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Maury Brown / The Biz of Baseball:
Inside MLB's New 5-Year Labor Agreement — Here are the details of the new 5-year labor deal just announced by MLB and the MLBPA: — I.. TERM — a. Five-year contract — b. December 1, 2016 termination date — II.. SCHEDULING,, REALIGNMENT,, AND POSTSEASON PLAY — a.
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Ben Nicholson-Smith / MLB Rumors:
Highlights From The New CBA — The effects of Major League Baseball's new collective bargaining agreement can't be described within one post, even one as long as this. It will take a while for teams and players to adjust to the game's new conditions, but here's an early look at ten highlights from the CBA (in no particular order):
Bless You Boys:
The New CBA: Realignment, Playoffs, Minimum Salaries, Draft Spending, Luxury Tax, Super Twos, Free Agent Compensation, and HgH Testing — UPDATE 2: Changes in Realignment, Playoffs, Luxury Tax, Minimum Salary increases, Super Twos, and HGH Testing are pretty well covered in the original story below.
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Peter Abraham / Boston Globe:
A few details from the new CBA — You've heard most of the broader points of the new collective bargaining agreement. A few other new rules: — • Instant replay to include fair or foul calls and trapped balls. — • The two new wild cards are coming in 2012 and there seems certain …
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Ben Nicholson-Smith / MLB Rumors:
CBA Details: Luxury Tax, Draft, HGH, Replay
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T.R. Sullivan / Postcards From Elysian Fields:
Rangers Sign Joe Nathan — The Texas Rangers have signed Closer/RHP Joe Nathan, to a 2 year $14.5 million contract that includes a buyout. Nathan will be introduced tomorrow at a news conference and is expected to take over the closer spot in the bullpen.
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Jeff Wilson / Boston Herald:
Signing All-Star closer sets Rangers in motion
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Ben Nicholson-Smith / MLB Rumors:
Rangers Sign Joe Nathan
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Clark Spencer / Fish Bytes:
C.J. Wilson to visit Marlins — C.J. Wilson is making the rounds, and one of his East Coast stops will include a post-Thanksgiving visit to South Florida to meet with the Marlins, who seem to be throwing out the welcome mat for every available free agent. The Marlins met with Wilson's agent …
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Susan Slusser / Oakland Athletics:
A's aren't sending Andrew Bailey, Gio Gonzalez anywhere - right now
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Mike DiGiovanna / LA Times Sports Blog:
Angels manager, GM to dine with C.J. Wilson Monday night
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Barry M. Bloom / MLB.com:
MLB, union announce five-year labor deal — CBA features two more Wild Cards, HGH testing, Draft luxury tax — NEW YORK — Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association have reached a preliminary agreement on a new Basic Agreement. The five-year deal was officially announced on Tuesday afternoon at a news conference.
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Dan Shaughnessy / Boston Globe:
Valentine is the right Sox fit — He is married to the daughter of Ralph Branca, who threw the gopher ball to Bobby Thomson at the Polo Grounds in 1951. His first roommate in professional baseball was Bill Buckner, when the two were drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1968.
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Peter Abraham / Boston Globe:
The latest on the search for a manager
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Rob Bradford / WEEI:
NO MATTER WHO IT MIGHT BE, THIS HAS TO BE BEN CHERINGTON'S MANAGER
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David Pinto / baseballmusings.com:
Braun over Brains — Ryan Braun wins the NL MVP vote, as my post from this morning noted that Matt Kemp might not get his due, and voters placed more emphasis on being on a winning team. Braun received 20 first place votes and 12 second place votes, with Kemp going 10-16-6 as the consensus second place pick.
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Michael Baron / MetsBlog.com:
Mets sign Adam Loewen to minors deal — According to Matt Eddy of Baseball America, the Mets have signed RF Adam Loewen to a minor league contract. — Loewen, who will be 28 in April, is a converted pitcher and has primarily played right field since 2008.
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Brian McTaggart / MLB.com:
Crane group officially takes control of Astros — HOUSTON — Jim Crane officially took control of the Astros on Tuesday. — The club announced the group led by Crane, which bought the team for $610 million from longtime owner Drayton McLane, was in control after the deal was officially completed.
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Bryan Hoch / MLB.com:
Yanks announce ticket info; new plans on tap — Majority of prices to remain unchanged or will be reduced for 2012 — NEW YORK — The Yankees have announced general ticket information for regular-season games played at Yankee Stadium, stating that more than 70 percent of prices will be reduced or unchanged.
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Sports Illustrated:
New CBA extends period of peace but isn't without drawbacks … The term “golden age of baseball” has been used so often as to have wrung most meaning out of it, at least when prescribed to a fixed era of the game. In truth the golden age of baseball is a floating concept.
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