IN THE NEWS: Cubs 2B Ryne Sandberg becomes the highest paid player in baseball history when he agrees to a 4-year contract extension worth $28.4 million.
IN THE NEWS: Yankees VP and chief administrative officer Joseph Molloy, son-in-law of principal owner George Steinbrenner, is elected as new managing general partner of the club.
IN THE NEWS: Angels P Matt Keough is hit in the head by a batted ball during an exhibition game in Scottsdale, Arizona. He is taken to the hospital and undergoes emergency surgery to remove a blood clot.
IN THE NEWS: Georgina Thompson of Wellington, Kansas, is jailed on a charge of contracting a hit man to murder her common-law husband. She used her husband's baseball card collection as a down payment to the hit man.
Negotiations between players and management produce an agreement ending the owners' lockout.