<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/0dcc0134-14ef-446c-8169-54fa3d04bbcc/90568746-9768-4D18-B0CF-C0BD1AE6FFC8/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20071115&content_id=2301195&vkey=hotstove2007&fext=.jsp" href="http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20071115&content_id=2301195&vkey=hotstove2007&fext=.jsp" style="font-size: 11px;">mlb.mlb.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20071115&content_id=2301195&vkey=hotstove2007&fext=.jsp"><DIV class="hl">A-Rod, Yankees agree to basic deal</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20071115&content_id=2301195&vkey=hotstove2007&fext=.jsp"><DIV class="subHeadLite">Contract worth $275 million for 10 years would have incentives</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20071115&content_id=2301195&vkey=hotstove2007&fext=.jsp"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/mlb.mlb.com/img/D8B95E70-9B45-4FB4-997A-C08B89E73E73" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20071115&content_id=2301195&vkey=hotstove2007&fext=.jsp"><P> The amount of the guaranteed money was reported on Thursday evening by The Associated Press, which cited a person familiar with the negotiations who spoke on condition of anonymity because the deal hadn't been finalized. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20071115&content_id=2301195&vkey=hotstove2007&fext=.jsp"><P> The parameters of the deal were set in place last weekend when Rodriguez reached out to the club. Rodriguez and his wife, Cynthia, then met with Hank and Hal Steinbrenner on Wednesday in Tampa, Fla.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20071115&content_id=2301195&vkey=hotstove2007&fext=.jsp"><P> "The meeting was a final get-together," Yankees senior vice president Hank Steinbrenner said. "He wanted to make sure myself and my brother knew that he was sincere and serious."</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20071115&content_id=2301195&vkey=hotstove2007&fext=.jsp"><P> The Yankees still must draft the agreement with Rodriguez's agent, Scott Boras.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20071115&content_id=2301195&vkey=hotstove2007&fext=.jsp"><P> The reported agreement comes one day after Rodriguez confirmed making direct contact with the Yankees with the hope of reviving his future in New York. </P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/90568746-9768-4D18-B0CF-C0BD1AE6FFC8/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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