The inaugural event for 15- and 16-year-olds could curb age and name falsifications while protecting players from unscrupulous agents.

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The Mets won't know for certain until March whether or not Johan Santana, attempting a comeback from left shoulder surgery, will be ready to go by the start of the regular season.

If he is, Santana will be the clear favorite to pitch Opening Day based on his past successes, including two Cy Young awards and four All-Star seasons.

If not, the assignment probably will fall to R.A. Dickey, the club's most consistent starting pitcher last season.

"I certainly hope that's not the case," Dickey said. "My first reaction would obviously be that I would be honored to do it. But it would be by default, because Johan is our ace."

Though Dickey was only 8-13 in 32 starts last season, he posted a 3.28 ERA in building upon his breakout 2010 campaign.

After battling a...

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According to a Yahoo! Sports report, former New York Mets shortstop Jose Reyes had his dreadlocks trimmed during a nationally televised haircut Feb. 3 on the MLB Network. He left the Mets in December for a $106 million, six-year contract with the Miami Marlins.

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During a winter season where Red Sox fans have sat held by the seat of their pants, waiting for management to make a splash that never came, it is easily understandable why those same fans are turning their attention toward the fortunes of the Patriots when they take the field...

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Free agent pitcher Edwin Jackson joined his eighth organization on Thursday when he agreed to a one-year deal with the Washington Nationals. Terms of Jackson's deal weren't disclosed. Jackson, 28, is 60-60 with a 4.46 ERA in 10 seasons with Tampa Bay, the Dodgers, the White...

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The New York Mets announced Feb. 1 that they will be bringing back Banner Day for the first time in 16 years. The idea behind Banner Day- which was a Mets tradition from 1963 to 1996- is to give fans the opportunity to show their love for the team by creating homemade banners that...

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A decade's worth of negativity has been spewed on behalf of the New York Mets' upcoming season, their short-term prospects beyond this season, and the long-term health of the franchise with a Bernie Madoff financial burden likely to have a lasting impact.

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A decade's worth of negativity has been spewed on behalf of the New York Mets' upcoming season, their short-term prospects beyond this season, and the long-term health of the franchise with a Bernie Madoff financial burden likely to have a lasting impact.

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San Francisco can reclaim the NL West after a torturous season in which everything went wrong.

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Leo Nuñez of the Miami Marlins is actually Juan Carlos Oviedo, and a year older than we thought. Fausto Carmona of the Cleveland Indians is really Roberto Hernandez Heredia — and three years older. Who will be the next Major … Continue reading ?

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