clevelandtribeblog.blogspot.com - 3/5/2008
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It may have gone unnoticed on the North Coast, but it seems that Prince Fielder is unhappy about the Brewers’ renewing his contract for $670,000 after hitting 50 HR and posting a 1.013 OPS as a 23-year old in his second full MLB season. While it is certainly the Brewers’ right to renew Fielder’s contract at that salary (it actually is a step up in terms of where 3rd year players’ salaries ...
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... Mug is 154 ounces. I hope you don't have to drive anywhere. As is becoming customary, I'll lead off with Baseball Digest Daily's roundup of spring training action from yesterday. Today's best read about the Fielder contract situation comes from Gene Wojciechowski at ESPN.com, who talks about Fielder's motivation techniques and how they've paid off for him in the past. Today's second best read about Fielder, strangely enough, comes from The DiaTribe, an Indians blog. Swing and a Miss, a Phillies blog, has some ...
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