hardballtimes.com - 12/9/2008
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The Merc's Andrew Baggarly is reporting -- well, he's not really reporting as much as passing along the rumor -- that CC Sabathia has turned down the Yankees' offer and that the Giants are slowly entering the picture:
It’s been confirmed to me that the Giants had discussions with CC ...
CC Says Y-E-S to NY
hardballtimes.com 12/10/2008 — Jeez, you take two hours to write up a legal brief, and the whole world goes and gets itself in a hurry :
CC Sabathia is not going to play on the West Coast. He is not going to play in the National League. CC Sabathia is going to be a Yankee, The Post has learned exclusively.
After three ...
C.C. Ya!
bronxstop.blogspot.com 12/9/2008 — Interesting perspectives on the CC Sabathia situation.
CC to Yankees for seven years, $160 million - CBSSports.com
sportsline.com 12/10/2008 — LAS VEGAS -- CC Sabathia has decided to sign with the Yankees , CBSSports.com has confirmed. Sabathia, the top free agent on this winter's market, will get a seven-year deal for approximately $160 million, a source familiar with the deal said this ...
The Big Man Hits the Big Town
futilityinfielder.com 12/11/2008 — Less than 24 hours after filing the K-Rod signing story for SI.com, I awoke to an email from their editor asking me to prep a similar article on CC Sabathia given the reports that he was poised to sign with the Yankees -- which was news to me at that ...
Two titles on the line this weekend
yankees.lhblogs.com 12/7/2008 — CC Sabathia will be at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas tonight for the welterweight fight between Oscar De La Hoya and Manny Pacquiao. It should be a good fight. But for baseball fans, it’s the sub-plot that will be more interesting. ...
Running the Opt Out
futilityinfielder.com 12/12/2008 — The Hardball Times' Dave Studeman took issue with my take on CC Sabathia's opt-out clause: Jay Jaffe responds to Keith Law's opinion about opt-out clauses, saying that he doesn't think they're a bad idea. Let's be clear about this: opt-out clauses ...
C.C. You in NY, LeBron
jorgesaysno.blogspot.com 12/10/2008 — CC Sabathia in pinstripes equals Lebron James to the Knicks! 2010!
Sox Meet With CC
slidingintohome.blogspot.com 12/9/2008 — From Gerry Fraley : It did not take long for Boston to respond to the New York Yankees' wooing of free-agent left-hander CC Sabathia. On the same day that the Yankees had their second meeting with Sabathia and his representatives, the Red Sox got together with him. Boston general manager Theo ...
The Sabathia Opt-Out
jorgesaysno.blogspot.com 12/11/2008 — We look into why Sabathia's out clause after year 3 is great, for Sabathia.
Sabathia Needs A Signing Bonus!
totalprosports.com 12/20/2008 — Total Pro Sports - CC Sabathia's seven year contact worth $161 million with the New York Yankees , was not enough for the pitcher. The New York Yankees have reportedly given CC Sabathia a $9.5 million signing bonus. $6 million of that bonus will given to him now and the other $3.5 million at ...
Pursuit of CC brings Cashman to SF —
Major League Baseball News 12/10/2008
Newsday reported Tuesday on its Web site that Brian Cashman left the Bellagio hotel to meet with free-agent left-hander CC Sabathia in the San Francisco area, dropping ongoing business at the Winter Meetings to further pursue the Yankees' top target.
Yanks in business, on the Strip and off —
Major League Baseball News 12/10/2008
Prepared to move forward on other fronts, the Yankees highlighted Day 2 of the Winter Meetings by meeting with the representative for their second target, A.J. Burnett, and concluded business with general manager Brian Cashman departing the Bellagio ...
