Two-time American League MVP Frank Thomas agrees a one-year deal with the Oakland Athletics, and first baseman Ben Broussard avoids salary arbitration by signing a one-year contract with the Cleveland Indians.

Two-time American League MVP Frank Thomas agrees a one-year deal with the Oakland Athletics, and first baseman Ben Broussard avoids salary arbitration by signing a one-year contract with the Cleveland Indians.

Fidel Castro confirms that his country will play in the 2006 World Baseball Classic in Cuba’s first official reaction to the U.S. government’s decision allowing the communist country to participate.

Fidel Castro confirms that his country will play in the 2006 World Baseball Classic in Cuba’s first official reaction to the U.S. government’s decision allowing the communist country to participate.