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• Red Sox Add Big-Name Arms

  
  Touching Base: Fantasy Baseball File - NY Daily News Blogs — Authority: 466
  The Red Sox didnt make any major moves at the winter meetings to keep up with the Yankees addition of Curtis Granderson, but Boston did add three pitchers this week, trading a player to be named to the Twins for righthander Boof Bonser , signing lefty Fabio Castro and claiming righty Ramon Ramirez off waivers from ...
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• Ben Bernanke is Number One Thinker of 2009!

  
  Understanding Government — Authority: 436
  Foreign Policy magazine says Ben Bernanke is the globe’s number one thinker for 2009 .  “His key insight?  The need for massive, damn-the-torpedoes intervention in financial markets.”  It’s the kind of bold judgment Foreign Policy likes to issue.   But it’s also premature, and it keeps everyone’s ...
  21 hours ago

• I was a little wrong and Jon Daniels may be a genius ... maybe

  
  Uwe Blog — Authority: 138
  In the clubhouse now Early today I intimated that the point of the Texas Rangers trading Kevin Millwood to the Baltimore Orioles for a broke reliever was merely for the sake of saving money. And that any rumor that the Rangers were trading Millwood to free up money in order to spend it elsewhere was bunk. Well, ...
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• Brewers Arm For Battle

  
  Touching Base: Fantasy Baseball File - NY Daily News Blogs — Authority: 466
  After failing to re-sign CC Sabathia last winter, and struggling all year to get the ball to Trevor Hoffman, the Brewers addressed two areas of concern today, agreeing to a three-year deal with lefthanded starter Randy Wolf and a two-year deal with righthanded setup man LaTroy Hawkins. Wolf, who made a total of 66 ...
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• One reporter’s winter meetings scorecard

  
  Angels blog — Authority: 529
  Baseball’s winter meetings have not produced much in the way of player movement thus far.Lots of talking, lots of rumors, but little action.A few deals have been sealed, however, so let’s take a look at what has been accomplished, with three types of evaluations on my part.Thumbs up: The Milwaukee Brewers signing ...
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• Randy Wolf Signs with the Milwaukee Brewers

  
  Bleacher Report — Authority: 786
  Another one bites the dust. An already weak crop of free agent starters just took another hit as left-hander Randy Wolf has reportedly inked a three-year deal deal worth just under $30 million with the Milwaukee Brewers. The deal, which is contingent upon Wolf passing a physical, reportedly has an option for a ...
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• Yanks Get It With Pettitte

  
  Touching Base: Fantasy Baseball File - NY Daily News Blogs — Authority: 466
  While the Curtis Granderson trade was a surprise, Andy Pettitte returning to the Bronx for 2010 is not a shock by any stretch of the imagination. Pettitte Pettitte will reportedly get $11.75 million to stay with the Yankees , a raise of $1.25 million on the salary he earned after incentives on his $5.5 million ...
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• “His war” . . . and that of .001% of the population

  
  Understanding Government — Authority: 436
  It’s striking to see how the entire media establishment gravitated to the comfortable description of the conflict in Afghanistan as “Obama’s war” — it became de rigeur for a whole range of pundits and analysts to use this description, from TIME to every major newspaper… but only Bob Herbert picked up ...
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• Phillies Sign Ross Gload

  
  Phightin' Phils Phorum — Authority: 128
  In a questionable move, the Philadelphia Phillies signed left hander Ross Gload to a two year contract to be the final bench player on their roster. The 34 year old bats and throws left handed limiting him in the field to playing only first base and the corner outfield positions. While offensively he will be an ...
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• WAR, what is it good for?

