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Maury Brown / The Biz of Baseball:
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of MLB's New Labor Agreement — (L-R) Rob Manfred, Bud Selig, and Michael Weiner will have 21-years of labor peace at — the end of the new labor agreement, but is this new deal really good or bad for the game? — Labor negotiations are like a marriage …
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Jeff Passan / Yahoo! Sports:
Landmark CBA's draft dollars cause consternation — The grumbling from front offices trickled out upon word last week that Major League Baseball and the players' union had agreed on a new collective-bargaining agreement. Details were scant. They just knew they didn't like it.
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Fox Sports:
MLB deal a dagger to small-market teams — The deal got done, and that fact overrides every other. As the NBA will learn, labor peace alone carries great value, helps a sport achieve continued growth. — Unfortunately for baseball, low-revenue teams got trampled in its new collective …
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Jayson Stark / MLB:
Stark: Baseball's new labor deal truly a historic one
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Adam McCalvy / MLB.com:
Brewers offer arbitration to Fielder, K-Rod — Club declines same treatment for Type B free agent Betancourt — MILWAUKEE — The Brewers offered arbitration Wednesday to Type A free agents Prince Fielder and Francisco Rodriguez, positioning the club to receive four premium picks in next year's …
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Paul White / USA Today:
What's new in baseball's new labor deal?
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Jim Callis / Baseball America:
Draft Cap May Not Be So Harsh
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George A. King III / New York Post:
Yankees' Rivera hints 2012 could be final season — Mariano Rivera, while he waits to find out if he needs a surgical procedure done on his vocal cords, speculated on Tuesday that 2012 could be the final year of his career. — “I don't know what will happen,” said the Yankees closer …
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Anthony McCarron / NY Daily News:
Mariano Rivera says he might need vocal cord surgery, giving Yankees offseason jolt — Yankees closer having trouble with voice — Brian Perez, 9, chats up Mariano Rivera, who hosts Thanksgiving meal in New Rochelle. — The Yankees' quiet offseason got what they hope is only a minor jolt Tuesday …
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Barbara Barker / Newsday:
Mariano Rivera may need surgery on vocal cords
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Ben Nicholson-Smith / MLB Rumors:
Royals To Sign Bruce Chen — Piece by piece, the Royals' rotation is taking shape. They have agreed to sign Bruce Chen to a two-year deal worth $9MM. The deal also includes a $1MM roster bonus and up to $1MM in incentives. — Before agreeing to terms with Chen, Royals GM Dayton Moore told Bob Dutton …
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Jeff Jacobs / Hartford Courant:
Bobby Valentine Will Be Fun With Red Sox, But It Won't End Well — This started Nov. 3 at the Hartford Club. And make no mistake, it would end spectacularly. This started with an arranged meeting before a World Affairs Council event on Prospect Street. And the prospect of it ending …
Peter Abraham / Boston Globe:
Deadline arrives on arbitration offer for Ortiz — There is some baseball business to handle on Thanksgiving eve. Teams have until 11 p.m. (EST) to offer their free agents arbitration. — David Ortiz joins Albert Pujols, Prince Fielder, C.J. Wilson, Roy Oswalt, Jose Reyes and Jimmy Rollins …
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Jordan Schelling / MLB.com:
After getting life in order, Hanel helps others — Bullpen catcher donates coats through his Koos for Kids charity — MILWAUKEE — Everything changed 10 years ago for Marcus Hanel. — The Brewers' bullpen catcher had hit rock bottom, realizing at that point that he needed to do something different in his life.
Paul Sullivan / Chicago Tribune:
Sveum hoping to hire Bosio as Cubs' pitching coach — Cubs manager Dale Sveum has asked former teammate Chris Bosio to become his pitching coach in Chicago. — Milwaukee general manager Doug Melvin told the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel the Cubs asked permission last week to talk to Bosio …
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Ben Nicholson-Smith / MLB Rumors:
Cesar Izturis Drawing Interest — Cesar Izturis is looking for a Major League deal and has drawn interest from several teams, according to Dan Connolly of the Baltimore Sun (on Twitter). The infielder won't be re-signing with the Orioles, according to Connolly.
David Brown / Yahoo! Sports:
Answer Man: Pete Rose talks Vegas, Sparky, Kool-Aid Man and exile — Can it really be 25 years since Pete Rose retired as a Major League Baseball player? The man called “Charlie Hustle” collected 4,256 career base hits for the Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Phillies and Montreal Expos, more than any other player in history.
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