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The Minnesota Twins have signed center fielder Denard Span to a five-year, $16.5 million contract extension.

Already caught up in a scandal involving a close aide, embattled New York Governor David Paterson was charged on Wednesday by the state's ethics watchdog for unlawfully taking free baseball tickets to the 2009 World Series.

The Astros and general manager Ed Wade have agreed on a two-year contract extension through 2012, KRIV-TV in Houston has reported.

Tim Lincecum can finally move forward from a contract situation that was unsettled all winter and focus on baseball again. Same goes for the San Francisco Giants....

Joel Pineiro agreed Wednesday to a $16 million, two-year contract with the Los Angeles Angels, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press....

Sobbing and sniffling, Mark McGwire finally answered the steroid question....

Randy Johnson looked so awkward on the mound early in his career, that shaggy hair dangling down his neck as he fired a blazing fastball in every direction but the strike zone....

The St. Louis Cardinals persuaded another star player to stick around. This time it was really expensive and took a little longer than anticipated. Matt Holliday agreed Tuesday to a $120 million, seven-year contract that is baseball's richest deal of the offseason and the biggest in franchise history. Just like Mark McGwire, Jim Edmonds and Scott Rolen before him, the power-hitting outfielder arrived in a trade and decided St. Louis was the best place for him.

Major League Baseball and its umpires have reached an agreement on a five-year labor contract running through December 2014....

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Andy Pettitte is staying with the New York Yankees, agreeing to an $11.75 million, one-year contract....