Padres Complete Deal With Klesko

Assured they will be in their new downtown ballpark by 2004, the San Diego Padres finalized slugger Ryan Klesko’s $16.5 million, two-year contract extension Thursday.

The deal, which will run through 2006, has essentially been finished since spring training. But the Padres had been waiting for the ballpark financing to be completed before announcing the extension.

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