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Vladimir Guerrero of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Pedro Martinez of the NLCS winning Philadelphia Phillies, as well as Chone Figgins, Jim Thome, and Miguel Tejada highlight the 39 players that have elected free agency pursuant to Article XX B (2) of the Basic Agreement on the second day of players eligible for free agency filing to do so. There are 14 days left in which players may give notice of their election of free agency (see the complete list of 183 potentially eligible) See those that filed for free agency on Day 1: Holliday, Lackey, Highlight 79 MLB Players Opting for Free Agency Below is a listing of all 39 players that filed for Free Agency on Friday: Player Position Club Rafael Soriano RP AT Scott Schoeneweis RP AZ Alan Embree RP CO Yorvit Torrealba C CO Jermaine Dye OF CWS Kiko Calero RP FL Nick Johnson 1B FL Aaron Boone 1B/3B HO LaTroy Hawkins RP HO Miguel Tejada SS HO Bruce Chen SP/RP KC Miguel Olivo C KC Kelvim Escobar SP LAA Chone Figgins 3B LAA Vladimir Guerrero OF/DH LAA Brad Ausmus C LAD Guillermo Mota RP LAD Vicente Padilla SP LAD Jim Thome DH/1B LAD Jeff Weaver SP LAD Alex Cora 2B/SS NYM Ramon Martinez 2B/SS NYM Miguel Cairo IF PH Pedro Martinez SP PH Brett Myers SP PH Miguel Batista SP/RP SE Erik Bedard SP SE Endy Chavez OF SE Bengie Molina C SF Joel Pineiro SP SL Chad Bradford RP TB Russ Springer RP TB Andruw Jones OF TE Omar Vizquel SS TE John McDonald 3B/SS TO Marco Scutaro 2B/SS TO Austin Kearns OF WA Ron Villone RP WA Dmitri Young 1B WA Source: MLBPA OTHER NEWS FROM THE BUSINESS OF SPORTS NETWORK (THE BIZ OF FOOTBALL) Boise St. Engages PR Firm in Attempt to Gain BCS Game Does the NFL Salary Cap Still Work? Browns Fire GM George Kokinis After 1-7 Start UFL Failing to Dazzle at the Turnstiles DeMaurice Smith and Roger Goodell to Testify Regarding "StarCaps" Case Buccaneers Fire Back After Report That Team May Be Up For Sale (THE BIZ OF HOCKEY) Panel Installs Mike Ouellet As Acting Executive Director of NHLPA Ian Penny Steps Down as Interim Exec. Director of NHLPA NBCU & VERSUS: An Alternative to ESPN? (THE BIZ OF BASKETBALL) Clippers Owner Donald Sterling Settles For $2.725M in Housing Discrimination Lawsuit Rajon Rondo Reached 5-Year, $55M Extension with Celtics NBA.TV Adds Brent Barry to On-Air Talent Roster (SPORTS BASH) Yankees Make Some Want to Eat the Rich 5,855 You Twit: NBA Players Make MLB Look Anti-Social The Joy of Six When Is Shane Victorino Going to Show You the Finger? George W. Has to Go to Japan To Play Baseball NFL, MLB Tell States to Get Off Their Lawn When it Comes to Drug Policies Maury Brown is the Founder and President of the Business of Sports Network, which includes The Biz of Baseball, The Biz of Football, The Biz of Basketball and The Biz of Hockey. He is available for hire or freelance. Brown's full bio is here. He looks forward to your comments via email and can be contacted through the Business of Sports Network. Don't forget to register and log in on The Biz of Baseball site to get updates via your in-box, and see information only logged in members can see. Follow Maury Brown on Twitter Follow The Biz of Baseball on Twitter Follow the Business of Sports Network on Facebook

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