GAGNE TAKES RARE LOSS SALARY-ARBITRATION RULING GOES DODGER'S WAY.Byline: Rich Hammond Rich Hammond Los Angeles Daily News sports writer. Instrumental in bringing the Los Angeles Kings hockey organization closer to the fans. He is the atypical "what a guy" to Kings fans everywhere. Rich Hammond on himself. Staff Writer VERO BEACH Vero Beach (vēr`o), city (1990 pop. 17,350), seat of Indian River co., E Fla., on Indian River (a lagoon and part of the Intracoastal Waterway); founded c.1888, inc. 1919. , Fla. - Eric Gagne gets the saves, but Kim Ng Kim Ng (Chinese: ; Pinyin: Wǔ Pèiqín; born November 17, 1968; Ng is pronounced as a velar nasal) is an American baseball executive for the Major League Baseball Los Angeles Dodgers organization. earned the victory Thursday. The Dodgers won their salary-arbitration case with Gagne, last season's National League Cy Young Award winner, and will pay him $5 million in 2004 instead of the $8 million sought by Gagne and his agent, Scott Boras. Ng, the Dodgers' assistant general manager, argued the team's case in Phoenix on Wednesday, and the arbitration panel arbitration panel A group of individuals charged with resolving a dispute between individuals and/or organizations. Arbitration panels to resolve investment disputes are sponsored by self-regulatory organizations such as NASD. of Dan Brent, Stephen Goldberg and Elliott Shriftman agreed with her. Although he lost the case, Gagne received the highest arbitration award in team history and became the highest-paid third-year reliever in baseball history. Gagne made $550,000 last season, when he converted all 55 save opportunities and extended his streak to 63 consecutive saves. Boras Bo·rås A city of southwest Sweden east of Göteborg. It was founded in 1632. Population: 60,900. and his representatives argued that those numbers merited special consideration, and the extra $3 million, for 28-year-old Gagne, who still has two years of arbitration eligibility. Gagne could not be reached for comment. Rich Hammond, (818) 713-3611 rich.hammond(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) Eric Gagne will make $5 million this year rather than the $8 million he and his agent, Scott Boras, sought. Evan Yee/Staff Photographer |
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