Joe Girardi declines offer from Orioles
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Joe Girardi turned down an offer to manage the Baltimore Orioles, a decision Thursday that ended the team's spirited effort to secure its top choice for the job.
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The New York Yankees picked experience over popularity, offering the manager's job to Joe Girardi at the risk of watching Don Mattingly walk away from the franchise.
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The New York Yankees picked experience over popularity, offering the manager's job to Joe Girardi yesterday at the risk of watching Don Mattingly walk away from the franchise.
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Hank and Hal Steinbrenner participated Monday in the interview of Joe Girardi, a former Yankees catcher and current cable analyst, who is a candidate to replace Joe Torre as the Yankees manager.
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According to a longtime team owner, the offer will include the salary cap that the union has rejected throughout the negotiations.
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Joe Torre turned down a deal to return as Yankees manager for a 13th season on Thursday.
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Joe Torre rejected the Yankeesâ contract offer on Thursday, but in a news conference at the Hilton Rye Town on Friday he said he felt rejected by them.
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Tom Glavine returned to the New York Mets and Ray Durham stayed with the San Francisco Giants on Friday as teams started preparing for next week's winter meetings. The Giants also declined arbitration with Barry Bonds, coming off a $90 million, five-year contract.
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Joe Torre rejected the Yankeesâ contract offer on Thursday, but in a news conference at the Hilton Rye Town Friday, he said he felt rejected by them.
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The Colorado Rockies and Jeromy Burnitz declined Thursday to exercise a &#36;3 million mutual option, and the outfielder will get a &#36;250,000 buyout.
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Baltimore appears to be out of the running for free-agent first baseman Carlos Delgado as Florida offers the slugger a deal worth $9 million more than the Orioles' offer.
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The Yankees would not comment on Joe Girardi's status, but Girardi has told associates that he has agreed to sit beside Manager Joe Torre next season.
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Joe Torre refused a $5 million contract offer that would have kept him as baseballâs highest-paid manager but also represented a cut from his present salary.
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BALTIMORE, Md. (Sports Network) - The Baltimore Orioles  came to terms with reliever Jorge Julio on a one-year deal on  Saturday, avoiding salary arbitration. The deal is worth a  reported $2.5 million.
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Joe Torreâs refusal to accept a contract offer came 47 years to the day after the Yankees dismissed Casey Stengel.
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Washington Nationals Manager Frank Robinson met separately with team president Stan Kasten and General Manager Jim Bowden yesterday, and he apparently was told he would not be asked to return to his position next season. The events of the day left the Hall of Famer teary-eyed during an afternoon...
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"Good for Joe," said Seattle manager John McLaren, after hearing that Joe Torre had turned down an offer to return as the Yankees' manager next season. "He gets to go out on his own terms. Class act all the way."