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Rangers, Cruz strike $16M, 2-year deal
AL championship series MVP Nelson Cruz has agreed to a $16 million, two-year contract with the Texas Rangers.The deal includes $500,000 in performance bonuses over the two years. With the agreement, negotiated by agents Sam and Seth Levinson, Cruz avoids an arbitration hearing that had been scheduled for next week.A ...
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3 days ago
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Nats reaping bountiful harvest on the farm
The first email arrived to the entire baseball operations staff around 3 p.m. on Feb 1. The surprise was in the sender: Washington Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo, who rarely corresponds via email. The pride was in the topic: "Congratulations." Baseball America, one of the industry's pre-eminent publications, had ranked ...
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4 days ago
DALY: Nats' Rizzo aiming to get a leg up in arms race
ANALYSIS/OPINION: First the Washington Nationals send a pocketful of prospects to the Oakland A's for Gio Gonzalez. Then they sign Edwin Jackson to a one-year deal. I ask you: Has this team ever been more ready for rainouts — not to mention doubleheaders? You could fill a ball bag with ...
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4 days ago
Twins take bids on Kim-and-Kris-autographed ball
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The Minnesota Twins are cutting ties with the Kardashians, too.Well, sort of.The team announced Tuesday it will auction off a baseball autographed by reality starlet Kim Kardashian and her ex-husband Kris Humphries. They signed the ball before a Twins game last July, when the Minnesota native and ...
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5 days ago
Lawsuit: George Brett falsely advertises necklaces
IOWA CITY, IOWA (AP) - Lawyers are seeking class-action status for a lawsuit that claims Hall of Fame slugger George Brett has been falsely advertising bracelets and necklaces as being able to help improve health and sports performance.A lawsuit filed Monday in federal court in Des Moines claims Spokane Valley, ...
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6 days ago
Nats sign Teahen to minor-league deal
The Washington Nationals announced the minor league signing of Mark Teahen on Monday afternoon, adding the 30-year-old corner infielder and outfielder to the mix for a bench role. The deal includes an invitation to major league spring training. The team also made official the signing of outfielder Rick ...
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6 days ago
Nationals sign Rick Ankiel to minor league contract
According to a source with knowledge of the negotiations, the Washington Nationals have agreed to terms with outfielder Rick Ankiel on a minor league deal that includes an invite to spring training. Ankiel was a productive player for the Nationals in 2011 and possesses arguably the best outfield arm in ...
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7 days ago
Wife of Yankees GM Cashman files for divorce
NEW YORK (AP) - The wife of Yankees general manager Brian Cashman has filed divorce papers, a day after prosecutors charged a woman with stalking him and extorting money over an extramarital affair.Mary Cashman filed the paperwork Friday at a court in Stamford, Conn.Her lawyer didn't immediately return a phone ...
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8 days ago
Rangers' Josh Hamilton calls alcohol relapse a 'weak moment'
ARLINGTON, Texas. — Texas Rangers outfielder and recovering drug addict Josh Hamilton said Friday that he had a relapse that started with "three or four" drinks at a Dallas-area bar this week, apologizing for a "weak moment" that he said he will try to make sure doesn't happen again. The ...
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9 days ago
Rangers' Hamilton confirms alcohol relapse
ARLINGTON, TEXAS (AP) - Texas Rangers outfielder and recovering drug addict Josh Hamilton says he had a relapse and had "three or four" drinks earlier this week.Hamilton spoke Friday, confirming a report that he drank alcohol at a Dallas-area bar on Monday night. He said it was a "weak moment" ...
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9 days ago
Cubs pitcher Matt Garza's championship ring stolen
FRESNO, CALIF. (AP) - Sheriff's detectives say that an American League Championship ring belonging to Chicago Cubs pitcher Matt Garza has been stolen from his California home.The Fresno Bee reports (http://bit.ly/xnXGSo) that the ring _ valued at $30,000 _ was taken during a burglary of Garza's home in Fresno ...
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10 days ago
Report: Rangers' Hamilton has relapse with alcohol
DALLAS (AP) - The Dallas Morning News is reporting Rangers outfielder and recovering drug addict Josh Hamilton had a relapse earlier this week when he drank alcohol at a bar.The newspaper, citing unidentified "individuals familiar with the episode," reported Thursday night that Hamilton was drinking at a Dallas area bar ...
