Seattle Mariners pitcher Felix Hernandez smiles during a news conference in Seattle on Thursday. Hernandez and the Mariners have completed a $78 million, five-year deal that averts an arbitration hearing and keeps the young ace under contract through 2014. See story below. (AP Photo/John Froschauer)

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