Article: Kendall Trade From Pirates to Padres Dead

ALAN ROBINSON, AP Sports Writer
AP Online
01-13-2004
Dateline: PITTSBURGH
The long-discussed deal to send Jason Kendall from the Pirates to San Diego fell apart Tuesday _ apparently because the Padres' ownership balked at picking up the remaining $42 million of the catcher's contract.

Under a trade the two sides have talked about since late last week, the Padres would have gotten Kendall for newly acquired third baseman Jeff Cirillo and catcher Ramon Hernandez.

This is at least the fourth time since last summer the Padres and Pirates have negotiated a possible Kendall trade and, as of Monday, the two sides had a deal in principle. The Pirates were so convinced a deal was near, they had a ...

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