THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5. 2007
SPORTS
MLB
7B
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Jose Guillen will switch jerseys next year after coming to a deal with the Kansas City Royals. Power-hitting outfielder and the Royals reached an agreement on a $36 million, three-year contract. The 31-year-outfielder batted .290 with 23 hammers and 99 RBIs for the Seattle Mariners this year.
Royals sign Jose Guillen
BY RONALD BLUM ASSOCIATED PRESS
The 31-year-outfielder batted .290 with 23 homers and 99 RBIs for the Seattle Mariners this year. Seattle declined its $9 million option and Guillen turned down a $5 million player option, receiving a $500,000 buoyout.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Power-hitting outfielder Jose Guillen and the Kansas City Royals reached an agreement on a $36 million, three-year contract.
The agreement was subject to him passing a physical, a person familiar with the negotiations said Tuesday, speaking on condition of anonymity because no announcement
"We have the obvious need of adding right-handed power to our lineup," new Royals manager Trey Hillman said.
Hillman said Guillen would slot into the middle of the order if the deal was finalized. He wasn't too concerned about which outfield spot Guillen would play.
The San Francisco Chronicle reported last month that Guillen bought nearly $20,000 worth of steroids and human growth hormone from 2003-05. Major League Baseball began testing for steroids in 2003, and penalties for first offenses began in 2005. HGH was banned in January 2005.
Guillen, who can play right or joins a crowded outfield. David Dejesus is in center, and the Royals already have Emil Brown in left and Mark Teahen in right. Teahen, however, also can play first base.
"Defensive position is not as important for me as the added potential to the lineup with slug and driving runs in," Hillman said. "It would depend on how some other things fell."
ment had been made. His deal was first reported by ESPNdeportes.com and Foxsports.com.
media" Guillen was quoted as saying by ESPNDeportes.com.
"We told the commissioner's office my version of this whole affair, which in some ways has been handled with some errors in the
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Denny Bautista was acquired by the Detroit Tigers from the Colorado Rockies on Tuesday in a swap of right-handed pitches.
MLB Rockies trade Bautista to Detroit Tigers
The Rockies received Jose Capellan, once considered a top prospect with Atlanta.
Bautista was 2-1 with a 12.46 ERA in nine games for Colorado this year and went 3-2 with a 2.92 ERA in 64 2-3 innings at Triple-A Colorado Springs. The 27-year-old is 1-1 with a 3.46 in eight appearances with Oriente in the Dominican Winter League and has a 4-10 major league record with a 6.93 ERA in 21 starts and 14 relief appearances.
with a 5.54 ERA in 17 relief appearances this season for Milwaukee and Detroit, which acquired him July 1. He was 0-1 with a 5.79 ERA at Tropa-A Toledo.
Capellan went a combined 0-3
The 26-year-old Capellan is 5-7 with a 4.90 ERA in 96 relief appearances and two starts for Atlanta (2004), Milwaukee (2005-07) and Detroit (2007).
OLYMPICS
Associated Press
A Communist Youth League member, Zheng Ran, left, leads sales clerks to learn approved cheers and chants for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games at an assembly hall in Beijing, China, Wednesday, Nov. 28. The "Beijing Civilised Workers Cheering Squad" program aims to teach sportsmanship in Beijing with the Olympics just eight months away.
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China says journalists are welcome
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"The Chinese government and its people sincerely welcome reporters from around the world to cover the Olympic games and cover China in
Aug. 8-24 games in Beijing, including plans to compile files on them and reserving the right to turn them back even if they were accredited by National Olympic committees.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said the Paris-based group has launched "consistent attacks on China" and reiterated that Beijing was "willing to provide services and facilitate" coverage.
In an open letter last week, Reporters Without Borders cited "disturbing reports" about the way Chinese authorities are planning to deal with the tens of thousands of journalists expected to attend the
BEIJING — China said Tuesday it welcomes journalists covering the 2008 Beijing Olympics, responding to complaints by a media rights group that the Communist regime has decided to clamp down on reporting in the run-up to the games.
a fair and objective way," Qin told reporters at a regular briefing. "This position will not change."
The Olympics are a huge source of national pride for China and authorities have taken great pains to make sure nothing mars Beijing's image.
Chinese officials last month denied widely published reports that a database was being kept on foreign journalists who plan to cover the Olympics, an issue that raised questions about the country's pledge of increased media freedom.