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Major League Baseball's average salary rose 4.6 per cent last year to a record US$2.82 million ($3.71 million) and the New York Yankees set a high for teams at US$7.47 million. Revenue among the 30 teams topped US$6 billion for the first time last year and could top US$6.5 billion this year, commissioner Bud Selig said.
