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Oct 31 (Reuters) - CC Sabathia(notes) will stay with the New YorkYankees after agreeing to a contract extension on Monday, theace pitcher said on his Twitter account. #8220;Yankee fans, I #8217;ll be here fighting for number 28 nextyear, #8221; the 31-year-old tweeted, referring to New York #8217;s bid fora 28th World Series title. Sabathia, who had until midnight on Monday to opt out of hiscu football results yesterday rrent deal, has agreed to a $25 million, one-year contractextension that includes a $5 million buyout, ESPN reported.The big left-hander signed a seven-year, $161 million dealwith the Yankees before the 2009 season, the largest contract atthe time for a pitcher in Major League Baseball.In a video posted on social media site Twitter, Sabathiasaid: #8220;Happy Halloween, everybody. I just wanted to football results yesterday be the firstto let Yankees fans know that we agreed to a contract extension.I #8217;ll be coming back in 2012. #8220;I want to thank (team owners) the Steinbrenner family formaking that happen. My goal the whole time was to be able tofinish my career as a Yankee. #8220;Hopefully, I can do that. We seem like we got thataccomplished today, so I look forward to seeing everybody out atthe ballpark ne football results yesterday xt year. #8221;A five-time All-Star who won the Cy Young Award in 2007,Sabathia has recorded 176 wins and a 3.51 earned run average in11 seasons with the Cleveland Indians, Milwaukee Brewers andYankees.(Writing by Mark Lamport-Stokes in Los Angeles; Editing byNick Mulvenney; To query or comment on this story emailsportsfeedback@thomsonreuters.com)Please double click on the newslink:for more baseba football results yesterday ll storiesfor more sports stories Follow Yahoo! Sports' MLB coverage on Twitter. Updated 17 minutes ago football results yesterday
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