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D'Backs Make Offer To Japanese RHP Kuroda; Tracy Has Setback

The Diamondbacks offered a contract to Japanese pitcher Hiroki Kuroda, joining a handful of teams to express interest in the right-hander.

"I can confirm we made an offer to Kuroda, but I'd rather not talk about it specifically," Arizona GM Josh Byrnes said Tuesday.

Via AP

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D-Backs' Melvin Named NL Manager Of The Year

Bob Melvin, who guided the Diamondbacks to the West Division title, was named National League Manager of the Year on Wednesday.

Melvin received 19 of the 30 first-place votes and 119 points from the Baseball Writers Association of America. He easily outdistanced Philadelphia's Charlie Manuel, who received seven first-place votes and 76 points.

Via Yahoo.com

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Report: Jose Guillen, Matt Williams Bought HGH

Veteran major-league outfielder Jose Guillen, who played part of the 2003 season for the division-champion A's, bought thousands of dollars of steroids and human growth hormone from a troubled Florida anti-aging clinic and had some of the drugs shipped to the Oakland Coliseum, business records show.

Two other major-league players who have since retired also bought performance-enhancing drugs from the Palm Beach Rejuvenation Center, which was targeted this year in a law-enforcement investigation of suspected illegal drug sales.

Matt Williams, the Giants' star third baseman for 10 years, bought $11,600 worth of growth hormone, steroids and other drugs in 2002 when he was playing for the Arizona Diamondbacks, according to the records. In a phone interview Monday, Williams said a doctor advised him to try growth hormone to heal a serious ankle injury he suffered during spring training in 2002.

Via San Francisco Chronicle

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