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Phillies' Howard Wins $10M in Arbitration

Posted Feb 21, 08 7:45 PM CST in Sports 

(Newser) – Philadelphia Phillies’ Ryan Howard won big in his salary arbitration case today, getting $10 million instead of the $7 million his team had offered, the AP reports. The figure is the highest salary a player has scooped in an arbitration victory. “We negotiated right up to the courthouse steps,” said a Phillies official, but “we couldn’t get it done.”

Still, no hard feelings, the assistant GM said: proceedings were “amicable.” The victory may pave the way for big future demands expected from the first-baseman, says the Philadelphia Inquirer. As for Howard himself: “My reaction is mostly relief now that the whole process is over,” reports MLB.com. But he’ll be “picking up the tabs on dinners from now on," said a teammate.

Sources: Associated Press, Philadelphia Inquirer, MLB.com

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