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A's To Start Haren Opening Day

What's been fairly obvious for a while now was confirmed Sunday when A's manager Bob Geren announced that righty Dan Haren will start against the host Mariners on Opening Day. "I'm very excited," Haren said. "But I'm not gonna make too much out of it because we've got some good pitchers. Obviously Rich [Harden] is deserving, too."

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Mariners Closer Putz Has Elbow Strain

Mariners closer J.J. Putz has a mild right elbow strain, and the team should have him back soon.

Putz got a scare after feeling some stiffness in the elbow following a bullpen session earlier in the week, but the 30-year-old right-hander was set to throw again on Tuesday. "We were never really too worried about it. It was more of a precautionary thing, anyway," Putz said on Saturday. "I felt fine throwing my bullpen Thursday; it was just a little achy afterward. The pain went away as the day went on."

Tests showed that the injury was a strain and nothing more serious.

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Piniella: 'There's A Lot Of Work To Be Done'

It took only four spring training games -- all losses -- for Lou Piniella to call a team meeting and address his Cubs.

"We got into it a bit," Piniella said.

Then, oft-injured pitcher Mark Prior got hit hard in his spring training debut. But Kerry Wood and Ted Lilly pitched well Monday in a 6-5 win over the Mariners.

"We've got some work to do. This is not some push-button operation," Piniella said, chuckling. "I'm starting to figure that out.

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