Archive for 2010
Padres agree to one-year deal with 1B Hawpe
The San Diego Padres have agreed to terms of a one-year contract with Brad Hawpe to play first base, two people with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press on Friday. The people spoke on condition of anonymity because the deal is pending Hawpe passing a physical exam. Hawpe will replace three-time All-Star Adrian [...]
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Prosecutor had ‘extreme interest’ in Steinbrenner
Watergate Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox expressed “extreme interest” in a 1970s criminal investigation of New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner for illegal campaign contributions, according to documents released Thursday. Then-FBI Director Clarence M. Kelley relayed Coxs concern in a memo on Aug. 16, 1973, to the bureaus Cleveland office, saying agents needed to make sure [...]
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Nationals comes to terms with reliever Burnett
Left-handed reliever Sean Burnett and the Washington Nationals agreed Thursday on a $3.95 million, two-year contract with a mutual option for 2013, avoiding salary arbitration. Burnett went 1-7 with three saves and a 2.14 ERA in 73 appearances in 2010, part of a wholly rebuilt bullpen that morphed from one of Washingtons biggest weaknesses to [...]
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Man gets 51 years to life in Angels’ Adenhart case
A construction worker who killed a promising rookie pitcher for the Los Angeles Angels and two other people in a horrific drunken-driving crash said Wednesday he had all but ended his own life that night by getting behind the wheel after drinking. Andrew Gallo, 24, acknowledged his deadly mistake to the grieving relatives of his [...]
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Brewers’ ticket sales surge after Greinke trade
Zack Greinke already is paying off for the Milwaukee Brewers. Team officials say theyve added more than 1,500 new season ticket holders since Sundays trade with the Kansas City Royals, more than tripling the 400 new account holders the team had added in the first few months of the offseason. Rick Schlesinger, the Brewers executive [...]
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