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Winnipeg Goldeyes manager Rick Forney announced Tuesday the signing of veteran outfielder Ray Sadler to a contract for the 2014 season. Sadler, 33, is a former Major Leaguer with the Pittsburgh Pirates who was acquired from the Kansas City T-Bones last season. In 59 games with the Goldeyes last summer, he hit .313 with 11 home runs and 50 RBI. Overall, he batted .276 with 21 home runs and 72 RBI in 100 games between Kansas City and Winnipeg. "I love the way he plays and the way he carries himself as a true pro," Forney said. "Hes been very productive in this league. Last year in the second half of the season he was as good as anyone in the league in terms of driving in some big runs, especially the last four weeks of the season. He was as important to our team as anyone that we had in terms of giving us a chance to compete for a playoff spot. We anticipate him driving in some more big runs for us in 2014." Sadler has played the last four seasons at the independent level. In 382 games, mostly with Kansas City, he has a .298 average with 82 home runs and 318 RBI. Hes reached 20 home runs in three of the four seasons and drove in 100 RBI with the T-Bones in 2011, which was three shy of the American Association record for a single-season. A product of Clifton, Texas, Sadler has played 14 professional seasons. He reached the Major Leagues with the Pirates in 2005 for three games and hit a home run in one of his eight at-bats. Aside from his time in the Pirates organization, Sadler spent time with the Chicago Cubs, Houston Astros and Tampa Bay Rays. He was drafted by the Cubs in the 30th round of the 1999 MLB Amateur Draft. He has parts of eight seasons at Class AA and four seasons at Class AAA on his resume. Air Max 720 Clearance . "It feels good, Ive never had one before, not even in College," Hagelin said after the Rangers outgunned the Jets 4-2, behind some solid goaltending from Henrik Lundqvist following a pretty wide open first period. 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"If Warren was the heart of our defence, then todays inductee, Derrick Brooks, was the soul that propelled us to our world championship in 2002," Bucs co-chairman Bryan Glazer said. "On any given Sunday, Derrick easily was the best athlete on the field," Glazer added. "There was no tight end he could not cover, no quarterback he could not chase down for a sack and no running back he could not tackle in the open field." Brooks, wholl enter the pro football Hall of Fame in August, joins Lee Roy Selmon, John McKay, Jimmie Giles, Paul Gruber and Sapp in having his name displayed in the Ring of Honor, which was created in 2009 at Raymond James Stadium.dddddddddddd Selmon, elected to the Hall of Fame in 1995, and Sapp, enshrined in Canton a year ago, are the only other players to have their jerseys retired by the Buccaneers. The 11-time Pro Bowl selection recalled Tuesday how when Tony Dungy arrived in Tampa in 1996 -- Brooks second pro season -- the former Bucs coach challenged him and Sapp to become the best players they could be by striving to do for Tampa Bay what eventual Hall of Famers Joe Greene and Jack Ham did for the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 1970s. "We took it to heart," Brooks said, adding that someone had suggested to him that the Bucs decision to induct him into the Ring of Honor was one of "worst-kept" secrets in town because it comes the same year he joined Sapp as a first-ballot Hall of Famer. "I dont look at it that way. As I told Mr. Glazer, you dont take anything for granted. You dont make any assumptions," Brooks said. "Today is a very important day in my life. To have my number retired is extremely special, too." 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