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Article: Cubs brace for Ohman arbitration hearing.(Sports)
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- Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
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- February 2, 2006
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Byline: Bruce Miles Daily Herald Sports Writer
Unless he can come to an agreement this morning with relief pitcher Will Ohman, Cubs general manager Jim Hendry will board a plane for Tampa, Fla., this afternoon and get ready for Friday's salary-arbitration hearing.
Ohman, who worked 69 of his career 86 games last season, is seeking $775,000, while the Cubs are offering $500,000.
The amount of money may seem trifling in this day when teams often are millions apart on arbitration numbers with their players, but general manager Jim Hendry on Wednesday said the Cubs were trying to "maintain a sense of fairness."
Ohman accrued most of his ...