumors and scuttlebutt. Pretty darn interesting. ...

Wednesday Wangdoodles
ESPN Feed: neyer rob — ... . Just an FYI: Lately I've been referencing baserunning stats, and the Handbook is my source. • Ken Davidoff writes about the language of baseball winter . • ...

And the false rumors fly
River Avenue Blues — ... While Ken Davidoff described for us the language of baseball winter, I’m not so sure he meant it would go this far. Sure, we’ve heard “parameters” and “ideas” plenty so far, but we’ve also seen the word “signed” used a bit loosely. ...

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