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LOS ANGELES — Forget Dodger Blue. This is Dodger Green — as in $90 for a spring training ticket.

That is what the Dodgers will charge for 692 top seats at their new spring home in Glendale. Last year, their highest-priced exhibition ticket was $20 at Vero Beach, Fla.

The team's chief operating officer Dennis Mannion said he believes the perks of the new tickets — including cool, scented towels — will make the cost worthwhile for hard-core fans who can afford them.

Mannion said the $90 price includes free parking in the VIP section, which normally costs $10; a $20 coupon that can be used for food, beverages and merchandise; a different premium item such as a floppy hat or baseball hat at no charge, and complimentary water and sunscreen along with those fancy towels.

NEW YORK — Joe Girardi said this week he would enjoy showing free agents around the new Yankee Stadium. C.C.Sabathia is one of the players the New York manager has in mind for a tour of the spacious clubhouse, players lounge, indoor batting cage and underground hot tub.

Yankees co-chairman Hank Steinbrenner confirmed Friday night at the team's spring training complex in Tampa, Fla., that an offer was made to Sabathia, and that proposals will be forthcoming for pitchers A.J. Burnett and Derek Lowe.

Steinbrenner declined to give details about the Sabathia offer.

"I'm starting to become very optimistic," Steinbrenner said. "I think it's going to be mutually beneficial to us and for these particular players that we're after for them to join the Yankees."

CHICAGO — Kerry Wood prepared himself mentally and emotionally last season, knowing it might be his last one with the Cubs. Turned out, it was.

Wood wanted to stay with the only team he has ever pitched for, but the economic realities of the game and the team's needs in other areas prevented that from happening.

Wood became expendable after the Cubs traded for Marlins reliever Kevin Gregg. General manager Jim Hendry told reporters that the fair thing was for the team to let Wood get a deal he deserved.

CHICAGO — White Sox outfielder Carlos Quentin, a former Diamondback and Sidewinder, said his surgically repaired right wrist has responded well, and he's been able to do some light hitting without any problems.

"Just kind of going through the normal routine in the off-season where I've just gotten back into hitting, and I really haven't felt much of it during the swing," Quentin said Friday during a conference call.

Quentin was leading the AL with 36 homers on Sept. 1 when he broke his wrist in a fit of frustration in Cleveland.

● Mike Arbuckle was hired Friday by the Kansas City Royals as senior adviser for scouting and player development, 11 days after leaving the World Series champion Philadelphia Phillies.