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Countdown ... To the Hot Stove League

By Buster Olney

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

"There are a lot of people in our sport who have their heads buried in the sand," said one major league GM the week the Dow plummeted more than 1,000 points. He was referring, in part, to some club executives who believe that baseball, because of its popularity, is insulated from the impact of the unstable economy. But he was also talking about agents and players, many of whom might be in for a long, cold winter of low-ball offers. Superstar free agents like CC Sabathia, Mark Teixeira and M ...

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