Bud Selig
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Baseball owners ratify new CBA
Sacramento Bee Baseball News &bull Dec 15, 2011
Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig announced on Thursday that the owners of the major league clubs have unanimously ratified the new five-year collective bargaining agreement. I am very pleased that the clubs have given their unanimous support of the new agreement,"… Full Story »
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Extremely Elevated
Sports Illustrated MLB News &bull Dec 12, 2011
Ryan Braun's positive test for testosterone showed a level that was extremely elevated, and likely the highest that has been recorded in Major League Baseball, according to sources with knowledge of the NL MVP's test. Braun, who has vigorously denied guilt -- "It's BS," he told USA Today on Saturday night -- is entitled to the arbitration process through which players have a right to dispute a positive test and of which Braun will avail himself. Shortly after news of the test came… Full Story »
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Oakland still trying to keep the A's from moving
NewsOK.com MLB News &bull Dec 10, 2011
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - Oakland leaders are making a last-ditch effort to keep the Athletics from leaving the East Bay - apparently fearing the NBA's Golden State Warriors and NFL's Oakland Raiders could follow without suitable venues. Oakland Mayor Jean… Full Story »
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New Details in Dodgers' Sale
Bats Blog on NY Times &bull Dec 7, 2011
The Los Angeles Dodgers asked a federal bankruptcy court judge Tuesday to approve the agreement to sell the team reached last month with Major League Baseball. The motion filed by the team - on the eve of a hearing in… Full Story »
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Oakland A's active in trade discussions at winter meetings
San Jose Mercury News Oakland Athletics News &bull Dec 6, 2011DALLAS -- The A's were popular Monday at the winter meetings, as general manager Billy Beane estimated trade discussion was held with more than half of the 29 other major league teams. We have not had to leave this room,"… Full Story »
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SEC probes financing of new Marlins stadium
Seattle Times Mariners News &bull Dec 6, 2011
I'm so sick of hearing about the SEC.... And what so they have to do with a Baseball... SEC subpoenas to the city and Miami-Dade County are seeking a long list of documents and records, including those involving meetings and… Full Story »
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Fox Sports attorneys seek to depose McCourt, Selig
Seattle Times Mariners News &bull Dec 5, 2011
Attorneys for Fox Sports want to depose Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt and baseball Commissioner Bud Selig as they try get the Dodgers' bankruptcy case dismissed. Attorneys for Fox Sports want to depose Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt… Full Story »
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Anti-A's ballpark group 'Stand for San Jose' sues city
San Jose Mercury News Oakland Athletics News &bull Dec 3, 2011SAN FRANCISCO -- The coalition group "Stand for San Jose," which is opposed to the Oakland Athletics moving to the South Bay and is supported by the Giants, filed a lawsuit Friday against the city of San Jose claiming the failure… Full Story »
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2012 Los Angeles Dodgers Top 10 Prospects
Baseball America &bull Dec 2, 2011
Baseball America's Top 10 Prospects lists are based on projections of a player's long-term worth after discussions with scouting and player-development personnel. All players who haven't exceeded the major league rookie standards of 130 at-bats or 50 innings pitched (without regard to service time) are eligible. Ages are as of April 1, 2011. After two years… Full Story »
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Baseball: New labor agreement has special revenue sharing provision for Oakland A's
San Jose Mercury News Giants News &bull Nov 23, 2011A provision in baseball's new labor deal allows the A's to continue receiving revenue sharing in 2016 and beyond if the club's ballpark situation remains unsettled. Teams in the largest 15 markets will lose all of their revenue sharing in… Full Story »
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Baseball announces new labor deal
Sacramento Bee Baseball News &bull Nov 22, 2011
After the NFL survived its brief labor tiff during the summer and the NBA currently wallows through its acrimonious lockout, Major League Baseball will continue without a work stoppage for another five years. Included in the new deal will be… Full Story »
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Players, owners sign baseball's new labor agreement
New York Post Yankees News &bull Nov 22, 2011
Baseball players and owners signed an agreement for a new labor contract Tuesday, a deal that starts blood testing on human growth hormone and expands the playoffs to 10 teams by 2013. The five-year deal collective bargaining agreement announced Tuesday,… Full Story »
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MLB players, owners sign new labor agreement
ESPN MLB News &bull Nov 22, 2011
NEW YORK -- Baseball players and owners signed an agreement for a new labor contract Tuesday, a deal that starts blood testing on human growth hormone and expands the playoffs to 10 teams. The extra wild cards in each league will be added for next season, which means the playoff field will expand immediately, a source told ESPN The Magazine's Buster Olney. The two wild cards in each league -- the non-first place teams with the best records -- will meet in a one-game playoff, and the winners… Full Story »
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CBA Details: Luxury Tax, Draft, HGH, Replay
MLB Trade Rumors &bull Nov 22, 2011
Baseball players and owners are announcing today that they've agreed to terms on a five-year collective bargaining agreement that assures MLB of two decades of labor peace. We'll update this post with details on the CBA as they become available. MLB will announce by March 1 whether playoffs will expand in… Full Story »
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AL West Notes: Garza, Feliz, Nathan, A's
MLB Trade Rumors &bull Nov 22, 2011
The RangerssignedJoe Nathan to a two-year, $14.5MM deal and announced that they're moving Neftali Feliz to the rotation last night. Here's the latest from the AL West, starting with some notes from Texas... The Rangers, who haven't ruled out pursuing… Full Story »
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Seattle Mariners' Greg Halman stabbed to death
NJ.com Mets News &bull Nov 22, 2011
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Seattle Mariners outfielder Greg Halman was stabbed to death early today and his brother was arrested as a suspect, Dutch police said. Rotterdam Police spokeswoman Patricia Wessels said police were called to a home in the… Full Story »
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MLB, union expected to announce labor deal
Sacramento Bee Baseball News &bull Nov 21, 2011
Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association have called a joint news conference for Tuesday, at which time they are expected to announce a new labor deal. The sides issued the same press release Monday, saying only that commissioner… Full Story »
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Judge cancels hearing on Dodgers media rights
ESPN MLB News &bull Nov 21, 2011
DOVER, Del. -- A Delaware bankruptcy judge has appointed a mediator to try to resolve a dispute between Fox Sports and the Los Angeles Dodgers over the ball club's plan to sell media rights to future games. The judge entered… Full Story »
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Mariners' Halman stabbed to death in Netherlands
Sports Illustrated MLB News &bull Nov 21, 2011
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) -- Seattle Mariners outfielder Greg Halman was stabbed to death early Monday and his brother was arrested as a suspect, Dutch police said. Rotterdam Police spokeswoman Patricia Wessels said police were called to a home in… Full Story »
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Bud Selig's 9-inning, exploding barbed-wire death match
Bugs and Cranks MLB News &bull Nov 21, 2011
RATIONAL HUMAN BEING : Mmm. This is really good ice cream. BUD SELIG : You're right. It is really good ice cream. You know what? I'm gonna eat it for dinner every day. Forever. And you know what I'll have… Full Story »
