http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/12/08/the-mariners-officially-announce-the-chone-figgins-deal/ Baseball. Baseball. And then a bit more baseball. Sat, 18 May 2013 19:03:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/12/08/the-mariners-officially-announce-the-chone-figgins-deal/comment-page-1/#comment-15340 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:59:07 +0000 http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=2601#comment-15340 nah…all the local press says the deal was going through with or without beltre. they say they were just doing the waiting on the physical thing.

]]> http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/12/08/the-mariners-officially-announce-the-chone-figgins-deal/comment-page-1/#comment-15339 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:19:18 +0000 http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=2601#comment-15339 It wasn’t going to become official until after Beltre declined arbitration. It didn’t really have anything to do with the speed of news. I’m only surprised it wasn’t announced first thing this morning.

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