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Girardi: Yanks expect Mussina to retire (AP)
Desperate for starting pitchers, the New York Yankees expect to enter next season without 20-game winner Mike Mussina. FoxSports.com reported Wednesday that Mussina intends to retire and will make the move official this week. In the report, the Web site cited unidentified major league sources. Mussina, who turns 40 next month, would become the first pitcher to call it quits following a 20-win season…

Red Sox 2B Pedroia wins AL MVP (AP)

The next time someone doubts him, Dustin Pedroia will have a pretty good answer. He can just hold up his AL MVP award. Told forever that he was too little to play with the big leaguers, Pedroia added to his ever-expanding trophy case Tuesday. The Boston second baseman with the meaty swing easily beat out Minnesota slugger Justin Morneau, Red Sox teammate Kevin Youkilis and record-setting closer…

Pujols joins MLS expansion effort
Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols is adding his star power to a group working to bring an MLS expansion team to the area.

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Griffey becomes American Public Diplomacy Envoy
Ken Griffey Jr. has joined a new team. The star outfielder became the newest American Public Diplomacy Envoy, introduced Tuesday …

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A’s owner: Make 1st round 1-game playoff (AP)
Lew Wolff has a way to shorten baseball’s postseason: Make the first round best-of-one. “I’d make it one-game-and-you’re-out for the first series,” the Oakland Athletics owner said Wednesday. “It would be exciting. It would be great.” Begun in 1995, the division series has been a best-of-five competition.

Griffey newest US Public Diplomacy Envoy (AP)
Ken Griffey Jr. has joined a new team. The star outfielder became the newest American Public Diplomacy Envoy, introduced Tuesday by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Griffey is set to make his first baseball-related trip for the State Department to Panama in January. In his role, he’ll represent the “values of the United States, not the government of the United States,” Rice said.

Cardinals‘ Pujols wins second NL MVP award
Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols has won his second National League Most Valuable Player award.