  
  Mop Up Duty | Baseball News Sabermetric | Baseball History Bio — Authority: 123
  Absolutely nothing? Nah, I wouldn’t go that far but this off-season GM’s aren’t paying anywhere near WAR (Wins above replacement player) market value for free agents. What is WAR? Via Tom Tango WAR is wins above replacement. Replacement is defined very specifically for my purposes: it’s the talent level ...
  2 days ago

• What Penny and Wainwright Had in Common

  
  Bird Land — Authority: 514
  INDIANAPOLIS — Free-agent pitcher Brad Penny is scheduled to be in St. Louis this afternoon for a physical that will complete his one-year deal with the St. Louis Cardinals. The club has not scheduled an announcement that the deal is finalized, waiting instead for the results of the physical that was expected to ...
  2 days ago

• Dont Sweat the Ivan Rodriguez Signing: Nationals Will Be Better with Some Pudge

  
  Bleacher Report — Authority: 786
  My, how the tide has turned.   When reports first broke late last night that the Washington Nationals had signed future Hall-of-Fame catcher Ivan "Pudge" Rodriguez to a two-year, $6 million contract, comment boxes around the Internet were filled with “Oh my gosh, I can’t believe it!” responses.   The ...
  2 days ago

• Innovation Nation

  
  Understanding Government — Authority: 436
  Today the government’s CTO and CIO are talking about open government as a driver for innovation.  David Brooks today urges new energy and focus on innovation as the key to driving improvements in the economy and enriching the social fabric.  One idea is a national infrastructure bank that would exist to filter ...
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• DG’s 10@10: Holliday Fun with Cost of Living

  
  Bird Land — Authority: 514
  INDIANAPOLIS — The St. Louis Cardinals and the representative for free-agent outfielder Matt Holliday were described Monday as anywhere from “on different sides of a gulch” to “in a different universe” when it came to negotiations. Scott Boras , Holliday’s agent, has his eyes on a specific target — ...
  2 days ago

• Pudge will play for just about anyone

  
  Uwe Blog — Authority: 138
  Any thoughts that Pudge Rodriguez wanted to possibly play for a championship are out the window. The famed Rangers backstop will sign a two-year deal worth $6 million with the ... Washington Nationals. Make no mistake, Pudge is doing this for one reason and one reason only: at-bats. Hes about 300 hits from 3,000 ...
  3 days ago

• For The Minnesota Twins, Signing Pavano Should Be Just The Beginning

  
  Bleacher Report — Authority: 786
  The Ace List Roger Clemens. Randy Johnson/Curt Schilling. Jarrod Washburn. Josh Beckett. Schilling again. Mark Buehrle. Chris Carpenter. Beckett again. Cole Hamels. C.C. Sabathia. The ace list. The ace list of number one starters from each World Series champion of the "oughts." Aside from Washburn, who pitched ...
  3 days ago

• Seattle Mariners Ready to Play with the Big Boys

  
  Bleacher Report — Authority: 786
  The Seattle Mariners mean business. General Manager Jack Zduriencik is entering just his second offseason at the club’s helm, but clearly has the franchise headed in the right direction. Last offseason, he engineered a number of low-risk, high-reward deals and helped turnaround a club that had just 61 wins in 2008 ...
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• The Bobcats And The Crystal Ball

  
  Hardwood Paroxysm — Authority: 666
  The apparent strategy of gunning for the playoffs this year at the cost of bad contracts that limit the team’s future ceiling makes sense if the current owners plan on sticking around until the economy picks back up, squirreling away some funds, and then rebuilding with another five year plan at a time when it’ll ...
  3 days ago

• To Rather Be A King In Brooklyn Than A Knick In The Garden

  
  Hardwood Paroxysm — Authority: 666
  On top of the players the Nets already have on board, you also remember that they will most likely have a very, very high draft pick. And if they score the top pick, you can add Kentucky freshman sensation John Wall to that up-and-coming young core. Unfortunately, the Knicks can’t say the same, as they owe their ...
  3 days ago

• Akh’s Thoughts: Week 13

  
  hailRedskins.com — Authority: 117
  Ten thoughts from the Skins’ heartbreaking loss against the Saints: 1-While Suisham deserves a lot of ire for his blown chipshot FG(it was a bad snap, but he should be cut anyways for another clutch miss imo), what really was a killer was the insistence on playing a very soft and loose prevent defense that the ...
  4 days ago

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