Ryan Zimmerman began Saturday by signing a new one-year contract, then kept making his case for a longer and more lucrative deal. The Washington third baseman homered and drove in four runs in a 12-10 win over the split-squad Houston Astros, before agreeing to a slight raise that bumps his salary this season to $465,000.
Posted: March 8th, 2008.
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