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AP Source: Yankees Make New, Better Offer to Jeter

AP Source: Yankees Make New, Better Offer to Jeter
Person familiar with negotiations: Yankees make new and increased offer to Jeter
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Berkman joins Cardinals with one-year, M deal
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The St. Louis Cardinals and free agent Lance Berkman have agreed to an million, one-year contract.
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Report: Boston Red Sox Made Offer to New York Yankees Closer Mariano Rivera
Among the myriad reports on the internet announcing that the NY Yankees have agreed to a deal with free agent closer Mariano Rivera (two years, million) comes this little ditty: Sports Illustrated reporter Jon Heyman says the Red Sox offered Rivera more money and more years than the Yankees! Wow! It makes you wonder what would have happened with Jonathan Papelbon if the Sox had been able to …
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by on December 5, 2010 Leave a Comment

Hold On, Yankees: Hardball Negiotiations For the Immortal Derek Jeter

Hold On, Yankees: Hardball Negiotiations For the Immortal Derek Jeter
For 15 years, Derek Jeter  has worn the immortal pinstripes. In that time, he has made a name for himself, becoming the first Yankees captain since the retirement of Don Mattingly, bringing the world renowned New York Yankees five more titles and ultimately becoming the Yankees all-time hit leader and becoming 74 hits away from baseball immortality with 3,000 hits. Jeter is forever the iconic …
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Red Sox get Gonzalez by flexing big-market muscle
Pillaging the Padres of their best player, Adrian Gonzalez, is business as usual for big-bucks Boston.
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by on December 4, 2010 Leave a Comment

Jeter saga slows Yankees

Jeter saga slows Yankees
For Yankees general manager Brian Cashman, late November was not supposed to be devoted to an increasingly public standoff with the team’s star shortstop, Derek Jeter.
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Derek Jeter: The Latest on Contract Talks With the New York Yankees
Derek Jeter and the New York Yankees have seemingly been at a standstill over a new contract in the early stages of free agency. There have been words exchanged through the media and fans of the team have been divided on what the team should do, with most fans thinking New York should do what ever it takes to keep the star shortstop in pinstripes. With that in mind, the Yankees want to start …
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by on December 4, 2010 Leave a Comment

Six things: Derek Jeter

Six things: Derek Jeter
Derek Jeter has been the Yankees’ main man for more than a decade but he is now a free agent. Here are some little-known Jeter facts.
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Ex-Yankee Leyritz sentenced to 1-year probation, fined 0 for DUI conviction
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Former New York Yankees World Series hero Jim Leyritz was sentenced Thursday to one year’s probation and fined US0 for a drunk driving conviction, a far lesser penalty than he had faced before a jury decided he wasn’t responsible for a woman’s death in a 2007 traffic crash.
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Source: New York Yankees want Derek Jeter to take ‘reality potion’
The Yankees and Derek Jeter are at a standstill in contract talks, a source said.
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Cubs great Santo dies at 70
Ron Santo’s love for the Chicago Cubs stretched from his days as a standout third baseman who one season even jumped and clicked his heels to celebrate victories to the two decades he spent unabashedly pulling for his team as a broadcaster.
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by on December 1, 2010 Leave a Comment

Derek Jeter Fiasco: 10 Reasons Why New York Yankees Can Let Their Captain Walk

Derek Jeter Fiasco: 10 Reasons Why New York Yankees Can Let Their Captain Walk
Over the course of the 2010 MLB season, when the conversation turned to the upcoming free agent market, little attention was paid to Derek Jeter. The fates of Carl Crawford and Cliff Lee have inspired countless articles and debates, but few writers spilled ink on his pending free agency because it seemed unfathomable that the Yankees captain would ever play anywhere but New York. Now, with the …
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Tulowitzki, Rockies agree to 10-yr, 7.75M deal
As the Yankees resumed contract talks with Derek Jeter, another All-Star shortstop finalized a huge deal.
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Tulowitzki signs 10-year contract
NEW YORK — While the Yankees wait to hear from Derek Jeter, another All-Star shortstop finalized a huge contract. Troy Tulowitzki tore up his current agreement with the Colorado Rockies and agreed Tuesday to a 10-year deal worth 7.75 million — the eighth-highest contract in baseball history.
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by on November 30, 2010 Leave a Comment

Derek Jeter Needs To Grow Up If He Wants to Remain a New York Yankee

Derek Jeter Needs To Grow Up If He Wants to Remain a New York Yankee
Today’s baseball players simply have no idea the leverage and position they hold in negotiations thanks to sacrifices of some of the game’s greatest players such as Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays. Before Curt Flood and the reserve clause, players either played or sat out. Ownership held all the cards and ownership wasn’t afraid to clench its teeth when it came …
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Giants dethrone Phillies, head to World Series…Ross NLCS MVP
The Rangers are going to the Fall Classic for the first time in their 50-year franchise history. The Giants are World Series-bound for the first time in eight years.
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by on November 22, 2010 Leave a Comment

New Jeter deal taking longer than expected

New Jeter deal taking longer than expected
Yankees taking a curious stance in negotiations, and now risk a relationship with classy veteran.
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Party of five: Johnson wins Cup title
HOMESTEAD — Smooth and steady, five years running, Jimmie Johnson kept his NASCAR reign rolling. He stretched his record run of championships to five straight by making the fewest mistakes in Sunday’s season finale. Johnson trailed Denny Hamlin by 15 points entering Homestead-Miami Speedway, but captured another title by running the cleanest race of the three championship contenders. He …
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Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner says there’s ‘mutual respect’ between team and Derek Jeter
Dismisses reports that contract negotiations are becoming touchy
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Jimmie Johnson wins 5th NASCAR title in a row
HOMESTEAD, Fla. (AP) — Denny Hamlin and Kevin Harvick sat side-by-side in silence, watching yet another Jimmie Johnson celebration play out on television. One had dominated the regular season, the other took charge of the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship. But in the end, with the title on the line, neither could wrest the Sprint Cup from Johnson’s ironclad grasp. Johnson withstood the most …
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by on November 21, 2010 Leave a Comment

Jeter, Pujols Get 1st ‘Radbourn Awards’

Jeter, Pujols Get 1st ‘Radbourn Awards’
Washington, D.C. (November 14, 2010) — New York Yankees Captain Derek Jeter and St. Louis Cardinals great Albert Pujols top the list of the winners of the 1st Annual ‘Radbourn Award’ for combined grit and greatness.
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From Bees to Leones …
GLENDALE Dreams of becoming professional baseball players turned into reality for a handful of former area standouts who once excelled at the high school and junior college levels. From coast to coast, more than 10 of them played on minor league baseball teams.
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