sports.espn.go.com - 5/15/2008
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The Milwaukee Brewers signed Rookie of the Year Ryan Braun to an eight-year, $45 million contract.
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Ryan Braun latest to be young and rich
Randball —
... In another example of what has gone from cute trend to basically the norm, the Brewers locked up Ryan Braun with an 8-year, $45 million deal that takes effect immediately. Braun has been a hitting machine since coming up last May, winning NL Rookie of the Year honors with 34 home runs while batting .323. Just for fun, we wanted to poke around at the economics of the move. So we compared this to what the Cardinals did with Albert Pujols, who also had a sensational rookie year. The Redbirds got three years of Pujols on the cheap before they paid up in 2004 ...
AJ’s Power Rankings: May 20
SportsHubLA —
... over the weekend. 19. Texas Rangers (22-24) (+10): 50 RBIs and counting for Josh Hamilton. 20. Cincinnati Reds (21-24) (+7): They had a nice six-game winning streak, don’t have enough to stay competitive in the NL Central. 21. New York Yankees (20-24) (-16): They’ve fallen on some hard times over in the Bronx. 22. Kansas City Royals (21-23) (+1): Don’t be shocked if this team finishes around .500. 23. Milwaukee Brewers (20-24) (-13): Ryan Braun is worth every penny of the extension he received . 24. Pittsburgh Pirates (21-23) (+6): That this team is hovering around ...
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blog.baseballdigestdaily.com 5/15/2008 — 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.
8 more years! 8 more years!
wisconsinsportsblogs.blogspot.com 5/15/2008 — Ladies in Milwaukee...stock up on extra panties now!
The man, the myth, the legend that is Ryan Braun has officially been locked up by the Beermakers for a cool $45 million for 8 years, including the current season. I'm assuming they are going to ...
Ryan Braun Is Rich
sports.aol.com 5/15/2008 — 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 ...
Ryan Braun to Sign 20-Year, 600 Million Dollar Contract
walkoffwalk.com 5/15/2008 — 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.
If you don't remember, ...
