Williams's arbitration request for 1998 was $9 million, $1.5 million more than the team's figure.

Pettitte, 27, submitted an arbitration request of $8.45 million, and the Yankees offered $6.5 million, but the three-year deal deal appears imminent.

The figure, arrived at by negotiation, is $25,000 above the midway point between the outfielder's $3.1 million arbitration request and the team's $2.15 million offer.

As indicated by the doctors' arbitration request, Oxford continues to face other challenges as well.

Celtics initially challenged the 76ers' decision to void the trade, but quickly dropped their arbitration request.

The United States pledged sympathetic consideration of future arbitration requests involving economic issues that did not affect the vital aspects of canal operation.

Their beef: the arbitration requests should not be honored, and the six-year limit is a six-year limit, period.

He earned $284,000 last season and had submitted an arbitration request of $475,000.

The resolution states that the arbitration request was a "scheme" by the consultants "to avoid all duties and obligations they owe to their fellow partners."

He and Powers submitted a $4.9 million arbitration request, $1.65 million higher than the Mets' offer, which made a one-year settlement unlikely.