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| Davey Johnson, Jeter to lead USA in 2009 WBC |
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12/10/2008 |
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| es and Los Angeles Dodgers, managed the USA baseball team to a bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in China. He also managed Team USA in the 2005 Baseball World Cup, and served as bench coach for the U.S. during the 2006 World Baseball Classic. New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter was named as the first member of the 2009 USA roster. Jeter started for Team USA in the 2006 World Baseball Classic, batting .455 during the tournament. In 14 years with the Yankees, Jeter has posted a career .316 batting avera |
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| CC gets an offer he couldn't refuse |
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12/10/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The New York Yankees came into this offseason with one goal in mind: land CC Sabathia, apparently at any price. It may have cost them more than they or anyone else thought it would, but in the end, it was mission accomplished. Early Wednesday morning, Sabathia agreed to a seven-year, $161 million deal with New York during his third meeting in as many days with Yankees general manager Brian Cashman, who flew to the pitcher's home in San Francisco on Tuesday primarily to sell Sabathia's wife o |
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| Report: Yanks nab Sabathia |
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12/10/2008 |
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| Las Vegas, NV (MySportsbook) - The big prize on the free agent market is heading to the Big Apple, as CC Sabathia has reportedly decided to sign with the New York Yankees. Several sources are reporting that the big lefty will, pending a physical and other minor details, sign the largest contract ever handed out to a pitcher and the fourth largest in baseball history at seven years for around $160 million. If the numbers are correct, it is slightly under the average annual value of Johan Santana's deal with t |
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| Embree on verge of signing with Rox |
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12/10/2008 |
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| mbree, who will be 39 when the season starts, appeared in 70 games for the Oakland Athletics last season, posting a 2-5 mark to go along with a 4.96 earned run average. He had saved 17 games for the A's in 2007. A veteran of 15 major league seasons, Embree is 37-43 lifetime with 25 saves and a 4.55 ERA in 846 games, four of which have been starts, for the Cleveland Indians, Atlanta Braves, Arizona Diamondbacks, San Francisco Giants, San Diego Padres, Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, New York Yankees and A's. |
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| Tony Kubek named Frick Award winner |
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12/09/2008 |
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| Cooperstown, NY (MySportsbook) - Former New York Yankees shortstop and NBC "Game of the Week" analyst Tony Kubek has been selected as the 2009 recipient of the Ford C. Frick Award, presented annually for major contributions to baseball broadcasting. "For an entire generation of baseball fans, Tony Kubek was the face and the voice of the game," said Hall of Fame President Jeff Idelson. "In the days before all-sports TV networks, Tony brought baseball into your living room every Saturday afternoon for almost t |
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| Sabathia wants to play for Dodgers |
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12/08/2008 |
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| d Colletti, he bumped into Sabathia on Sunday at the Bellagio Hotel, where baseball's Winter Meetings are being held, and he told him that he wants to be a Dodger. Sabathia is in the process of mulling over a six-year, $140 million proposal from the New York Yankees, as well as a five-year, $100 million offer from the Milwaukee Brewers. It is no secret, though, that Sabathia's first preference is to pitch on the west coast. The Dodgers were reportedly close to dealing for Sabathia this past season before he was |
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| Former AL MVP Joe Gordon elected to Hall of Fame |
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12/08/2008 |
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| Cooperstown, NY (MySportsbook) - Former AL MVP Joe Gordon was elected to the baseball Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee. Gordon, a second baseman with the New York Yankees and Cleveland Indians, was the only player among 20 considered -- 10 pre-1943 and 10 post-1942 -- by the veterans for election. Needing nine votes from the 12-member committee who voted on the pre-1943 ballot, Gordon received 10. That ballot featured players who began their big league careers before 1943. "We are thrilled and proud to |
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| A-Rod switches to Dominican team for World Baseball Classic |
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12/06/2008 |
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| nican Republic in the upcoming World Baseball Classic. Rodriguez, who was born to Dominican parents and resided there for a three- year period in his youth, chose at the last minute to play for the United States in the inaugural WBC in 2006. But the New York Yankees slugger and three-time MVP, who claims dual citizenship between the countries, has had a change of heart this time around and will be in an Dominican uniform when first-round action begins March 5. Neither the United States nor Dominican Republic ma |
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| Finally we have some action |
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12/05/2008 |
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| ors as we head into the Winter Meetings, which get underway on Monday in Las Vegas. - A.J. Burnett could sign with the Atlanta Braves this weekend. Depending on who you believe, the Braves have guaranteed him four years with a fifth year option. The New York Yankees are expected to meet with Burnett this weekend as well, but they are not inclined to go five years on the injury-prone right- hander. - Speaking of the Yankees, they are going to meet with lefty CC Sabathia over the weekend with the hopes of locking |
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| Brewers offer arbitration to Sabathia, Sheets |
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12/02/2008 |
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| ation is mostly procedural, as both will likely command multi-year deals on the open market. If the players sign elsewhere, the Brewers will receive compensatory draft picks. Sabathia has already been offered a six-year, $140 million contract by the New York Yankees. The 28-year-old left-hander won the 2007 American League Cy Young Award with Cleveland after going 19-7 with a 3.21 earned run average and 209 strikeouts in 241 innings. After struggling to a 1-5 mark in his first seven starts for the Indians this |
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