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Not even a pandemic could stop the Scott Boras mangled-metaphor train from running on timeIt’s become perhaps the most anticipated tradition of MLB’s Winter Meetings, if only because it’s been echoed so many times by a baseball press desperate for anyone to tell them anything. Long gone are the days of writers and GMs getting loaded in the hotel bar after every game, with the executive l...

MLB knows what it wants to do with the DH, it just doesn’t want to pay for itNow that the baseball Winter Meetings have begun, such as they are in this altered pandemic-form, some real moves are being made. Lance Lynn and Adam Eaton have joined the White Sox either via trade or signing, Carlos Santana has got on the Royals express to 72 wins, and rumors are flying after the ...

An Eyewitness Account Of The Baseball Agent SlapfightWe've been trying to piece together the fight in the parking lot at baseball's winter meetings in Orlando. Threats of arson? Yes. Gary Sheffield and Dave Stewart? No. Grown men twirling and clapping and slapping? My goodness yes!...

No, That Wasn't Gary Sheffield And Dave Stewart Fighting Over A Client

The best story to come out of baseball's winter meetings in Orlando was a fight in the parking lot on Wednesday, reportedly between two agents. It was reported by Yahoo's Jeff Passan, but without the detail we all wanted: Who were the agents?...

Two Agents Had A Fistfight At Baseball's Winter Meetings

A lot of news came out of the Winter Meetings in Orlando, but no transaction was more important than a confrontation in the hotel parking lot, where two agents reportedly threw down after one accused the other of trying to steal his client....

Jim "Jimbo" Leyland Was The Most Popular Boy At His High School 50 Years Ago

Jim Leyland held court for the media today at baseball's winter meetings, and by all indications, he put on quite a show. Craig Calcaterra over at Hardball Talk has all of the highlights—Leyland on the World Baseball Classic: "I support it because the Commissioner gets mad when I say I don't support...

Robin Yount Shot Dale Sveum In The Ear While Quail Hunting

Baseball's winter meetings haven't been a huge source of excitement so far this year. The Nationals made a splash by signing Dan Haren, but the big names like Josh Hamilton and Zack Greinke are still waiting to be snapped up, and no blockbuster trades have happened....

ShortCenter: The Winter Meetings Get Their Own Theme Music, With Glockenspiel

What is ESPN prattling on about right now? We condense your morning SportsCenter to its essence....