hardballtimes.com - 12/10/2008
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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 ...
sportsillustrated.cnn.com - 12/10/2008
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SI.com's Jon Heyman confirms that CC Sabathia is
set to sign a seven-year, $160 million deal with...
the Yankees.
(more)
Yanks, Sabathia close to deal
chrisilluminati.blogspot.com - 12/10/2008
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Yankees Sign Sabathia
Vegas Watch —
Yankees sign CC Sabathia for three years, $69MM with a four year, $92MM player option. Analysis: Law, Szymborski, Sheehan, Calcaterra. 7/161 would've been fine. But I hate the opt-out clause. You can break the deal down into two parts, as I did above. The first 3yr/$69MM portion is definitely a good deal for the Yankees; it's been estimated that Sabathia will be worth about $90MM from '09 to '11. It's the second half that's the problem. If you make a perfect markets assumption -- and that's a bit of a ...
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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 ...
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!
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 ...
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. ...
CC Sabathia Rumors: Monday
umpbump.com 12/11/2008 — Yep, we’re pretty much all sat around today checking on the latest CC Sabathia rumors . Here are all the rumors that mlbtraderumors.com missed (as always, the latest rumors are higher up):
10:40 pm: Ned Colletti has just been found in the MGM ...
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 ...
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Bleacher Report - MLB 12/10/2008
On day 27 he finally rested.
After 27 days of The CC Sabathia Watch and three consecutive days of face-to-face meetings, the burly southpaw finally decided he wanted to be as rich as he possibly could be.
After having a $140 million six year ...