Test-Rod: A-Rod just kidding when he says he was
tested 9 or 10 times for drugs last year (AP)

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Alex Rodriguez sat in the first-base dugout at Legends Field, surrounded by the usual circle of cameras, microphones and reporters. He knows the scrutiny will only increase as he approaches Barry Bonds’ career home-run record, especially in an era when all top athletes must prove they haven’t juiced up on performance-enhancing drugs.Read the full story. [...]

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Pirates agree to terms with pitcher Byung-Hyun
Kim, hold first full-squad workout (AP)

post from MLB News Blog on 20 February 2008 06:51:28 PM. © MLB News Blog

Free-agent pitcher Byung-Hyun Kim and the Pittsburgh Pirates agreed to terms on a major league contract Wednesday. The deal is pending a physical. No further details were available. Kim, a 29-year-old right-hander from South Korea, spent 2007 with the Colorado Rockies, Arizona Diamondbacks and Florida Marlins, going 10-8 with a 6.08 ERA in 28 appearances, [...]

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Star Wars: Hank Steinbrenner says Yanks would
`rather be Darth Vader (AP)

post from MLB News Blog on 20 February 2008 06:18:21 PM. © MLB News Blog

Hank Steinbrenner isn’t happy the Boston Red Sox are World Series champions and the New York Yankees are chasing. “We’d rather be Darth Vader. Let them be the underdog,” the Yankees senior vice president said Wednesday during his team’s first full-squad workout of the year. New York had won nine consecutive AL East titles before [...]

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Sons of former Astros greats trying to make final
roster (AP)

post from MLB News Blog on 20 February 2008 06:17:24 PM. © MLB News Blog

Their jerseys read “Cruz” and “Niekro” on the back, conjuring images of two of the Houston Astros’ all-time greats. But these are the sons of Jose Cruz and Joe Niekro — Jose Jr. and Lance — and they’ve arrived at spring training as non-roster invitees, concerned as much with finding work as they are with [...]

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Padres whetting their appetites for exhibition
trip to China (AP)

post from MLB News Blog on 20 February 2008 06:06:51 PM. © MLB News Blog

Passports and visas are just as necessary as bats and balls this spring training for the San Diego Padres — not to mention an appreciation for Chinese food. The Padres are starting to piece together their traveling party for the first major league exhibition games in China, against the NL West rival Los Angeles Dodgers [...]

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Test-Rod: Alex Rodriguez says he was tested 9 or
10 times for drugs last year (AP)

post from MLB News Blog on 20 February 2008 05:50:24 PM. © MLB News Blog

Alex Rodriguez sat in the first-base dugout at Legends Field, surrounded by the usual circle of cameras, microphones and reporters. He knows the scrutiny will only increase as he approaches Barry Bonds’ career home-run record, especially in an era when all top athletes must prove they haven’t juiced up on performance-enhancing drugs.Read the full story. [...]

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Lasorda to manage in spring training (PA
SportsTicker)

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Tommy Lasorda will manage the Los Angeles Dodgers again. But this time, it’ll be for only one week.Read the full story.

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Filling Dontrelles shoes Marlins Miller will try
(AP)

The Florida Marlins’ never-ending, attendance-deflating cycle of purging payroll and revamping the roster reaps an occasional gem, and Andrew Miller could be one. The 6-foot-6 left-hander looks impressive merely throwing bullpen sessions this week at spring training. He delivers a darting fastball with a fluid motion, which makes him quite a contrast to herky-jerky Dontrelle [...]

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