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Right Field Bleachers found this 7/23/2008 on shysterball.blogspot.com [flag]
Two weeks ago I noted how MLB may very well be trying to overstate the impact of Dominican free agent bonus skimming in order to make the case for an international draft. The ever watchful Pete Toms points out that Selig is indeed beating that drum : In the midst of a scandal involving scouts from multiple teams and other club officials "skimming" bonuses from Latin-American players, Selig ... [link]

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Published 7/23/2008 by Tyler (noreply@blogger.com) at Right Field Bleachers
... - Shysterball reports Athletics guilty of “skimming”: If I wasn’t so tore up right now I’d expand on it. Look for an edit in a few hours when words make more sense… damn this exciting win! ...

Baseball Today: Wednesday, July 23
Published 7/23/2008 by Art Martone (amartone@projo.com) at Projo Sox Blog
... RED HERRING: ShysterBall's Craig Calcaterra thinks the Dominican bonus "scandal" is being deliberately overstated by MLB to help pave the way for an international draft. ...

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