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Archive for December, 2006

New York Yankees Hit With $26M Luxury Tax

Year 2006 - Another unfortunate year for New York Yankees. Yankees were knocked out in the first round of the second straight year. Moreover, they couldn’t manage to win World Series Crown since 2000. Even after these disappointments, New York Yankees paid the maximum tax in past four years.

Yankees Ballpark
The Yankees were slapped with a […]

Guerrero Doesn’t Need Knee Surgery, Martinez Is Also Recovering

Vladimir Guerrero’s throbbing right knee that troubled him during last season is better now. He doesn’t need to undergo knee surgery.
Guerrero, a 30-year-old Dominican native, batted .329 with 33 home runs and 116 RBIs last season. He managed to play in 156 games regardless of pain in his knee. The AL MVP in 2004 said […]

Largest Deal In The History Of Brewers

Jeff Suppan who turned 32 on Tuesday, has signed a new venture with Milwaukee Brewers. He has agreed on a four year contract with the club on Christmas Eve. Brewers made the deal for $42million over the next four years, with an option for a fifth year. This is the biggest deal in the club’s […]

Bud Selig Named Executive Of The Year

Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig, who directed the sport to records in a number of areas during 2006, has been named the SportsBusiness Journal and SportsBusiness Daily’s executive of the year.
“In terms of a combination of putting out fires, defusing crises, building consensus — including collective-bargaining consensus with ownership — and growing revenues and the stature […]

Jason hopes to find to a home in Houston!

What else can be more pleasurable than returning home? Jason Jennings anticipates he has found a home with the Houston Astros, and not just because they play in the state where he grew up and went to college.

Jason Jennings
The Astros acquired the 28-year-old right-hander in a deal with Colorado to fill the No. 2 spot […]

Bonderman Agrees For Four-Year Contract With Detroit Tigers

Destiny has favored Bonderman, three years ago, he was the youngest of the young Tigers trying to stay in the Major Leagues through 119 losses. But now Tigers turned back to ensure Jeremy sticks in Detroit. Signing a deal with the Detroit Tigers was an easy decision in fact a welcoming decision for Jeremy Bonderman.

Jeremy […]

Bagwell Says Goodbye To Major League..

After spending 15 successful years in the Major League Baseball, Jeff Bagwell announced his retirement on Friday. He spent all years of his influential career in an Astros uniform following an August 1990 trade with the Red Sox, who traded Bagwell for reliever Larry Anderson. The four-time All Star will continue with the Huston Astros […]

Nationals Vidro Traded to Mariners

The Washington Nationals took an important decision by trading second baseman Jose vidro to Seattle

Marcus Giles - Not An Affordable Option For Braves

The Atlanta Braves say goodbye to Marcus Giles on Tuesday, deciding they could no longer manage to pay for the second baseman under their ever-tightening budget. The Braves had been attempting to trade Giles, but when those efforts went in vain, the team decided to cut ties with Giles by declining to tender him a […]

Marcus Giles - Not An Affordable Option For Braves

The Atlanta Braves say goodbye to Marcus Giles on Tuesday, deciding they could no longer manage to pay for the second baseman under their ever-tightening budget. The Braves had been attempting to trade Giles, but when those efforts went in vain, the team decided to cut ties with Giles by declining to tender him a […]