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The Legend won't be coming to the South Side
[ SF Chronicle ]: The Giants have acquired a new center fielder, and he will be in San Francisco for a long time. The team will announce this afternoon it has signed Aaron Rowand to a five-year contract. Terms were not immediately available. Rowand, 30, has spent seven seasons in the majors, five with the White Sox and the last two with the Phillies, and owns a career batting average of .286 ...
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After failing to land the ‘big fish,’ Kenny Williams has to keep things in context… wait, uhm, that doesn’t help
umpbump.com — As the 500 or so kids gawked in amazement at the two major leaguers distributing hot dogs and snacks Wednesday morning at U.S. Cellular Field, Kenny Williams must’ve been sitting in his office hoping that somehow he’d be the one getting all the goodies. Nary a day had gone by after Japanese outfielder Kosuke Fukudome declared his intentions to play for a Major League Baseball club when he learned his money wasn’t any good. Now, despite bidding more for Kosuke Fukudome than other any team in the running, the Japanese free agent outfielder chose the four-year deal of the cross-town rival ...

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