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BASEBALL: Cabrera finalizes deal Miguel Cabrera and the Tigers finalized their $152.3 million, eight-year contract yesterday, the fourth-largest package among current major leaguers. Cabrera's average salary of $19,037,500 trails those of Yankees... [link]

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THE CONTRACT is official

It’s kind of anti-climactic at this point, but the Miguel Cabrera deal has officially been announced. The deal is for 7 years and $141 million beyond the 1 year deal he signed for 2008. As speculated correctly here (I’m so rarely right ...
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The best news I heard all day...

...Wasn't the signing of Miguel Cabrera becoming official. Definitely good news, but not the best. Nor was it the arraignment of Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick this afternoon on multiple charges of perjury, conspiracy, obstruction of justice and ...
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Petroskey Resigns from HOF Amid Fiduciary Issues

Dale A. Petroskey , president of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, has resigned, effective immediately, the Executive Committee of the Hall of Fame’s Board of Directors announced today. The Executive Committee issued this statement: “By mutual agreement, the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum has accepted ...
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Your tax dollars at work

The Republican members of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform have issued a 109-page report on baseball and PEDs. . “Weighing the Committee Record: A Balanced Review of the Evidence Regarding Performance Enhancing Drugs in ...
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Yankees pitcher killed in crash of small plane in Manhattan

NEW YORK (CNN) -- Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle and his flight instructor were killed Wednesday when the 34-year-old ballplayer's plane crashed into a high-rise apartment building in New York, city and baseball team officials said. No residents at the ...
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