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This post was written by Yahoo! Sports - MLB - New York Yankees News on August 2, 2011
Yanks fan: Top remaining free agents for 2011 (Yahoo! Contributor Network)
A baseball player becomes eligible for a status of "free agency" and salary arbitration only after a minimum of six years service time in professional baseball. This late in the spring training season, there's usually a reason or two a player's name is still on...
Fan dedication: Sorry boss, I gotta watch opening day (Associated Content)
For those who don't know, I'm an amputee, having lost the lower part of my right leg in a motorcycle accident in Orlando, Fla., on Feb. 13, 1986 -- just a couple of weeks after the Challenger space shuttle exploded. I'll get to why revealing this is relevant to this article soon, but first I'd like to explain a few things. Back when all this took place, I was still an Oakland A's fan, since the Marlins wouldn't be awarded a franchise for another six years, and wouldn't begin playing in the majors for another seven in 1993.
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This post was written by Yahoo! Sports - MLB - New York Yankees News on March 31, 2011
After two concussions, Twins’ Morneau urges adoption of safer batting helmets (Associated Content)
Justin Morneau, the Minnesota Twins, 6'4", 235 lbs., 29-year old first baseman is no crybaby. Signed by the Minnesota Twins in the third round of the 1999 amateur draft, he debuted on June 10, 2003 and has garnered All-Star Awards and MVP honors the last five of his eight years in the major leagues. After a fastball bounced directly onto his batting helmet, Morneau suffered his first reported concussion "almost six years ago." He recovered to become a top slugger and then sustained a second concussion last July while trying to break up a...
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This post was written by Yahoo! Sports - MLB - New York Yankees News on March 21, 2011
Report: Derek Jeter wanted six years, $150 million at first (!) (Yahoo! Sports)
If Bill Madden's report on Derek Jeter's initial salary demand is right, I like to think that ol'...
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This post was written by Yahoo! Sports - MLB - New York Yankees News on November 26, 2010
Yankees offer six years to Cliff Lee? (Yahoo! Sports)
Free-agent pitcher Cliff Lee doesn't just have batters flailing. He's also got baseball beat writers...
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This post was written by Yahoo! Sports - MLB - New York Yankees News on November 24, 2010
A-Rod worried about payments to ex-Rangers players (AP)
Alex Rodriguez has filed an objection to next week's auction of the Texas Rangers. The New York Yankees star says bidders aren't required to pay money still owed to him and some other former Rangers. Six years after he was traded, Rodriguez is owed $24.9 million in deferred compensation. Rodriguez's motion was among a dozen or so objections filed Wednesday, most by creditors.
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This post was written by Yahoo! Sports - MLB - New York Yankees News on July 29, 2010
Jeter and Posada power Yankees past Astros 9-3 (AP)
Playing without Alex Rodriguez again, the New York Yankees found plenty of power elsewhere. Derek Jeter homered twice, Jorge Posada snapped out of a slump with his first grand slam in nearly six years and New York beat the Houston Astros 9-3 on Saturday behind another solid outing by Javier Vazquez. "Everybody's got to step up -- with him or without him," Posada said, referring to...
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This post was written by Yahoo! Sports - MLB - New York Yankees News on June 12, 2010
