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| Arrest warrant issued for Jose Canseco |
MLB Baseball |
02/14/2003 |
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| His brother, who played briefly in the majors, pleaded guilty to felony battery and misdemeanor battery and also agreed to probation. Canseco hit 462 home runs, was a six-time All-Star and won the 1988 American League MVP. He ended his career with a .266 batting average and 1,407 RBIs with 200 stolen bases in 1,887 games with Oakland, Texas, Boston, Toronto, Tampa Bay, the New York Yankees and the Chicago White Sox. In his final season in 2001, Jose Canseco hit .258 with 16 homers and 49 RBI for the White Sox. |
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| Former Georgia Tech coach John "Whack" Hyder passes away |
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02/10/2003 |
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| tter in football, the sport in which he received his scholarship to Georgia Tech because there were no basketball scholarships in those days. After graduating from Georgia Tech in 1937, he signed a professional baseball contract and played three years in the New York Yankees farm system. After a stint in the U.S. Navy in World War II, Hyder returned to Tech in 1946. He was hired as an assistant basketball coach and served under coach Roy McArthur until he was elevated to head coach prior to the 1951-52 season. |
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| Yankees win rights to negotiate with young Dominican pitcher |
MLB Baseball |
02/08/2003 |
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| Bronx, NY (MySportsbook) - The New York Yankees' bid of $350,000 has won them the rights to negotiate with pitcher Ramon Ramirez of the Hiroshima Carp, a Central League team. The Yankees have 30 days to sign Ramirez to a contract. Under the posting system, the negotiating rights for Japanese players can be sold to the major league team making the highest bid. Seattle's Ichiro Suzuki and the Dodgers' Kazuhisa Ishii also joined the major leagues through the posting system. Ramirez, a 21-year-old right-handed h |
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| Yankees introduce Contreras |
MLB Baseball |
02/06/2003 |
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| Bronx, NY (MySportsbook) - Jose Contreras, who agreed to a four-year, $32 million contract with the New York Yankees in late December, was formally introduced at a Thursday press conference at Yankee Stadium. Contreras was the ace of the Cuban pitching staff, but defected during a tournament in Mexico in October. "I want to thank the Yankees for giving me the chance to be here," Contreras said through his agent and interpreter, Jaime Torres. "It's no secret how the Yankees are followed around the world." Con |
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| Justice served, 14-year veteran retires |
MLB Baseball |
02/06/2003 |
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| 14 major league seasons. "Fourteen seasons is long enough," said Justice on ESPN Radio. "I'm just going to concentrate on being Daddy now." The outfielder hit .266 with 11 home runs and 49 RBI last season with the Oakland Athletics. The three-time All-Star was a lifetime .279 hitter with 305 homers and 1,017 RBI with the Atlanta Braves, Cleveland Indians, New York Yankees and Athletics. Justice was named the NL Rookie of the Year in 1990, and won World Series titles with the Braves in 1995 and Yankees in 2000. |
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| Yankees sign Lieber to two-year deal |
MLB Baseball |
01/24/2003 |
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| Bronx, NY (MySportsbook) - The New York Yankees signed righthander Jon Lieber to a two-year contract with a club option for a third season. Lieber could miss the entire 2003 campaign while recovering from shoulder surgery. The deal is reportedly worth $4 million over the first two years with an $8 million club option for 2005. The Cubs announced in November that they would not exercise their option on Lieber for the 2003 campaign, making the 32-year-old a free agent. Lieber for the 2003 campaign, making the |
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| Report: Yankees sign Lieber |
MLB Baseball |
01/22/2003 |
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| Chicago, IL (MySportsbook) - The New York Yankees have reportedly agreed to terms on a two-year contract with righthander Jon Lieber, who could miss the entire 2003 season while recovering from shoulder surgery. According to ESPN Radio 1000 in Chicago, the Yankees have signed the former Cub pitcher to a two-year, $4 million deal with an $8 million club option for 2005. The report also stated that Lieber has already passed a physical, meaning the deal could become official as soon as Thursday. The Cubs announ |
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| Rockies reach agreements with Hernandez and Reed |
MLB Baseball |
01/20/2003 |
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| r Steve Reed. Both deals are for one year. Hernandez was an All-Star shortstop for Milwaukee last season, but could move to third base for the 2003 campaign. The Rockies are in need of a third baseman after Todd Zeile signed as a free agent with the New York Yankees. The 33-year-old Hernandez hit 24 homers and drove in 73 runs last season with a career-high batting average of .288. However, he also struck out 188 times, one shy of Bobby Bonds' major league record. An 11-year veteran, Hernandez has a career aver |
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| Wells' attacker jailed |
MLB Baseball |
01/15/2003 |
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| Bronx, NY (MySportsbook) - The man who punched New York Yankees starting pitcher David Wells was sentenced Wednesday to 45 days in prison. Rocco Graziosa, who knocked out two of Wells' teeth, was jailed following Wednesday's sentencing after a criminal court judge denied a defense request for bail. The judge also ordered three years' probation for Graziosa and signed an order of protection for Wells. A jury convicted Graziosa on November 22 of misdemeanor assault for hitting Wells during a dispute inside a r |
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| Indians sign Spencer |
MLB Baseball |
01/14/2003 |
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| Cleveland, OH (MySportsbook) - The Cleveland Indians announced the signing of former New York Yankees outfielder Shane Spencer to a one-year contract on Tuesday. Spencer, a post-season hero with the Yankees, will apparently receive a base salary of $885,000, but several incentives could push the total over the $1 million. New York declined to offer Spencer arbitration. Spencer spent 12 seasons in the Yankees organization, but never became a full- time player. He never had more than 300 at-bats in a season wi |
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