Mo is Back!
Mariano Rivera has agreed to accept the Yankees' three-year, $45 million offer, according to a friend who spoke with Mo today.
Last night, Rivera returned from giving baseball clinics in the Dominican Republic. He told the friend that he intended to sign when he returned, but that Hank Steinbrenner's comments about his age might have caused some hard feelings that led to a week of speculation about Rivera's pinstriped future.
Either way, Rivera would have returned to the Yankees. "He would have taken two years and an option,'' the firend said, adding that Rivera did not really want a fourth year. Perhaps that was meant to make the Yankees uncomfortable for Steinbrenner's remarks about his age.
Whatever the case, Rivera is back. Now, if only Andy Pettitte would make up his mind....
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Posted by: GehrigsGhost | November 18, 2007 at 07:18 PM
Great news, if it's true!
Posted by: Rebecca | November 18, 2007 at 07:20 PM
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Posted by: Jim | November 18, 2007 at 07:23 PM
Check that!
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Posted by: Jim | November 18, 2007 at 07:24 PM
accept that fleece factor site quotes the story as saying it's official. That's not true.
Posted by: Drew | November 18, 2007 at 09:49 PM
that should be "except"
Posted by: Drew | November 18, 2007 at 09:50 PM
Rumours.
Posted by: GehrigsGhost | November 18, 2007 at 11:04 PM