Lots and lots and lots of players have signed contracts to avoid arbitration. Nearly everybody in this instance has signed a one-year contract.
Let's see whom I can find:
Cubs - Will Ohman
White Sox - Joe Crede
Mets - Endy Chavez, Ramon Castro (also adding Jorge Sosa and Scott Schoeneweis)
Cardinals - So Taguchi
Tigers - Nate Roberston, Fernando Rodney, Craig Monroe, Omar Infante
Indians - Rafael Betancourt
Phillies - Aaron Rowand
Astros - Brad Lidge
Devil Rays - Ty Wigginton, Seth McClung
Reds - Kyle Lohse
Mariners - Horacio Ramirez, Ben Broussard, J.J. Putz (for three years)
Yankees - Luis Vizcaino
Angels - Francisco Rodriguez, Scot Schields, Robb Quinlan (I checked who had the double letters!)
Braves - Rafael Soriano
Brewers - Kevin Mench, Chris Capuano
Nationals - Chris Snelling and 12 other nobodies
This is bullsh..er...bunkum.
Beltran Perez fails being a somebody on the basis of having no first name and two last names.
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=400372&cc=5739
Will your nephew be in town Bob? :)
One of my brothers participated in an open tryout for the LA Lazers indoor team for a newspaper story.
He didn't make the team.
But Buss did own the Lazers. They played at the Forum.
It's his way of being a caring Daddy!
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