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It's Not Collusion, Barry, It's The Baggage

11:02 PM ET 05.07

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It’s Not Collusion, Barry, It's The Baggage By JPSchmack | May 7, 2008 The MLB players’ association has opened an investigation into the free-agent market. The MLBPA has been investigating for several weeks what has taken place in free agency, in relation to Barry Bonds, Kenny Lofton and other players who have gone unsigned. It is something they have done in the past. Jeff Borris, the agent for Bonds, said, “No team has made me an offer for any amount at any time since Barry became a free agent.” Now despite the title, I’m going to simply ignore…

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Mets Refugees: Citi Field Update 4/12/08

07:55 PM ET 04.12

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Citi Field Update 4/12/08 By Dan M. | April 12, 2008 It’s been an eventful first two weeks of the season for the Mets, and it’s also been an eventful two weeks at Citi Field. You can see the latest pictures on the Refugees forum and Webshots. On Wednesday, April 9th, the “topping off” ceremony was held at Citi Field. The ceremony, signaling the completion of steel work, was marked by construction workers signing a beam and attaching a tree to it before it was lifted into place. This milestone marks the completion of structural work…

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Mets Refugees: Citi Field Update 3/29/08

03:59 PM ET 03.29

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Citi Field Update 3/29/08 By Dan M. | March 29, 2008 Here is this week’s Citi Field update. As always, you can see the latest pictures on the Refugees forum and Webshots. With only ten days until the Mets home opener, most of the visible changes over the past two weeks have been related to infrastructure work. Work continues at a rapid pace on the new subway entrance/exit as well as the nearby MTA information booth. The parking lot on the Roosevelt Avenue side of Citi Field has been fully repaved. As for the park itself, installation of the precast facade…

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