Archive for November, 2007
Pitching prize: Santana the hot topic as winter meetings approach (AP)
The Johan Santana sweepstakes have already started. Now, get ready for an all-out shopping spree at baseball’s winter meetings. Trade talks involving the Minnesota Twins ace — and several other stars — figure to heat up when the annual swap meet begins Monday in Nashville, Tenn. Miguel Cabrera, Andruw Jones and Miguel Tejada also might [...]
Posted: November 30th, 2007.
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Barry Bonds’ doctor in awkward position if called to testify (AP)
Barry Bonds’ entourage would arrive at BALCO on Saturdays and after hours so that the slugger could have his blood and urine samples collected in peace. Dr. Arthur Ting was part of a group that arrived at the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative’s Burlingame headquarters in November 2001. The doctor that day drew Bonds’ blood, an [...]
Posted: November 30th, 2007.
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Track convention delegate calls on MLB to expunge Bonds’ records (AP)
A delegate to the annual USA Track and Field convention has called on baseball to treat Barry Bonds as track federations treated Marion Jones: take away the records. “Baseball’s drug policy is a sham,” said Robert Weiner, who also served as spokesman for the White House National Drug Policy Office from 1995 to 2001.
Posted: November 29th, 2007.
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Giants would love to find big bat for middle of the order (AP)
The San Francisco Giants would like to acquire a big hitter for the middle of their lineup — someone who could pick up a bit of the slack now that home run king Barry Bonds is gone. But don’t look for the Giants to unload top pitchers Matt Cain or Tim Lincecum to make it [...]
Posted: November 29th, 2007.
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Barry Bonds set to add new lawyer to legal team (AP)
Barry Bonds plans to add an attorney to his legal team before his federal court appearance next week, the slugger’s longtime business affairs lawyer said Thursday. Michael Rains has represented Bonds since the home run king first was subpoenaed in 2003 to testify in front of a grand jury investigating performance-enhancing drug use among elite [...]
Posted: November 29th, 2007.
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HBO to turn Barry Bonds steroids book into movie (AP)
HBO Films is planning to turn a best selling book about Barry Bonds’ alleged steroid use and the federal government’s wide-ranging probe into performance enhancing drug use in sports into a movie, one of the book’s authors said Thursday. Lance Williams, a reporter at the San Francisco Chronicle, said that Ron Shelton has been tapped [...]
Posted: November 29th, 2007.
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Morris could leave Pittsburgh (Yahoo! Sports)
Pittsburgh Pirates GM Neal Huntington has made it known that he is open to trading starting pitcher Matt…
Posted: November 29th, 2007.
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Percival to join Rays (Yahoo! Sports)
Sources say that longtime reliever Troy Percival is close to signing a multiyear contract with the Tampa Rays.
Posted: November 29th, 2007.
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Giants outright RHP Atchison (PA SportsTicker)
The San Francisco Giants on Wednesday sent righthander Scott Atchison outright to Fresno of the Pacific Coast League.
Posted: November 28th, 2007.
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Case against Barry Bonds transferred to Judge Susan Illston (AP)
The perjury case against former San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds will be heard by the same federal judge who presided over cases against others linked to a steroids ring centered at a Bay Area lab. Court documents released Tuesday show the case has been transferred to U.S. District Judge Susan Illston.
Posted: November 28th, 2007.
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