Tom Verducci: Santana nearly called off Mets deal

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Tom Verducci: Santana nearly called off Mets deal
It's Mets For Me: Off-Beat, Tangentially Relevant Mets ... found this 2/7/2008 on sportsillustrated.cnn.com [flag]
Johan Santana is officially a New York Met, but it almost didn't happen, says Tom Verducci, who gives a detailed behind-the-scenes account of the last-minute negotiations. [link]

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Mets Get Cocky
Published 2/7/2008 by Itsmetsforme at It's Mets For Me: Off-Beat, Tangentially Relevant Mets Ruminations
... How baseball been berry berry good to him, and 110% are the only things he left out. According to Tom Verducci, Johan may have left all his colorful language in the negotiation room. ...

Santana Almost Walked Away
Published 2/8/2008 by Tim Dierkes at MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com
... SI.com's Tom Verducci has an interesting story about how Johan Santana nearly walked away from the Mets' $135MM offer, five minutes prior to the deadline.  Santana was dead set on getting $140MM. ...

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