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Pinstripe Alley: Front Page Posts found this 2/16/2008 on yankees.lhblogs.com [flag]
Just spoke to Brian Cashman about the arbitration victory against Chien-Ming Wang. “His is more of a simple case,” Cashman said. “He’s a tremendous pitcher and his isn’t one where you run down a player. He’s a special talent. It’s where he slots in a market of special players as a first-time eligible.” The $4 million is the highest salary for a pitcher in his first ... [link]

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Weekend Odds and Ends
Published 2/16/2008 by jscape2000 <info@pinstripealley.com> at Pinstripe Alley: Front Page Posts
I'm feeling a little under the weather today, so this is just a quicky. Wang lost his arbitration hearing yesterday. Randy Levine: ...

Yanks Beat Wang
Published 2/16/2008 by Sooze at Babes Love Baseball
... check, rather than the $4.6 he requested. Dontrelle Willis, who may have been a model for this case, is the only other first-time eligible pitcher to get more, receiving $4.35 million from the Florida Marlins in 2006. However, Bronx GM Brian Cashman called anything more for the right-hander "out-of-market." Last season -- while making $489,500 -- Wang went 19-7 with a 3.70 ERA for his second straight season with 19 wins. [New York Post] | [LodHud Yankees Blog] | [On the Block] | [Biz of Baseball]

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Randy Levine issues statement regarding Chien-Ming Wang arbitration ruling

Greg C. posted 2/16/2008 from slidingintohome.blogspot.com

Official press release from Yankees.com : "We are gratified and happy to have prevailed in this arbitration hearing. It is important to recognize and thank our entire team for their hard work throughout this process, including Brian Cashman, Jean Afterman and Mike Fishman from the Yankees, Rich Rabin, Ken Shaitelman and Kelly Brown from Akin Gump Strauss Hauer and Feld, and Rob Manfred, Dan ...
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Giambi reportedly in great shape

NJ.com: Pride of the Yankees found this 2/16/2008 on yankees.lhblogs.com

Spent some time with Ian Kennedy this morning and he was telling me about his house in Henderson, Nev., right outside of Las Vegas. Jason Giambi lives in Las Vegas, so I asked IPK whether he had hung out with the Big G this winter. Turns out he ...
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Yanks Beat Wang

sooze posted 2/16/2008 from www.babeslovebaseball.com

Ah man... it's been a while since we've had a dirty Wang headline. Like many other players this week, Chien-Ming Wang lost his salary arbitration case against the New York Yankees, resulting in a $4 million check, rather than the $4.6 he requested.
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The Official Site of The New York Yankees: News: Yanks win arbitration case with Wang

Baseball's Savior found this 2/16/2008 on newyork.yankees.mlb.com

TAMPA, Fla. -- No matter the outcome of Friday's arbitration hearing, Chien-Ming Wang was in line for a large raise, so he wasn't exactly fretting as the Yankees went through their first workouts of Spring Training. "Nothing yet," Wang said, checking ...
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