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Yankees: Sabathia a Done Deal

Harry Kimball — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 13:16:55 CST

Yankees officials are confident that pitcher CC Sabathia will sign with the team, the New York Times reports. The seven-year, $160 million deal is the priciest ever for a pitcher. Yankees GM Brian Cashman recently met twice with Sabathia in Las Vegas and again yesterday in San Francisco. Sabathia had...

Reasons Baseball's Hot Stove Is So Chilly

Nick McMaster — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:00:01 CST

December is usually prime time in baseball's hot-stove league, but with the market seemingly frozen, Tony Massarotti lists reasons why for the Boston Globe : The economy. With the possibility of dipping revenue over the next year (or years), teams are reluctant to jump into long-term, expensive player contracts. CC Sabathia....

Yankees Pitch Sabathia Record Breaking Deal

Rob Quinn — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 05:41:47 CST

The Yankees opened free-agent season yesterday by offering CC Sabathia the highest bid in major league history for a pitcher, ESPN reports. The 6-year offer for the southpaw, believed to be in the ballpark of $140 million, tops the $137.5 million deal Johan Santana signed with the Mets last...

Phillies Up 2-0 on Brewers

Rob Quinn — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 22:46:36 CDT

Shane Victorino's grand slam off a weary C.C. Sabathia blasted the Phillies to a 5-2 win over the Brewers and a 2-0 lead in the NL championship series, the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reports. The Brewers, who only managed three hits, will put Dave Bush on the mound tomorrow when Milwaukee...

Brewers Furious Over Denied No-Hitter

Peter Fearon — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 03:18:33 CDT

Lefty Milwaukee Brewers CC Sabathia threw a one-hit shutout pitching a complete game against the Pittsburgh Pirates yesterday in a 7-0 victory. But instead of celebrating, the Brewers are furious that he was denied a no-hitter by an official's disputed fifth-inning base-hit call on what some say was an fielding...

Sabathia, Tribe Shut Out A's 2-0

Doug Sweeney — Wed, 14 May 2008 22:22:10 CDT

C.C. Sabathia pitched a five-hitter and struck out 11 in the Cleveland Indians' major league-leading seventh shutout, a 2-0 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Wednesday night. Sabathia (3-5) extended the scoreless streak of Indians starters to 43 1-3 innings since Friday. He tied his season high for strikeouts,...

Indians' 6-run Rally Defeats Blue Jays

Mitch Pritchard — Fri, 09 May 2008 22:08:30 CDT

Casey Blake and Ben Francisco hit two-run doubles in a six-run seventh inning to help C.C. Sabathia and the Cleveland Indians defeat Roy Halladay and the Toronto Blue Jays 6-1 in a duel of Cy Young Award winners last night. Blue Jays center fielder Vernon Wells jammed his left...

Royals Rally to Beat Indians on Butler Single

Mitch Pritchard — Sat, 03 May 2008 23:51:54 CDT

Billy Butler's single broke a tie game and keyed Kansas City's four-run seventh inning, leading the Royals to a 4-2 win over the Cleveland Indians and C.C. Sabathia last night. Sabathia (1-5) took a shutout into the seventh before the Royals strung together six hits against the reigning American...

Wang Leads Yankees to 1-0 Win at Cleveland

Mike Buss — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 17:54:00 CDT

Chien-Ming Wang shut down Cleveland for seven innings and outpitched C.C. Sabathia, whose lone mistake turned into a homer by Melky Cabrera, to help the New York Yankees end a three-game slide with a 1-0 win over the Indians on Sunday. Wang (5-0) allowed four hits, struck out a...