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Rangers make offer to Cliff Lee during owner Chuck Greenberg's trip to Arkansas

Texas Rangers owner Chuck Greenberg traveled to Arkansas on Thursday and presented Cliff Lee with a "menu of multiple offers" in an attempt to persuade the prized pitcher to remain with the team he helped reach the World Series.

Greenberg, assistant general manager Thad Levine and co-chairman Ray Davis, a pipeline billionaire, met with Lee, the pitcher's wife and agent Darek Braunecker at Braunecker's office.While Greenberg would not get into specific details, he said Thursday night the offers included "substantial additional commitments in years and dollars." He characterized them as "highly competitive."Before Thursday, the Rangers had asked Lee to tell them what it would take for him to stay with Texas, which acquired the ace left-hander from Seattle in July.The New York Yankees added a year to their offer earlier in the day, proposing a seven-year contract for the 2008 AL Cy Young Award winner. On Wednesday, the Yankees offered a six-year deal worth $137.5 million to $140 million.Th...

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