insidesocal.com - 11/20/2008
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Just found out that the Dodgers have NOT made an offer and that they aren't ABOUT to make an offer. This does not mean, however, that they WON'T make an offer at some point. The Dodgers ARE interested in CC...
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nj.com - 11/19/2008
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nj.com —
Getty ImagesCC Sabathia is the most sought-after free
agent this offseason. Things don't move as quickly this...
time of year as we all hope they would or think they should. The Yankees offered CC Sabathia $140 million for six years...
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Yankees-Sabathia: What's the holdup?
newsday.com - 11/20/2008
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newsday.com —
The Yankees are content to let CC Sabathia
take his time on his big decision, and Sabathia...
will do just that. As first reported by ESPN 's Peter Gammons, Sabathia doesn't intend to decide on his next team until after the Thanksgiving weekend. But for ...
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Report: CC won't decide on Yanks 'till after Thanksgiving -
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Today In Bullshit
Drunk Jays Fans —
... Tony Jackson of the L.A. Daily News shot down pretty much every bullshit Dodgers rumour that was out there today, including this statement: "Also just found out that the Dodgers AREN'T talking to the Jays about Halladay." ...
Sabathia, Johnson, Garland, Brocail, And Viciedo
Fire Ned Colletti Now —
... sizable offer to CC Sabathia. "There are rumblings today that the Dodgers either have offered or are about to offer Sabathia a six-year contract worth between $110 and $120 million. If he man truly wants to pitch in California, and in the National League, you'd have to think an offer like that could begin to be 'close enough' to the Yankees' offer that he would consider taking it instead."Soon after though, Tony Jackson specified that the Dodgers have not yet made an offer to CC. In an intriguing development, Dayan ...
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6-4-2 — an Angels/Dodgers double play blog —
The Angels purchased the contracts of 1B Mark Trumbo and RHP Anthony Ortega.
Tony Jackson reports the Dodgers have not made an offer to C.C. Sabathia.
Update: Via David Pinto, Jeff Sackmann at Brew Crew Ball relays an extensive analysis of why the Yankees' $140M offer and the Brewers' $100M offer aren't really that far apart. Cost of living, and especially, taxes will draw them closer. It's also possible that a shorter contract will, surprisingly, work in Sabathia's favor, because if he turns out to be the horse ...
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Torre focused on retaining LA's core —
Major League Baseball News 11/20/2008
Despite constant questions regarding big-name free agents like CC Sabathia and Manny Ramirez, Dodgers manager Joe Torre doesn't want anyone to forget the importance of core players like Rafael Furcal, Andruw Jones and Russell Martin.