Letting Gregg go gives Blue Jays flexibility, says GM
Blue Jays general manager Alex Anthopoulos said Friday that the decision to part ways with closer Kevin Gregg was made so that the team could maintain flexibility at this early stage of the off-season.
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Sparky Anderson, who managed Cincinnati’s powerful Big Red Machine to baseball dominance in the 1970s and became the first manager to win World Series championships in both the National and American Leagues, died on Thursday at his home in Thousand Oaks, Calif. He was 76.
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Top 10 Most Overpaid MLB Players In 2010: That’s Why Hot Dogs Cost
The New York Mets will be paying Bobby Bonilla until 2035. With no salary cap and a new crop of talented free agents every season, it’s no surprise that the MLB is littered with bad contracts. Teams are struggling with payroll flexibility both short and long-term in a tight economy, and these ten guys are big reasons as to why so many argue that there needs to be a cap in place. Begin Slideshow
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