nypost.com - 11/15/2008
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The Yankees officially began the work yesterday to assemble their dream rotation of CC Sabathia, Derek Lowe or A.J. Burnett, Chien-Ming Wang, Joba Chamberlain and Andy Pettitte. As the Post reported Thursday, the Yanks skipped the appetizers and...
nydailynews.com - 11/14/2008
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nydailynews.com —
The latest Subway Series tussle could be over
none other than CC Sabathia, the Daily News has
learned, as the Mets Thursday apparently joined the Yankees in pursuit of baseball's biggest free agent prize.
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Mets, Yanks: We'll CC you on Sabathia
nypost.com - 11/13/2008
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nypost.com —
THIS is not about flowers or candy. This
is about the diamond ring, and just how gaudy
it is. This is about the end game. CC Sabathia does not need the Yankees to flirt with him. He knows their intentions already. This is about cash, and just how...
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YANKEES READY TO BLOW AWAY CC WITH BIG OFFER
sports.espn.go.com - 11/21/2008
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Yankees Make Sabathia Fat Offer
Josh Q. Public —
... Public Service Announcement: Sources say, the New York Yankees have offered CC Sabathia the largest pitching contract in history. Larger than Mike Hampton’s $121 mil. Larger than Barry Zito’s $126 mil. Larger than Johan Santana’s $137 mil. Large and in charge. Let’s just say it’s in the neighborhood of $150 mil. Pretty nice neighborhood. Deluxe apartment in the sky neighborhood. ...
The Sabathia sweepstakes has commenced
New York Yankees Fan Blog —
... -- which means it's probably six years and more than $140 million. Joel Sherman has a great write-up today , saying the huge offer right off the bat is indicative of two things: 1. Assert in the strongest way yet just how serious they are about Sabathia's services. 2. With that approach, work to dissuade Sabathia of his desire to play on the West Coast and/or in the NL where he can hit. Sherman goes on to address how the Dodgers and Angels may be taken out of the market for Sabathia, by way of what it will take for those teams to retain Manny Ramirez and Mark Teixeira, ...
The Yankees Want to Make CC Sabathia a Very, Very Rich Man
FanHouse —
... know how much they want him to wear pinstripes next season. On free agency's opening day, the team reportedly offered him six years and $140 million. That would be the largest package ever for a pitcher, coming in just above the salary Johan Santana got from the Mets. ...
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Sabathia leads Yanks' list of pitching options —
Newsday.com - Yankees 11/16/2008
CC Sabathia is taking the weekend to think about the
Yankees' offer of six years and about $140 million, a person familiar with the lefthander's thinking said. Meanwhile, the Yankees continue to be aggressive in their pursuits of free-agent pitchers ...
