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Brew Crew Ball found this 5/15/2008 on blogs.jsonline.com [flag]
The Milwaukee Brewers will announce this morning that leftfielder Ryan Braun has agreed to a seven-year contract extension that will be a record in terms of both length and money for the team and the industry. The Brewers have called a 10 a.m. press conference at Miller Park to make "a major baseball announcement." Braun's agent, Nez Balelo, was contacted en route to Milwaukee ... [link]

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Thursday's Frosty Mug
Published 5/15/2008 by KLSnow at Brew Crew Ball
... Now, this morning's big news: According to the JS blog, the Brewers are about to announce they've signed Ryan Braun to the longest and largest contract in team history. It's mostly speculation at this point, but a news conference is scheduled for 10 am to make it official. ...

Ryan Braun Signs Extension With Brewers
Published 5/15/2008 by Cork Gaines at MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com
... Continuing the trend of signing young stars to long-term deals long before arbitration-eligibility, Tom Haudricourt is reporting that the Brewers have inked Ryan Braun to a 7-year deal. ...

Ryan Braun to Sign 20-Year, 600 Million Dollar Contract
Published 5/15/2008 by Rob Iracane at Walkoff Walk
... Milwaukee Journal Sentinel beat writer Tom Haudricourt is a gentleman and a scholar, and today he gives us the scoop of scoops in his blog: the Brewers are about to give young slugger Ryan Braun a payday, the good kind. ...

Braun to sign 7 year deal with Brewers
Published 5/15/2008 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
Braun to sign 7 year deal with Brewers By giving Braun a seven-year extension beyond this year, the Brewers would buy out Braun’s first year of free agency. Team owner Mark Attanasio said earlier this year it would make no sense to do long-term deals with any of the club’s younger stars without buying out at least a year of free agency. Wonder what Prince’s reaction to this will be?

Rounding The Bases: Jalapen-owned
Published 5/15/2008 by Andy Smith at Bugs & Cranks
If you’re a Cubs fan, it’s never a good idea to enter a food eating contest in St. Louis. [Home Run Derby] Jose Canseco is going to appear on ABC’s Nightline tonight. Was Ted Koppel’s 25 year career fueled by steroids? [Boston Sports Buzz] Ryan Braun got PAID. [Brewers Blog] An all Florida all-star team is both awesome and cheap. [Big League Stew] Does Brandon Webb have any chance to win 30 game? [Vegas Watch] Got a story we should see? Send us an email at tips@bugsandcranks.com ...

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Ryan Braun to sign long-term extension

J-Mo posted 5/15/2008 from mvn.com

The Milwaukee Brewers have called a press conference for 10 A.M. this morning local time to make “a major baseball announcement.” It is expected that Ryan Braun will sign a seven-year contract extension although money has not been disclosed at this time. Braun is the reigning NL Rookie of the Year and has continued to play well this season after moving to left field from third base.
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Ryan Braun Signs Extension With Brewers

Right Field Bleachers found this 5/15/2008 on www.mlbtraderumors.com

Continuing the trend of signing young stars to long-term deals long before arbitration-eligibility, Tom Haudricourt is reporting that the Brewers have inked Ryan Braun to a 7-year deal. The amount of money is not known yet, but it is expected that ...
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Braun deal is worth $45 million

Chuckie Hacks found this 5/15/2008 on blogs.jsonline.com

As I speculated in early blogs, the Brewers' deal with Ryan Braun is worth $45 million. The Brewers are calling it an eight-year deal, including 2008. It's actually a seven-year extension because he was signed for this year for $455,000. We'll see ...
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Brewers Set to Ink Braun to Long-Term Deal at 11:00 AM ET

Dave Rouleau posted 5/15/2008 from blog.baseballdigestdaily.com

The Brewers called a 10 a.m. CT (11 ET) news conference on Thursday to announce a contract extension for left fielder Ryan Braun. The deal is said to be at least seven years beyond this season and exceeds the six-year, $31 million contract signed by Rockies shortstop Troy Tulowitzki.
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Ryan Braun Is Rich

Foul Balls found this 5/15/2008 on sports.aol.com

Oh to be a young and talented baseball player these days.... It was announced earlier today that the Milwaukee Brewers have signed left fielder Ryan Braun to an 8-year $45 million contract extension that's going to keep Ryan in a Brewers uniform ...
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