SAN FRANCISCO — The World Series champion San Francisco Giants have found their new shortstop, agreeing to terms with free agent Miguel Tejada on a $6.5 million, one-year contract Tuesday.
“I’m very happy and satisfied to reach an agreement with the San Francisco Giants,” Tejada said. “I take pride in having the opportunity to compete for that team.”
Tejada, who played 156 games last season with the Baltimore Orioles and San Diego Padres, takes over a spot filled previously by World Series MVP Edgar Renteria and Juan Uribe. Tejada batted .269 with 15 home runs and 71 RBIs between his two clubs in 2010.
Meanwhile, Uribe, a former Rockies infielder, finalized a $21 million, three-year deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
• A judge declared an impasse over efforts to settle who owns the Dodgers after a bitter divorce between Frank and Jamie McCourt.
Superior Court Judge Peter Lichtman had given both sides more than a week to accept a settlement proposal, which was kept confidential. Lichtman declared an impasse and reported it to Superior Court Judge Scott Gordon, who has until Jan. 19 to issue his ruling regarding the couple’s prenuptial agreement.
• A baseball official said shortstop Derek Jeter and his agent, Casey Close, met as the New York Yankees await a counteroffer from their captain. The Yankees have offered Jeter a $45 million, three-year contract.
• The St. Louis Cardinals acquired infielder Ryan Theriot from the Dodgers in exchange for reliever Blake Hawksworth.
McCarney to coach Mean Green
DENTON, Texas — Dan McCarney was introduced as the football coach at North Texas.
McCarney’s arrival came six weeks after former high school coach Todd Dodge was fired following a 3 1/2-season experiment on the NCAA FBS level that produced a 6-37 record.
McCarney has been in college coaching for 34 years, the last three as defensive line coach at Florida. He was head coach at Iowa State from 1995-2006 and led the Cyclones to five bowl games over a six-season span from 2000-05.
• Texas A&M accepted an invitation to play in the Cotton Bowl. The Aggies will learn Sunday which team from the Southeastern Conference they will play.
• East Carolina is headed to the Military Bowl on Dec. 29 against an Atlantic Coast Conference foe.
• Southern Mississippi will play in the Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl in St. Petersburg, Fla., on Dec. 21.
• Former Mississippi State player Kenny Rogers is scheduled to meet with officials from the Mississippi Secretary of State’s office Dec. 9 to discuss the recruitment of Auburn quarterback Cam Newton.
Footnotes.
Boston Celtics guard Delonte West underwent surgery to repair his broken right wrist. There is no timetable for his return.
• Indiana University officials said Guy-Marc Michel, a 7-foot center from Martinique, was declared ineligible after the NCAA determined he had enrolled at a French university in 2006, which started the five- year window in which he could compete in NCAA Division I.
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