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    Dame Lady Luck winks at SDSU  Mar 12, 2010
    LAS VEGAS Its a rare day on the road even more uncommon in this city that spits in the eye of good-fortune hunters when a San Diego States mens basketball team can exercise the escape clause in its bad contract with Lady Luck. The Aztecs and Miss Chance havent exactly had a loving relationship. (San Diego Union-Tribune)

    Weaver returns with something to prove  Feb 28, 2010
    Just in case, this year he has an escape clause if he doesn't make the big league club out of camp, "so I don't have to do the Triple-A thing again.". "Obviously, they know what I can do or they wouldn't have brought me back," Weaver said. (MLB.com -- Los Angeles Dodgers)

    Dodgers' Gagne says he has 'a lot of regrets'  Feb 21, 2010
    "The Mitchell report and everything is negative. I have said it 150 times, [that] it's always going to be on my resume for the rest of my life. People will second-guess everything I do, and if I have a good year, they will all second-guess. That is normal. I'm not expecting anything else. But for me, it's over. I have to go on. I can talk about it every day, but it doesn't matter. I still have to go out and pitch and perform.''A dramatically slimmer Gagne reported to spring training with the... (ESPN -- Baseball)

    Colletti brings back Gagne  Feb 20, 2010
    If he doesn't make the team, he has an escape clause. The $500,000 salary is 95 percent less than the $10 million Gagne made in his final season with the Dodgers. (MLB.com -- Los Angeles Dodgers)

    Source: Dodgers, Gagne ink minor league deal  Feb 19, 2010
    The deal contains an escape clause, allowing Gagne to again become a free agent if he doesn't make the team, something that is fairly standard for minor league deals signed by major league veterans. Originally signed by the Dodgers as an undrafted free agent in 1995, Gagne won the Cy Young Award as the team's closer in 2003, when he was a perfect 55 for 55 in save opportunities. (ESPN -- Baseball)

    Inbox: Pondering the smaller wall  Feb 11, 2010
    It seems Valentine already is in the employ of ESPN, but I'd have been stunned if he didn't have an escape clause that would allow him to accept a managing job. Have a question about the Mets. (MLB.com -- NY Mets Mets)

    Goldman Parachute Awaits Geithner to Ease Fall  Jan 26, 2010
    Updated: New York, Jan 26 04:39 London, Jan 26 09:39 Tokyo, Jan 26 18:39. Commentary by Caroline Baum. (Bloomberg -- Columnists)

    Abbott's fight to have choir sing from same hymn sheet  Jan 25, 2010
    Tony Abbott's religious background is the escape clause for partisans simply too lazy to address policy research, preferring headline and reflecting agreed spin. Tony Abbott is the Coalition's newest sacrificial lamb. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)

    Leno holds nothing back in monologue  Jan 12, 2010
    "It set legal precedence because they wanted to keep Letterman, but he jumped ship through an escape clause.". The effect of that incident has been reverberating through NBC for years, he added. (CNN)

    Kemp unlikely to push for long-term deal  Jan 10, 2010
    Of the nine most expensive deals, the club traded the player three times to dump salary, while four suffered serious injuries during the term of the contract and one left the club through an escape clause. The other one is Manny Ramirez, who missed 50 games with a drug suspension. (MLB.com -- Los Angeles Dodgers)

     Bus stop  Jan 10, 2010
    He suggested a short-term contract with a giant escape clause. If the program fails, both sides need to be able to walk away with no expectations. (Laurel Outlook, MT)

    Chargers Zone In as the Postseason Plays Out  Jan 10, 2010
    The bye didn't come with a complete escape clause as the Chargers will work three days this week before getting the weekend off. But what set the Chargers off on a winning streak that led to their fourth straight AFC West title. (BroncosUpdate.com)




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