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10 days ago
Report: Hamilton has relapse with alcohol
DALLAS (AP) - The Dallas Morning News is reporting Rangers outfielder and recovering drug addict Josh Hamilton had a relapse earlier this week when he drank alcohol at a bar.The newspaper, citing unidentified "individuals familiar with the episode," reported Thursday night that Hamilton was at a Dallas area bar Monday.In ...
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10 days ago
Woman charged with stalking Yankees GM Cashman
NEW YORK (AP) - A woman stalked and shook down New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman, getting him to pay her $6,000 and demanding more by threatening to harm his reputation, prosecutors said Thursday.The case represents "a long-term effort to control and manipulate the victim," Manhattan Assistant District Attorney ...
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10 days ago
Woman charged with extorting Yankees GM Cashman
NEW YORK (AP) - A woman has been charged with stalking and shaking down New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman.Louise Neathway is being arraigned Thursday night in a Manhattan court. Prosecutors say she extorted $6,000 from Cashman, tried to squeeze $15,000 more and engaged in "a long-term effort to ...
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10 days ago
Nationals agree to terms with Edwin Jackson
The Washington Nationals jumped back into the free agent market on Thursday, bolstering what was already considered one of the best rotations in the National League by agreeing to a one-year deal with right-hander Edwin Jackson, pending a physical. Jackson, who is in Washington today for the physical, agreed to ...
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10 days ago
Nationals win arbitration case against Lannan
The Washington Nationals resolved their final arbitration case on Thursday with a panel of three arbiters ruling in their favor after pitcher John Lannan's hearing Wednesday in St. Petersburg, Fla. Lannan will make $5 million for the 2012 season. He had filed at $5.7 million.The Nationals have a ...
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11 days ago
John Lannan's case to be decided by arbitration panel
The Washington Nationals and John Lannan earned the distinction of being the first to argue an arbitration case in Major League Baseball this year as the two sides presented their cases in St. Petersburg, Fla., on Wednesday, a source confirmed. Lannan and the Nationals could not come to an agreement ...
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11 days ago
Selig expects expanded playoffs to start this year
NEW YORK (AP) - Commissioner Bud Selig says he expects baseball to expand its playoffs this season.Selig spoke Friday night at a fan festival for the Chicago White Sox.Baseball intends to add an additional wild-card team in each league. Selig says there still scheduling issues to be worked out but ...
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16 days ago
AP source: Tiebreaker game would decide MLB division winner
NEW YORK — A little more than two months before opening day, Major League Baseball still doesn't know whether there will be eight playoff teams this year or 10. Add a bat or an arm to compete for that extra wild card? No telling whether that makes any sense. "That's ...
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16 days ago
AP source: Tiebreaker game would decide divisions
NEW YORK (AP) - A person familiar with the talks says baseball players and owners have reached an understanding that ties for division titles will be broken on the field under the new playoff format.Since 1995, head-to-head record has been used to determine first place if both teams are going ...
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16 days ago
Fielder: Joining Tigers 'kind of a dream'
DETROIT (AP) - Prince Fielder was born in 1984, the last time Detroit won the World Series.After luring Fielder to Michigan with the fourth-largest contract in baseball history, the Tigers are hoping he will help usher in a new championship era for the Motor City."This is awesome," Fielder said Thursday ...
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17 days ago
Brad Lidge adds wisdom, experience to Nationals' bullpen
Brad Lidge has been to the top of the mountain — and on the bottom of the pile. He's been the man on the mound when the World Series championship is decided, the one spreading his arms, ready to receive a jubilant catcher after reaching the sport's pinnacle. And he's ...
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17 days ago
Prince Fielder introduced by Detroit Tigers
NEW YORK (AP) - Prince Fielder has been introduced by the Detroit Tigers, a team desperate to win its first World Series title since 1984.Fielder appeared at a news conference at Comerica Park on Thursday after finalizing a $214 million, nine-year contract, the fourth-largest deal in baseball history."This is awesome," ...
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17 days ago
Lidge agrees to one-year deal with Nationals
Brad Lidge is the newest member of the Washington Nationals' bullpen. The former Philadelphia Phillies and Houston Astros closer agreed to terms Thursday on a one-year deal with the Nationals. He is expected to join Tyler Clippard in setting up for Washington closer Drew Storen. Lidge, 35, has 223 career ...
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18 days ago
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