Arbitration
Feb 21 2008, AP

Ryan Howard won his salary arbitration case against the Philadelphia Phillies on Thursday when he was awarded $10 million, the highest figure given a victorious player.The 2006 NL MVP, who had been offered $7 million by the Phillies, became the first...

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Jesper Frigast, the chef de mission of the Dutch Olympics team, arrives to attend an arbitration court over complaints filed by the Spanish and Italian teams against the Dutch team in the Skiff Dinghy 49er sailing competition, in Beijing Saturday, Aug....