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Archive Home > 2009 > March > 29 > Yankees spend big to chase AL pennant

Yankees spend big to chase AL pennant

By Mike Fitzpatrick / The Bulletin
March 29, 2009

While everyone else was saving their pennies, the New York Yankees were spending big.

Defying the economic crisis, they forked over $423.5 million to put Mark Teixeira, CC Sabathia and A.J. Burnett in pinstripes for the team’s first season in a new $1.5 billion Yankee Stadium.

But all....

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