Find the real story:
A. Cliff Lee was behind the Yankees' tough negotiations with Derek Jeter, as Lee had noted the decline in The Captain's play in the field and was hoping he would leave via free agency. If Jeter stayed, Lee would re-sign with Texas.
B. Derek Jeter is holding up the Cliff Lee deal because Lee gives up too many groundballs to his right and that may make The Capatain look bad in 2011 and beyond, hurting his ability to earn bonuses in his contract for Gold Gloves and MVP points.
C. Due to the recent embarrassing issues with baseball ownership in Los Angeles (Frank McCourt) and New York (Fred Wilpon and the Madoff mess), Major League Baseball has decided to not approve any real estate tycoons as team owners. A lawsuit by Vincent Ludwig is being prepared in Los Angeles.
D. Jose Canseco claims that despitre being out of baseball for ten years and turning 47 next July, he could DH and lead the league in home runs next season if given a chance.
E. Canseco's former Oakland A's teammate Mark McGwire was recentrly asked during a St. Louis Cardinals promotional tour in Missouri to autograph a bottle of andro by a Cards fan.
F. Baltimore Oriole Luke Scott recenly found out that he was adopted and that his birth certificate was a government forgery.
G. Incoming House Government Reform Committee chairman Darrell Issa has decided to end the baseball investigations into the use of illegal performance enhancing drugs. However, he will aggressively probe drug use in the NFL and NBA with the same passion that former committee chair Henry Waxman pursued MLB.
H. Cliff Lee's wife, who is not exactly excited that her husband may play for the Yankees, is a cousin of former Yankee pitcher Ed Whitson.
Answer - D
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