Marquis name costs Cubs $20m
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Pitcher Jason Marquis is likely to become the latest acquisition in the Chicago Cubs' offseason spending spree.
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Carlos Zambrano and the Chicago Cubs agreed to a $12.4 million, one-year contract Tuesday, avoiding salary arbitration by striking the deal just before the scheduled hearing.
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Power-hitting outfielder Jose Guillen bought nearly $20,000 worth of steroids and human growth hormone from 2003-05, the San Francisco Chronicle reported yesterday.
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Freddy Garcia cost the Philadelphia Phillies $10 million for one win. The two-time All-Star right-hander had season-ending shoulder surgery Thursday, nearly three months after he threw his last pitch for the Phillies.
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NEW YORK (Sports Network) - The New York Yankees and free  agent pitcher Jaret Wright have finalized a three-year contract  worth a reported $21 million.
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When a regional phone company in Arkansas paid to slap its name on Jacksonville Municipal Stadium, the price seemed steep. Was it really worth $6.2 million for some signs on a building in a small city that got its first major league sports team just two years earlier? Naming rights were a growing business when the 10-year deal was struck ...
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Utility infielder Jose Macias and the Chicago Cubs agreed to an $825,000, one-year contract Monday. Macias hit .268 with 22 RBIs in 98 games for Chicago last year.
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The Cubs made a pair of trades yesterday, getting OF Ben Grieve from the Brewers and acquiring backup C Mike DiFelice from the Tigers.
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Also in this column:  â¢ Zambrano likely to remain with Cubs  â¢ Mets' pitching woes  â¢ Bonds' annual boast  â¢ More news and notes
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By The Associated Press The Anaheim Angels gave shortstop Orlando Cabrera a four-year, $32 million deal last night, and the Houston Astros cut Wade Miller, their injured pitcher, when
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CHICAGO -- The Cubs plan to fine Sammy Sosa $87,400 for leaving Sunday&#39;s season finale against the Braves early, ESPN radio 1000 in Chicago is reporting.
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Mark Prior&#39;s previous appearance against the Florida Marlins at Wrigley Field turned into one of the most agonizing losses in Chicago Cubs&#39; history.
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Sammy Sosa was fined $87,400 -- one day&#39;s salary -- for arriving late to the Cubs&#39; regular-season finale at Wrigley Field and leaving the game early.
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The Cubs are hoping that the expensive free-agent signings of left fielder Alfonso Soriano, left-hander Ted Lilly and third baseman Aramis RamÃ­rez will help them end a championship drought that dates to 1908.
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The University of Phoenix, the nation's largest private university, will pay $154.5 million over 20 years for naming rights on the Arizona Cardinals' new stadium.
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Pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka is set to make  history as the most expensive Japanese player to enter Major  League Baseball after the Boston Red Sox sealed a  record-breaking deal worth a total $103.1 million.
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The Cubs trade reliever Kyle Farnsworth and a player to be named to the Tigers on Wednesday for pitcher Roberto Novoa and two minor leaguers.