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Need a Job? The Yankees Are Hiring

TAMPA, Fla. -- Welcome to the Land of Opportunity, formerly known as George M. Steinbrenner Field. "I felt like it was a good chance for me," Mark Prior said Friday. "I think I picked the right spot, man," Freddy Garcia said a few minutes later. "They gave me the opportunity to pitch again," Bartolo Colon said. It...

Freddy Garcia, Yankees Reportedly Agree to Minor League Deal

NEW YORK (AP) -- Free agent pitcher Freddy Garcia and the New York Yankees have reached agreement on a minor league deal, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press on Monday night. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the deal has not officially been announced. The contract could be...

White Sox Might Be Staying in the Freddy Garcia Business

Every time Freddy Garcia thinks he's out, the White Sox pull him back in. Well, maybe. Jon Heyman of SI.com reports that the team is considering bringing Garcia back for the 2011 season, which would make for a really roundabout way of staying put. The team expressed interest in keeping him all the way back at the start...

Ozzie Guillen Doesn't Back Down From Controversial Comments

DETROIT -- For the record, Ozzie Guillen said he likes sushi. It's one of his favorite foods. And he likes Japanese baseball players, too, and enjoys talking to the Japanese news media. Guillen, the Chicago White Sox manager who is from Venezuela, took more than 30 minutes before Tuesday's day-night doubleheader with the...

Resurgent Arms Put White Sox Back in Playoff Hunt

Three weeks ago, the Chicago White Sox were ready to be dissected. More than two months into the season, the Sox were 9 1/2 games out of first place, nine games under .500 at 24-33 and starting to hear suggestions that it was time to play for next year. Then three things happened that changed everything, according to...

Freddy Garcia News From the Web

02/23/12 Yankees' position-player roster spots likely cemented... Source: NJ.com The sign in the Yankees ' clubhouse here is tough to miss. It hangs over the double doors leading to the field, a command issued to all those who may pass, distilling in one word the very essence of spring training: "Compete."
02/22/12 Yankees' Freddy Garcia aims for a spot in the rotation Source: Staten Island Advance - Staten Island NY Freddy Garcia didn't want this offseason to be a repeat of his previous one, when he had to wait until February to find a minor league deal and needed a strong spring training to make the Yankees' rotation.
02/21/12 Girardi says Hughes, Garcia up for 5th spot Source: New York Post - New York NY With one less choice to make now that A.J. Burnett is a Pirate, Joe Girardi's decisions become clearer.
02/18/12 Five questions for the 2012 Yankees Source: New York Yankees Blog on Daily News The Yankees spent most of the winter laying in the weeds, waiting for the right time to strike.
02/16/12 In magnificent act of charity, AJ Burnett saves... Source: IT IS HIGH, IT IS FAR, IT IS... caught. In the end, let it be known that the man called AJ Burnett - who last year rendered unto Yankeedom 190 innings - forgave us for betraying Jesus Montero, forgave us for embracing the delusion that Freddy Garcia has another year, forgave us for putting paper money ahead of winning the World Series.

Background on Freddy Garcia

Freddy Antonio García (born October 6, 1976 in Caracas, Venezuela), nicknamed "The Chief", is a Venezuelan Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher for the New York Yankees.

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