itmightbedangerous.blogspot.com - 12/8/2008
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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 Meetings in 1995 at the Los Angeles Convention ...
baseballamerica.com - 12/11/2008
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baseballamerica.com —
LAS VEGAS—Usually, scouts, front-office types and media schmooze
and meet informally in the lobbies and bars of
hotels during the Winter Meetings. At the Bellagio, though, nothing is routine. Baseball officials are spread out throughout the ...
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Vegas Update: Rule 5 Draft
nydailynews.com - 12/6/2008
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nydailynews.com —
Because free agent pitcher CC Sabathia will be
in Vegas - the site of baseball's winter meetings
- to attend the Oscar De La Hoya-Manny Pacquiao fight, Brian Cashman is hoping to meet with Sabathia to gauge his interest in playing in the Bronx. ...
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Cashman: I'll CC you in Vegas
msn.foxsports.com - 12/12/2008
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The 2008 Winter Meetings in Review
Baseball Analysts —
... The Winter Meetings make for a great week of baseball news. As Paul DePodesta wrote on his blog last weekend, "It's an intense time and probably the most unhealthy stretch of the year - no fresh air, very little sleep, lots of room service, and an emotional rollercoaster. It's the best. I'm going first thing in the morning." ...
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Towers: Peavy to Cubs or no one —
Major League Baseball News 12/8/2008
San Diego general manager Kevin Towers said on Monday that he's essentially dealing with just one team for the 2007 National League Cy Young Award Winner and that if a deal can't be struck at the Winter Meetings, he will effectively pull right-hander ...
