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OAKLAND, Calif. - The Oakland Athletics have declined to exercise their $5.5 million contract option for shortstop Hiroyuki Nakajima and instead owe him a $500,000 buyout.The highly touted Nakajima, 32, never played a major league game after receiving a $6.5 million, two-year contract in December 2012. He missed time in his first season of 2013 because of a strained left hamstring, and the As didnt have the same need for a shortstop once they acquired Jed Lowrie from Houston in early February of 2013.Nakajima, a seven-time Pacific League All-Star, becomes a free agent. He had a .302 batting average with 149 home runs, 664 RBIs and 134 stolen bases over 11 seasons with the Seibu Lions.He batted .267 with 10 home runs and 69 RBIs in 175 games at Triple-A and Double-A the past two seasons. Vapormax Womens Sale . Felix Pie had an RBI double earlier in the inning, as Baltimore rallied for three runs to overcome a 3-2 deficit. J.J. Hardy had two hits and Matt Wieters chipped in with an RBI double for the Orioles, who pushed their winning streak to three games. Air Max 97 Womens Clearance . "I had a pretty good year," the soft-spoken Granberg told TSN.ca with a grin from the teams annual rookie tournament in London. A fourth-round selection in 2010, Granberg is worth keeping an eye on with NHL training camps rolling around in less than a week. The six-foot-two, 200-pound defender may not possess the wow-inspiring theatrics of fellow prospect Morgan Rielly, but nonetheless has a chance to contribute with the Leafs when all is said and done this season. http://www.nikeshoesoutletwholesale.com/...-sale.html. - The RBC Canadian Open will return to Glen Abbey Golf Club next year, marking the 27th time that the national open championship will be played at the Oakville, Ont. Nike Cortez Cheap . This week they discuss the Philadelphia 76ers, Gregg Popovich, Royal and Ancient Golf Club and Bill Belichick. Nike Shox Outlet . INJURIES - Cardinals 1B Matt Adams has been put on the DL with calf tightness, resulting in some lineup shifting, with Allen Craig moving from right field to first base, so that the Cardinals could bring up top prospect Oscar Taveras, who was the No.PORTLAND, Ore. - Mathew Dumba and Oliver Bjorkstrand each had two goals and an assist and Nicolas Petan scored once and set up three more as the Portland Winterhawks crushed the visiting Victoria Royals 8-2 on Friday in Western Hockey League playoff action. Brendan Leipsic and Derrick Pouliot had a goal and two assists apiece for the Winterhawks, who lead the second-round series 1-0, and Chase De Leo added a single goal. Brandon Magee and Taylor Crunk supplied the scoring for the Royals. Poortlands Brendan Burke made 25 saves for the win.ddddddddddddPatrik Polivka started in net for Victoria but was pulled at 3:11 of the second period after allowing three goals on 12 shots. Coleman Vollrath stopped 18-of-23 shots in 37 minutes of relief. The Winterhawks went 3-for-7 on the power play while the Royals scored once on six chances with the man advantage. Victorias Brett Cote received a major and game misconduct for a slashing incident at 11:04 of the third period. ' ' '