The Yankees have finalized their minor league contract with right-hander Mark Prior, who is trying to make it back to the major leagues for the first time since 2006.
The average salary in Major League Baseball finished over $3 million for the first time.
Former Chicago Cubs player and broadcaster Ron Santo was remembered with smiles and happy memories Friday as friends and colleagues praised his unbridled optimism in the face of health problems and the never-ending failures of his beloved team.
It didn't take long for the tears to give way to laughter, and that figured, because smiles were never in short supply when Ron Santo was around.
The funeral procession for Ron Santo was expected to make a trip Friday past Wrigley Field, giving Chicago Cubs fans a chance for one last standing ovation in honor of the beloved ballplayer who spent 15 years manning third base there before joining the broadcast booth.
Scott Boras called Carlos Pena's $10 million, one-year deal with the Chicago Cubs "a pillow contract."
They came to pay their respects to Ron Santo, with stories of watching him gobble up grounders at third base or listening to him suffer on the radio as the Cubs dropped another game.
Scott Boras called Carlos Pena's $10 million, one-year deal with the Chicago Cubs "a pillow contract."
Well, well, look who's entered the Cliff Lee sweepstakes _ those cash-slingin' Washington Nationals.
