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Baseball Academy a hit in Puerto Rico Baseball Academy a hit in Puerto Rico The Puerto Rico Baseball Academy and High School, opened in 2001, has helped to revitalize the game in one baseball’s traditional hotbeds for talent. […]

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Roundup: With Several Bullpen Spots to Fill, Mets Are Making Sure to Explore All Options Junichi Tazawa, the Japanese pitcher whose courtship by major league teams has irritated Japanese baseball officials, is close to signing with the Boston Red Sox, according to news reports.

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Nats’ Redding has surgery to repair bone in foot Read full story for latest details.

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Mets scout who discovered Nolan Ryan dead at 87 John Robert “Red” Murff, the New York Mets scout who discovered Hall of Fame pitcher Nolan Ryan, died Friday in a Tyler nursing home. He was 87. Bill McMillion, a spokesman for Burks-Walker-Tippit Funeral Directors, confirmed the death. McMillion said he had no additional information. […]

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Blue Jays still have hopes of re-signing Burnett Read full story for latest details.

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Do the numbers still add up for Hall? Certain numbers used to guarantee a guy would make the Hall of Fame. Tracy Ringolsby says those numbers are headed for a test.

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All Is Unusually Quiet on the Free-Agent Front The meager amount of activity more in the free-agency period, raises the question as to whether the nation’s economic crisis is affecting baseball’s marketplace.

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Angels could make run at epic rotation Angels dreaming of epic rotation According to multiple sources, the Angels are unwilling to dole out the 10-year deal being sought by Mark Teixeira’s representatives and are shifting their sights on free-agent southpaw CC Sabathia. […]

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Sources: Furcal meets with A’s officials in Oakland The A’s continued their aggressive courtship of Rafael Furcal on Tuesday, meeting in Oakland with the free-agent shortstop, his wife, Glenny, and his agent, Paul Kinzer, according to major-league sources.

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Marlins’ new ballpark opening delayed until 2012 The Florida Marlins’ new ballpark won’t open until the 2012 season, a one-year delay because a recent court challenge slowed the start of construction.

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