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Sources: Teixeira, Yanks agree to 8-year deal … Free agent first baseman Mark Teixeira has reached agreement with the New York Yankees on an eight-year contract worth more than $170 million, two sources involved in the negotiations tells ESPN The Magazine's Buster Olney.
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Joel Sherman / Hardball:
YANKS SIGN CASH TO MINOR LEAGUE DEAL — The Yankees stole another player away from the Red Sox on Tuesday, though Boston will hardly bemoan the loss of Kevin Cash as much as it did watching Mark Teixeira take, well, the Yankee cash and run to the Bronx. — The Yankees did not announce any signing …
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Jon Heyman / Sports Illustrated:
Yankees, Teixeira reach deal … The Yankees have reached an agreement in principle to sign Mark Teixeira, SI.com has learned, beating out the rival Red Sox for the free-agent slugger's services. — Teixeira, who hit .308 with 33 home runs and 121 RBIs in 2008, will receive an eight-year …
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Gordon Edes / Yahoo! Sports:
Mets deep in negotiations for Derek Lowe — Buzz up! — Mark Teixeira's agreement with the New York Yankees on Tuesday clears the way for the New York Mets to sign Derek Lowe, the free-agent pitcher who had been on the periphery of the Yankees' shopping list.
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Lee Jenkins / Sports Illustrated:
Teixeira perfect for N.Y. … The caricature of the New York Yankees, drawn by the legions who resent them, is that they are 25 bat-wielding CEOs, dressed in button-down shirts and pinstriped suits, carrying Blackberrys and briefcases into a clubhouse that could double as a board room.
Bill Ladson / MLB.com:
Nationals fall short in Teixeira bidding — Washington likely to shift focus to free-agent slugger Dunn — WASHINGTON — The Nationals let it be known during the Winter Meetings in Las Vegas that free-agent first baseman Mark Teixeira was their No. 1 target.
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Gordon Edes / Yahoo! Sports:
Yankees are stealth Bombers, get Teixeira — Buzz up! — The New York Yankees, thought to be on the fringes of the Mark Teixeira sweepstakes, dramatically swooped in at the last moment to strike a deal for the biggest prize among position players on the free-agent market.
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Tim Dierkes / MLB Rumors:Yankees Sign Mark Teixeira
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John Harper / NY Daily News:Yankees reach preliminary agreement with Teixeira
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Adam McCalvy / MLB.com:
Brewers owner floats salary cap — MILWAUKEE — The Brewers' principal owner grew up a Yankees fan, but he's not exactly cheering that team's offseason spending spree. — “At the rate the Yankees are going, I'm not sure anyone can compete with them,” Mark Attanasio wrote in an e-mail to Bloomberg News.
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Danielle Sessa / Bloomberg:
Brewers Owner Suggests Salary Cap After Yankees Sign Teixeira — A A A — Dec. 23 (Bloomberg) — Milwaukee Brewers owner Mark Attanasio said Major League Baseball may need to impose a salary cap to preserve competition after the New York Yankees spent $424 million to sign three players.
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Bryan Hoch / MLB.com:
Yanks offer 1923 prices for exhibitions — Bleacher seats 25 cents; grandstand $1.10 for games vs. Cubs — NEW YORK — The exterior of the new Yankee Stadium rising across 161st Street was designed to incorporate many of the aspects that made the original 1923 version so distinctive …
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Spencer Fordin / MLB.com:
Markakis declines invite to Classic — With baby due in March, outfielder tells paper he's staying home — BALTIMORE — This time, the Orioles won't lose their best player to the World Baseball Classic. Right fielder Nick Markakis told The Baltimore Sun on Tuesday that he has declined …
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Maury Brown / The Biz of Baseball:
Yankee Signings of Teixeira, Sabathia, and Burnett Move Salary Figures to Cartoonish Levels — As I wrote yesterday, in The Anatomy of a Yankees Spending Spree, what we have now is the perfect Steinbrennerian storm for going after free agents with reckless abandon this postseason.
Danny Wild / MLB.com:
Williams makes debut in winter ball — Former Yankees All-Star begins comeback in Puerto Rico — Bernie Williams never officially announced his retirement from baseball, but he officially began his comeback on Monday. — Williams went 1-for-3 in his debut for Carolina …
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