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Sports in 2007 to echo 2006
Newsday - At least we have the best fans and the best Gary Sheffield in baseball. And we still have the best record in New York.” The Mets, with a 7.39 team earned run average and still reeling from having been aced out on Daisuke Matsuzaka and Barry Zito, deal

Asbury Park Press veteran editor Gary Deckelnick dies at 63
Newsday - Despite his long hours at the newspaper, Deckelnick always found time to coach his children’s soccer, basketball and baseball teams, said daughter Kathy Lathrop. Deckelnick is survived by his wife, Ellen; three grown children and their spouses, and

Baseball Notes | Yankees and Igawa complete contract
El Nuevo Herald - Japanese pitcher Kei Igawa and the New York Yankees completed their $20 million, five-year contract yesterday, a deal that was in the works for weeks. The Yankees had until today to finalize an agreement after bidding $26 million last month for the

Baseball must play by rules too
ChicagoSports.com - CHICAGO — In the Dec. 28 Tribune, Phil Rogers mistakenly writes that federal courts have violated the agreement Major League Baseball and the players’ union had on confidentiality of the trial run of steroid testing: “MLB made a promise that the

Barry Zito Signs With Giants in Richest Contract for Pitcher 
Dec. 29 (Bloomberg) — Former Cy Young Award winner Barry Zito signed a seven-year contract with the San Francisco Giants that the team said is the richest for a pitcher in Major League Baseball history.

Baseball: Investigators can use steroid users’ names 
The 2-1 decision by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned three lower court decisions and could help authorities pinpoint the source of steroids in baseball.

Feds can use baseball drug test names 
The names and urine samples of about 100 Major League Baseball players who tested positive three years ago can be used by federal investigators, a court ruled Wednesday a decision that could enhance the government’s investigation into whether Barry Bonds committed perjury when he told a grand jury he never knowingly used steroids.