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David O'Brien / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Glavine agrees to one-year deal with Braves — It's a done deal: Tom Glavine is coming home to the Braves. — The 41-year-old former Braves ace agreed to terms late Sunday on a one-year, $8 million free-agent contract to return to the team, a person familiar with negotiations told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
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Paul Newberry / Associated Press:
Glavine back with Braves for 1 year, $8M — ATLANTA — Tom Glavine is coming home. The 303-game winner returned to the Atlanta Braves on Sunday, agreeing to an $8 million, one-year contract. — The agreement between the two-time NL Cy Young Award winner and the Braves was revealed …
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Mark Bowman / MLB.com:
Braves, Glavine agree on one-year deal — Veteran lefty reunited with Atlanta after stint in New York — ATLANTA — In a perfect world, Tom Glavine and the Braves never would have parted ways. Fortunately, fate and a strong mutual desire have reunited them and given the celebrated southpaw …
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Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
Sources: Mets close to re-signing Castillo — FOXSports.com, Updated 9 minutes ago — LIKE THIS STORY? — The Mets, overcoming stiff competition, are close to re-signing free-agent second baseman Luis Castillo to a four-year, $25 million contract, according to major-league sources.
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Tim Marchman / New York Sun:
How Hank Impacts The Yanks — The rise and fall of the Yankees' fortunes over the years has had a direct relationship to how involved the owner was. The less anyone heard from George Steinbrenner, the more games the team won. The most consequential development of the Yankees' absurdly …
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Mark Feinsand / NY Daily News:
Mariano Rivera attempting to squeeze option year as Yankee deal nears — Mariano Rivera eventually may accept the three-year, $45 million deal the Yankees have offered him, but the closer isn't quite ready to do so just yet. — It appears as though Rivera has given up on the idea of getting …
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Bronx Banter
Richard Durrett / Dallas Morning News:
Texas Rangers to entertain Hunter — Daniels, Washington will join owner for dinner with free agent — rdurrett@dallasnews.com — Free-agent center fielder Torii Hunter is scheduled to have dinner at Rangers owner Tom Hicks' house tonight. General manager Jon Daniels, manager Ron Washington …
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Jeff Passan / Yahoo! Sports:
World on a string — The most desirable player left in baseball's free-agent pool tried to put into context the enormity of the $275 million contract for his predecessor to that title, Alex Rodriguez. — "I'm at least half the player he is, right?" Torii Hunter said. "If he hits 50 (home runs), I'll hit 25.
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Hartford Courant:
Yankees Backing Off Lowell — Yankees might not be that interested in signing Red Sox free agent third baseman Mike Lowell to play first base. — ESPN reported that while the World Series MVP's agents, brothers Seth and Sam Levinson, have remained in contact with the Yankees …
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Curt Schilling / 38 Pitches:
Joe Nuxhall, Mike Lowell, Barry Bonds, Alex Rodriguez and our next President? — I'd like to first pass along our sincerest sympathy and condolences to the surviving members of the Nuxhall family. Mr Nuxhall was one of my favorite media personalities over the past 20 some years in baseball.
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Mark Gonzales / Chicago Tribune:
Japanese righty may provide relief — Sox among the finalists for Chiba Lotte's Yabuta — The White Sox are among five teams in the running for Japanese reliever Yasuhiko Yabuta. — The Sox are looking for bullpen help, and Yabuta has told Japanese media the Sox, Royals, Indians …
Chris Jaffe / Hardball Times:
10 Best World Series Game 2s Ever — Just because it's November that doesn't mean I can't remain stuck in October. The hot stove league might keep some baseball fans warm, but I like to stay cozy by heating up baseball history. — In my last article I noted that the most famous postseason games …
