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Union: Average MLB salary $2.93M in 2008
Baltimore Sun reporterBaseball salaries started to slow this year even before the economy cooled. The average salary in Major League Baseball this season was $2.93 million, the players' association said Thursday in its annual report. The 3.6 percent increase was the smallest...Tags: Chicago White Sox, Los Angeles Dodgers, Chicago Cubs, Wages and Pensions, New York Yankees
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Braves, White Sox complete Vazquez deal
The Associated PressJavier Vazquez knows exactly what the Atlanta Braves were looking for when they traded for him: A durable starter to plug one of the holes in their uncertain rotation. Vazquez was shipped from the Chicago White Sox to Atlanta on Thursday as the teams...Tags: Boone Logan, Chicago White Sox, Javier Vazquez, Atlanta Braves, American League
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Ex-Oriole Julio agrees to deal with Brewers
The Associated PressFree agent reliever Jorge Julio agreed Thursday to a $950,000, one-year contract with Milwaukee, adding a right-hander with experience as a closer to the Brewers' thin bullpen. The 29-year-old split last season between Cleveland and Atlanta, going 3-0...Tags: Greg Gagne, New York Mets, Atlanta Braves, Milwaukee Brewers
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White Sox, Braves complete deal
The Chicago White Sox have completed a six-player trade with Atlanta, sending right-hander Javier Vazquez and lefty reliever Boone Logan to the Braves for four prospects. The White Sox on Thursday acquired catcher Tyler Flowers, infielders Jonathan...Tags: Boone Logan, Chicago White Sox, Javier Vazquez, Atlanta Braves
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White Sox send pitcher Javier Vazquez to Braves in six-player deal
CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago White Sox completed a six-player trade with Atlanta on Thursday, sending right-hander Javier Vazquez and lefty reliever Boone Logan to the Braves for four prospects. The White Sox acquired catcher Tyler Flowers,...Tags: Boone Logan, Chicago White Sox, Javier Vazquez, Atlanta Braves
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Champion Phillies on Tigers' exhibition schedule
A game against World Series champion Philadelphia is among three dozen contests on the Detroit Tigers' spring training exhibition schedule. The team said Thursday that 2009 ticket prices at Joker Marchant Stadium in Lakeland, Fla., will not change...Tags: Spring Training, Philadelphia Phillies, Atlanta Braves, New York Yankees, American League
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Boston Red Sox complete $3.3 million, 3-year deal with Japanese right-hander Junichi Tazawa
AP Sports WriterBOSTON (AP) — Daisuke Matsuzaka helped the Boston Red Sox win the World Series in his first year and he won 18 games in his second. Now he's pitching in with recruiting. The Red Sox signed their third pitcher from Japan on Thursday, adding right-...Tags: Oakland Athletics, Theo Epstein, Fenway Park, Atlanta Braves, Texas Rangers
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Paranoia could be reason why athletes embrace guns
The very thing that would appear to insulate professional athletes from worry -- the kind of money that can buy all of life's comforts and safeguards -- in fact can be a trigger for personal insecurities fostering their widespread embrace of guns. "It'...Tags: Homes, Interior Policy, Allen Iverson, Vince Carter, National Football League
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San Francisco Giants sign shortstop Edgar Renteria to replace Omar Vizquel
AP Sports WriterSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Edgar Renteria is back in the National League, where he thinks he belongs. Renteria became the second free agent to join the San Francisco Giants in two days, receiving an $18.5 million, two-year contract Thursday to replace...Tags: Oakland Athletics, Omar Vizquel, Florida Marlins, New York Giants, Rafael Furcal
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Torre says Pettitte not going to Dodgers
ken.davidoff@newsday.comJoe Torre has spoken with Andy Pettitte, the Dodgers' manager confirmed to Newsday, but doesn't foresee Pettitte heading West for a reunion with his former manager. "I don't think that's going to happen," Torre said Thursday, in a telephone interview....Tags: Joe Torre, American League, Mike Mussina
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White Sox and Braves complete Vazquez trade
Javier Vazquez knows exactly what the Atlanta Braves were looking for when they traded for him: A durable starter to plug one of the holes in their uncertain rotation. Vazquez was shipped from the Chicago White Sox to Atlanta on Thursday as the teams...Tags: Boone Logan, Veterans Affairs, John Danks, A.J. Burnett, Defense
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APNewsBreak: Increase in average baseball salary slowed in 2008 before the economy cooled
AP Baseball WriterNEW YORK (AP) — Baseball salaries started to slow this year even before the economy cooled. The average salary in Major League Baseball this season was $2.93 million, the players' association said Thursday in its annual report. The 3.6 percent...Tags: Chicago White Sox, Los Angeles Dodgers, Chicago Cubs, Wages and Pensions, New York Yankees
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