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Article: MCCOURT NIXES SABATHIA DEAL MLB: SOURCES SAY DODGERS OWNER SQUELCHED TRADE FOR CY YOUNG WINNER FOR FINANCIAL REASONS.(Sports)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
- Article date:
- July 8, 2008
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Byline: Tony Jackson
Staff Writer
Shortly after the Milwaukee Brewers finalized a trade for reigning American League Cy Young Award winner CC Sabathia on Monday, the Daily News learned that sometime in the days leading up to that deal, Dodgers owner Frank McCourt nixed a trade that would have brought Sabathia to Los Angeles, along with Indians third baseman Casey Blake and utility man Jamey Carroll.
McCourt's reason was financial, according to multiple industry sources. But that is a charge McCourt flatly denied.
"It's just totally false," he said. "The players didn't match up, and that's just the way it was."
All three players are potential free agents ...
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