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With $119 million deal comes stadium tour

Associated Press

Tuesday, January 11, 2005

NEW YORK -- In the end, timing and tenacity played key roles in Carlos Beltran signing with the wannabe New York Mets instead of the perennial champion New York Yankees. A no-trade clause in the seven-year, $119 million contract, a recruiting trip to Puerto Rico by team brass, and 31 consecutive days of phone calls didn't hurt, either. Beltran was welcomed by his new team Tuesday, ending a whirlwind courtship that began as a long-shot flirtation and evolved into the richest deal in Mets hist ...

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