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Yankees Only Want To Offer Damon Three YearsThe baseball world seems to think the Yankees will find themselves in a serious conversation with free agent center fielder Johnny Damon. But the Bombers, according to sources, have told Damon's agent, Scott Boras, they flat-out aren't interested in even talking about the former Red Sox star unless the discussion revolves around a three-year contract. As of now, there's no substantive dialog since Boras wants a seven-year deal for Damon. Boras didn't return a phone message yesterday but he's believed to be waiting until next week's winter meetings in Dallas before accepting potential offers from interested clubs, though one executive said he expects the list will be short if seven years remains the price. Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Red Sox No Closer To Settling On A GMWith just six days remaining before baseball's winter meetings start in Dallas, there were signs that the Sox were heading toward a resolution. Former Orioles vice president Jim Beattie said last night that he spoke with Sox CEO Larry Lucchino on Thanksgiving and again on the weekend. ''I've been given an indication that the first part of this week I might hear something," said Beattie, the Maine native who was GM of the then-Montreal Expos and shared the Baltimore GM job with Mike Flanagan until getting dismissed by the Orioles earlier this fall. Another candidate for the job, Dave Wilder, the director of player development for the White Sox, did not get a second interview with Boston, as did Beattie and Washington Nationals GM Jim Bowden (who did not return a phone call last night). But Wilder may yet be in the running, perhaps in some kind of tandem arrangement with Beattie. On Sunday, Lucchino called White Sox GM Kenny Williams and questioned him about Wilder; one of Lucchino's closest advisers, Jeremy Kapstein, also called Wilder on Thanksgiving with holiday greetings. Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Mets Still Would Like MannyThe Mets, unsated after getting first baseman Carlos Delgado from the Marlins, still are expected to make another push for Ramirez. A year ago at these meetings, the Sox and Mets talked about a Ramirez deal, and they were at it again at the trading deadline. These meetings will be no different, although the Mets have fewer major league bodies to offer. They do, however, have outfield prospect Lastings Milledge. The Angels can expect to be engaged on this issue by the Red Sox, who also will remind the so-far-unimpressed Mariners that Ramirez really likes them. Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Beckett Wants To Wear 21Josh Beckett would love jersey No. 21, but the newest member of Boston's starting rotation knows the Red Sox might not hand over Roger Clemens' old number. "I'm going to wear whatever they give me," Beckett said when asked about his boyhood idol and fellow Texan. "It would definitely mean something to me." Beckett, in a conference call Saturday from his offseason ranch, said he's "pumped" to be playing for a passionate fan base after coming from the Florida Marlins. Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Dodgers Add Grady Little To CandidatesThe Los Angeles Dodgers have added former Boston manager Grady Little to the list of candidates for the team's vacant managing position, baseball sources told ESPN.com. The Dodgers have yet to ask for formal permission to interview Little, who is currently working as a roving catching instructor in the Chicago Cubs' system, the sources said. Dodgers general manager Ned Colletti declined to comment, and Cubs GM Jim Hendry didn't immediately return a call seeking comment. Little joins Atlanta Braves special assignment scout Jim Fregosi and former Tampa Bay bench coach John McLaren as a candidate for the Dodgers job, which became vacant when Jim Tracy left the team by mutual agreement in October. Bud Black, pitching coach for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, decided last week not to pursue the position. Little, 55, managed Boston to a 188-136 record in two seasons. He was fired and replaced by Terry Francona after the Red Sox lost to New York in seven games in the 2003 American League Championship Series. Boston Red Sox, Los Angeles Dodgers Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Red Sox Nov 2005 Archive
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