Baseball Gives Selig Contract Through 2009
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PHILADELPHIA - Baseball commissioner Bud Selig received a contract extension through 2009 Thursday as owners praised his 12-year reign, but dissension surfaced among teams in the decision to launch a World Cup tournament.    Selig, who has presided over revolutionary changes in the most traditional of major U.S...
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Baseball commissioner Bud Selig received a contract extension through 2009 Thursday as owners praised his 12-year reign, but dissension surfaced among teams in the decision to launch a World Cup tournament.
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The Yankees, Dodgers and Diamondbacks completed the paperwork on a blockbuster deal yesterday and submitted the forms to commissioner Bud Selig&#39;s office.
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Scott Podsednik, coming off a down year, agreed to a one-year, $2.9 million deal on Friday to return as leadoff man for the Chicago White Sox.
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NEW YORK (Sports Network) - Major League Baseball  commissioner Bud Selig has approved of a trade that would send  five-time Cy Young Award winner Randy Johnson to the New York  Yankees.
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Tino Martinez agreed to a one-year contract worth $2.5 million to $3 million, with a team option for a second year, and he vowed he would finish his career with the Yankees.
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PHILADELPHIA - Bud Selig's term as baseball commissioner was extended for three years through 2009 in a unanimous vote by owners Thursday.    On the final day of a two-day meeting, owners also approved starting a baseball World Cup and baseball television network...
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Five-times All-Star Alfonso Soriano has agreed an eight-year contract with the Chicago Cubs, the club said on Monday.
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ommissioner Bud Selig&#39;s three-year contract extension, the start of a television network and a World Cup tournament are likely to gain overwhelming approval from baseball&#39;s owners this week, while a decision on the future home of ...
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The Tampa Bay Rays signed veteran left-handed hitting outfielder Cliff Floyd to a one-year contract with a club option for 2009, the baseball Web site mlb.com reported on Monday.
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Joe Torreâs refusal to accept a contract offer came 47 years to the day after the Yankees dismissed Casey Stengel, who also spent 12 seasons as the teamâs manager.
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Padres general manager Kevin Towers agreed to a two-year contract extension that runs through 2010, The Associated Press learned Tuesday night.
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Left fielder Scott Podsednik agreed to a one-year, $2.9 million contract with the Chicago White Sox, avoiding arbitration, the team announced Friday.
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Owners on Thursday unanimously voted to extend the term of baseball commissioner Bud Selig for three years through 2009.
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Six-time All-Star catcher Sandy Alomar Jr. agreed Wednesday to a $550,000, one-year contract with the Texas Rangers to be a part-time player next season.
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Free agent Armando Benitez and the San Francisco Giants agreed to a three-year contract yesterday, a move that stabilizes the club&#39;s closer role that&#39;s been in flux since Robb Nen got injured two years ago.
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Infielder Ronnie Belliard and the Washington Nationals agreed Monday to a $3.5 million, two-year contract extension through the 2009 season, a veteran building block for a club trying to improve.