Baseball Returns Amid Trade Talks and Steroid Scrutiny
Spring training opens with high hopes as Yankees trade for Alex Rodriguez and teams like the Tigers and Devil Rays project improvement. The sport faces a steroid indictment shadow, with prominent players changing teams and managers like Francona Guillen Mazzilli reassigning duties.
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Spring Training Primer: AL Teams Arrivals and Departures
A league-wide preview details each American League club's new acquisitions and players who departed, with reporting dates for pitchers and catchers and for full squads. It highlights lineup changes, notable trades, and offseason moves shaping early spring workouts.
White Sox aim for rebound under Guillen after rough 2002
Chicago White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen begins his first season in Tucson Arizona with training at Tucson Electric Park. The club shows 86 76 record in 2003, second in division, as they seek to retool with arrivals like Shingo Takatsu Marvin Benard and Bartolo Calon while shedding players such as Carl Everett and Roberto Alamar.
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