<TABLE class=s_playerNewsTable cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0 <tr><TBODY><TR><TD class=s_playerNewsText>Mariano Rivera has agreed to accept the Yankees' three-year, $45 million offer, a friend who spoke with Rivera today told the Bergen Record.
If you're willing to trust third-hand info, the deal is as good as done. The friend added that Rivera didn't really want the fourth year from the Yankees and might have settled for two years and an option.
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If you're willing to trust third-hand info, the deal is as good as done. The friend added that Rivera didn't really want the fourth year from the Yankees and might have settled for two years and an option.
Source: Bergen Record </TD><TD class=s_playerNewsRightBorder>
