Cardinals manager Tony La Russa wants Rolen back,
on teams terms (AP)

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St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa wants third baseman Scott Rolen back. But only on the team’s terms. “He’s got a contract to play, and we need him to play,” La Russa said Wednesday at the baseball winter meetings. “And he’s going to be treated very honestly. If he plays hard and plays as [...]

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Could Andruw Jones land in Chicago (PA
SportsTicker)

post from MLB News Blog on 05 December 2007 09:14:58 PM. © MLB News Blog

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After big deal by Tigers and Marlins, other teams
wait (AP)

post from MLB News Blog on 05 December 2007 09:13:45 PM. © MLB News Blog

Detroit and Florida finished their eight-player mega-deal with surprising speed Wednesday, leaving Miguel Cabrera and Dontrelle Willis eager to start playing for the Tigers. For other teams, the winter meetings were mostly talk and little action. Johan Santana was still with the Minnesota Twins as negotiations with the Boston Red Sox appeared to slow down.Read [...]

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Winter meetings: Reds looking to deal Freel,
Hamilton for pitching (SportingNews.com)

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Reds GM Wayne Krivsky is looking for starting pitching help, while Cardinals manager Tony La Russa wants Scott Rolen to show more respect.Read the full story.

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Dontrelle Willis Blog

post from FishStripes on 05 December 2007 08:38:46 PM. © FishStripes

Dontrelle just launched his new blog and the first post is, of course, about the trade.

His blog does allow comments, so if you want thank him for the memories or just say Hi, you can.

Dontrelle's Blog

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Marlins strike prospect gold (PA SportsTicker)

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NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Ticker) - The Florida Marlins are acting more like savvy stock brokers than a major league baseball team.Read the full story.

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Tigers acquire OF Guzman (PA SportsTicker)

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The Detroit Tigers acquired outfielder Freddy Guzman from the Texas Rangers in exchange for first baseman Chris Shelton on Wednesday.Read the full story.

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All talk, too far to walk (Yahoo! Sports)

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – It’s quiet here at the Opryland, at least in the section of this giant sarcophagus that…Read the full story.

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Jose Guillen to get suspended for steroid, HGH
purchases

Wow. From ESPN:

The Major League Baseball Players Association is negotiating with MLB officials on a possible 10- to 15-day suspension for outfielder Jose Guillen for his reported involvement in the purchase of steroids and human growth hormone, sources told ESPN The Magazine’s Buster Olney on Wednesday.

If that’s right, you have to wonder how much that affected the Guillen extension talks this year - we know they were all but signed for some time, certainly until the Byrnes contract. Did it play a part in their decision to let Guillen walk?

BTW, I don’t know if this is true:

Seattle declined its $9 million option and Guillen turned down a $5 million player option, receiving a $500,000 buyout.

If I remember, the $9m option was mutual: both the team and Guillen would have had to accept it, and then if the team turned it down, Guillen had an option to extend for one year at $5m, and if he turned that down, he couldn’t get the buyout.

But when I try to look up the details, I’m just finding a lot of conflicting information.

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Latest chatter from the lobby (Yahoo! Sports)

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The winter meetings have nearly concluded – at the moment nearly all…Read the full story.

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