canadianpress.google.com - 1/18/2008
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22 hours ago NEW YORK - Baseball's average salary rose 4.6 per cent last year to a record $2.82 million with the Toronto Blue Jays coming in 16th at US$2.75 million. Meanwhile, the New York Yankees set a high for teams at US$7.47 million. Final figures released Thursday by the Major League Baseball Players Association showed the rate of increase in the major leagues was nearly half the 9 per ...
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Baseball Digest Daily —
... general manager. McHale also was the GM for the Tigers and Braves, and worked in the commissioner's office. "Both personally and professionally, John McHale was one of the finest gentlemen I have ever known,'' commissioner Bud Selig said in a statement. "He was a longtime mentor of mine, and I had the pleasure of serving with him on the board of directors of the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Baseball has lost one of its most respected figures.'' - The average salary in baseball was up 4.6% last season , reaching an all-time high of 2.82 M$. The revenue engendered by the ...
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... At least they finished first in something — the New York Mets topped the National League in average player salary with $4.5 millon, according to figures released by MLB. ...
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OWNERS GIVE SELIG THREE MORE YEARS —
NY Post: Sports 1/18/2008
Two days after facing questions from Congress about what happened under his watch, Bud Selig was given a three-year extension as baseball commissioner. His contract now runs through the 2012 season. Baseball's owners voted unanimously yesterday in...
JOE WASN'T SUSPICIOUS OF CLEMENS —
NY Post: Sports 1/18/2008
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