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Jason Mastrodonato: Red Sox CBO Chaim Bloom under pressure at MLB Winter Meetings

SAN DIEGO — Here at baseball’s annual Winter Meetings, it doesn’t take long to understand the hottest issues on the table.

Boston Herald

Ben Frederickson: More bad news for Bonds and Clemens is even worse for Cardinals Hall of Famer McGwire

SAN DIEGO — A Hall of Fame cycle that seems poised to bring good news for one former Cardinal and Cooperstown hopeful in Scott Rolen has presented some bad news for another, if you read between the glaring lines.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Aaron Judge and Carlos Rodon still in play for the Yankees on the first day of Winter Meetings

With the Winter Meetings happening in person for the first time since 2019, Major League Baseball’s executives got going right away on Monday.

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Clayton Kershaw is back, but Dodgers miss out on Justin Verlander

SAN DIEGO — Last season, the Dodgers won 111 games. They had a Cy Young Award finalist. They boasted the best rotation earned-run average in Major League Baseball.

Los Angeles Times

The Mets Had No Choice but to Sign Justin Verlander

The three-time Cy Young winner, who turns 40 in February, still has plenty of elite baseball left in him.

Sports Illustrated

Q&A: Jeff Passan on the 2022 MLB Winter Meetings, baseball in Las Vegas and the worst bet he ever made

What's the Over/Under on free agent signings this week? Passan has the answer and more.

USA Today Sports Media Group

What would Carlos Rodon and Trea Turner bring to the Phillies? A former teammate knows.

SAN DIEGO — Karl Keglovits got a phone call a few weeks ago from one of his former baseball teammates at North Carolina State, Johnny Piedmonte.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

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Paul Sullivan: It’s time for the Cubs and White Sox to make some noise at the winter meetings — especially for their fans

The winter meetings should be a hectic time for Jed Hoyer and Rick Hahn, the two men consigned with the task of making baseball in Chicago relevant again.

Chicago Tribune

McGriff’s Validation Contrasted by Condemnation of Bonds, Clemens

A Hall of Fame committee comprised mostly of baseball executives and players made clear the type of player they do and do not want in Cooperstown.

Sports Illustrated

Don Mattingly falls short of Hall of Fame as Fred McGriff only player inducted by Contemporary Committee

The Crime Dog is headed to Cooperstown, but Donnie Baseball is not.

Tribune News Service

Fred McGriff Elected to Baseball Hall of Fame by Veterans Committee

A five-time All-Star, McGriff finally gets enshrinement as Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Curt Schilling are denied again by the Contemporary Era committee.

Sports Illustrated

Bonds, Clemens left out of Hall again; McGriff elected

Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Curt Schilling were passed over by a Baseball Hall of Fame committee that elected former big league slugger Fred McGriff to Cooperstown on Sunday

The Independent UK

Fred McGriff elected into Hall of Fame via Contemporary Baseball Era Players Committee

Many members of the 16-person committee had Chicago ties.

Chicago Sun-Times

Former Cub Fred McGriff elected to Hall of Fame; Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens again passed over

Bonds and Clemens have been accused of using performance-enhancing drugs, and support for Curt Schilling dropped after he made hateful remarks toward Muslims, transgender people, reporters and others.

Chicago Sun-Times

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The Red Lake Nation football team hasn't won a game in years, but its coach keeps his kids undefeated

MINNEAPOLIS — The final home game of the season kicks off on the south side of the reservation in a few hours. That gives the football team's head coach just enough time to pick up his daughters at school, drop them at day care and hustle home to finish last-minute…

Tribune News Service

Olivia Pichardo blazing a trail as first woman to play DI college baseball

NEW YORK — Every athlete’s playing days have to come to an end eventually.

Tribune News Service

Bill Madden: Veterans committee can take a stand for character in Hall of Fame vote

NEW YORK — Just when we thought we’d said goodbye to Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens for a while thanks to the Baseball Writers Association last January, they’re coming around again as two of the eight candidates on the Contemporary Era Hall of Fame ballot which will be voted on…

Chicago Sun-Times

How a Lane Tech junior is helping grow baseball in Pakistan

Amaan Khan, a 16-year-old right-hander, pitched for the Pakistan national team during its two-game stay in a qualifying tournament for the 2023 World Baseball Classic.

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Chicago Sun-Times

Here’s some baseball trivia with some help from readers

In a tribute to David Letterman, we take the time this week to focus on reader suggestions

Sports Illustrated

Three Things to Watch for at the Winter Meetings

Editors’ Note, Dec. 2 at 9:35 p.m. ET: This story has been updated to include the news of Jacob deGrom’s signing with the Rangers. The last time the Winter Meetings were held in person, in 2019, we saw three of the top free agents (Stephen Strasburg, Gerrit Cole and Anthony…

Sports Illustrated

Who We’d Vote for the HOF If We Were on the Veterans Committee

Let’s pretend we’re one of the 16 members voting in Sunday’s Contemporary Baseball Era election.

Chicago Tribune

Paul Sullivan: MLB’s version of the Supreme Court may have the final word on the ‘Steroids Era’

CHICAGO — After years of debate over the Hall of Fame worthiness of players linked to performance-enhancing drugs, baseball’s Steroids Era stands trial this weekend in San Diego at the 2022 winter meetings.

Tribune News Service

Matthew Boyd returns to Tigers on one-year, $10 million deal

DETROIT — The likelihood of a Matthew Boyd reunion in Detroit grew infinitely stronger the day Scott Harris was hired as the Tigers president of baseball operations.

The Independent UK

Brazen thieves removed motorist’s catalytic converter as he watched

Driver banged on window to scare them off but thief just waved baseball bat at him while friend continued the theft

Tribune News Service

Gaylord Perry, famed spitball artist and baseball Hall of Famer, dies at 84

So long to the great spitball artist.

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