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There are plenty of similarities between the baseball careers of Derek Jeter and Mariano Rivera. Both men are lifetime Yankees who will one day have markers in Monument Park, they each have five World Series rings and there's a generation of Yankee fans who have never seen a day without the two of them as integral members of the franchise. The similarities have run out this winter, however. While Jeter and the Yankees fight each other tooth and nail over years and dollars on a new contract, the Yankees and their closer are moving steadily toward a deal without much need to air their dirty laundry in the press.
Andrew Marchand of ESPN New York spoke to a source who told him the difference between the two negotiations was "night and day." The only stumbling block with Rivera seems to be if the deal will be for one or two years, as both sides seem to be in agreement about a price tag of $16 or $17 million. Marchand reports that a vesting option for the second year could bridge the gap.
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Source: http://mlb.fanhouse.com/2010/11/29/mariano-riveras-negotiations-are-moving-more-smoothly-than-dere/
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