June 2005 - Baseball Wiretap

Padres In Talks For Soriano
The Padres and Rangers have reportedly discussed a trade that would send Alfonso Soriano to San Diego in exchange for Adam Eaton and Mark Loretta.

Newsday

Epstein Could Still Return To Boston
Reports continue to steadily trickle in at the GM meetings that the Red Sox have not yet given up hope (however unlikely) that they can convince Epstein to change his mind.

Boston Herald

Manny Says No On Philly

Boston Herald

Mets Laying Foundation For Trade With Tampa Bay
Omar Minaya is laying the foundation for a potential trade with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays for closer Danys Baez and first baseman Aubrey Huff.

NY Daily News

White Sox Optimistic On Konerko

ESPN

Yankees Decline Option On Tino

ESPN

Colon Takes Home Cy Young

RealGM

Cubs Re-Sign Veteran SS Not Named Nomar

Chicago Tribune

Mets Could Look To Japan To Replace Piazza

Newsday

Manny Now Wants To Play For The Mets?
The Mets not only have interest in trading for Manny Ramirez, they also believe that the Red Sox outfielder has interest in playing for them.

Boston Herald

Bowden And Beattie To Interview For Sox GM Job

AP

Urbina Charged With Attempted Murder
Phillies pitcher Ugueth Urbina was arrested on a charge of attempted murder after he and a group of men allegedly attacked several employees at his family home using machetes.

AP

Cuban Told Pirates Not For Sale

AP

Cubs Exercise Options On Walker And Williamson

ESPN

Oakland Rookie Wins Award Again, Howard In NL

ESPN

Indians Re-Sign Key Reliever

AP

Piazza's Agent Call Jays
A.J. Burnett has visited, B.J. Ryan will do so next week and now the agent for Mike Piazza has called J.P. Ricciardi to gauge the Toronto Blue Jays' interest in his client.

The Globe And Mail

Mariners Could Deal For Pavano Or Delgado
Seattle officials may devote more time to preliminary trade talks with other clubs and Carl Pavano and Carlos Delgado, two free agent last season that the Mariners wanted could be available.

Seattle Post-Intelliger

Five Clubs Shows Interest In Millar

Boston Herald

Ng Could Become First Female GM

ESPN

Theo Doesn't Expect To Be Out Of Baseball Long

Boston Herald

Interest Shown In Soriano

DFW.com

Wright Would Like To See Furcal And Wagner Added
"It's just exciting to think about a 1-2 punch of Reyes and Furcal, in any order," said Mets 3B David Wright.

Newsday

Phillies Could Deal Thome Or Abreu

NY Post

Yanks Enter Ring For Giles
Hideki Matsui remains the Yankees' outfield priority, but GM Brian Cashman also has started looking into other outfield possibilities and recently called the representative for Brian Giles.

NY Daily News

Brewers Give GM Doug Melvin Extension

ESPN

Demolition Of Busch Begins Monday

AP

Giants Will Seek Arbitration-Eligble Pitcher

SF Chronicle

Cardinals Will Go After Burnett Or Millwood If Morris Bolts

St. Louis Dispatch

Mariners To Court Burnett

Seattle Times