Baseball and Umpires Settle Grading Dispute
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Major League Baseball's labor negotiators quietly concluded a new five-year agreement with the World Umpires Association.
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Umpire Mike Winters was suspended by Major League Baseball for the remainder of the regular season yesterday because of his confrontation with San Diego's Milton Bradley last weekend.
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In announcing a stricter steroid-testing policy yesterday, Major League Baseball officials said the program was the fundamental equivalent of others in American professional sports, and on balance, the same as the drug-testing policy in effect for baseball's minor leagues.
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PHOENIX -- Baseball players gave their lawyers the go-ahead yesterday to reach an agreement with owners on tougher testing for steroids.
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First-base umpire Ed Montague was treated and released at an Arlington hospital after leaving Sunday's game between the Seattle Mariners and Texas Rangers before the start of the fifth inning because of elevated blood pressure.
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Arlington, Texas -- All three Rangers relievers involved in an ugly incident at the Oakland Coliseum last week had their suspensions reduced by a game.
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Postal union leaders agree a deal aimed at solving a bitter dispute over pay and conditions.
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The union for minor league umpires says its members will let Major League Baseball begin performing background checks.
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Three more umpires will be rehired by major league baseball and six more will split &#36;2.3 million in severance pay as part of a settlement of the nasty dispute that cost 22 umps their jobs in 1999.
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Veteran umpire Mike Winters has been  suspended for the rest of the regular season following an  encounter over the weekend with San Diego Padres outfielder  Milton Bradley, Major League Baseball said on Wednesday.
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Outfielder Jose Guillen and the Anaheim Angels have reached a financial settlement to resolve the grievance filed after the team recently suspended him without pay for the rest of the season. The sides agreed that Guillen will not rejoin the team for the remainder of the regular season and the penalty was reduced from seven days without pay to two ...
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Jacoby Ellsbury looked up at plate umpire Gary Cederstrom, momentary disbelief on his face, ready to argue his case. He knew he was safe at home, Jorge Posada having left his mitt up, clutching the ball, seemingly forgetting to tag the onrushing Ellsbury even as he lay in wait for the runner. But Dustin Pedroia collected the substitute left fielder, ...
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Outfielder Jose Guillen and the Anaheim Angels have reached a financial settlement to resolve the grievance filed after the team recently suspended him without pay for the rest of the season.
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The Major League Baseball Players Association announced Tuesday it would work toward a new agreement with owners for tougher steroid testing.
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New York Yankees manager Joe Torre was suspended for one game and fined by major league baseball Saturday because one of his pitchers threw at a batter after umpire warnings during a game against the Boston Red Sox.
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Major League Baseball has imposed a first set of rule changes since 1996 to address certain situations affecting play and issue guidelines governing official scoring decisions.
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Baseball players and owners have made progress toward toughening rules on steroid testing, but there is still plenty of work to be done.