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Andy Pettitte returned to New York for a reunion and decided to stay. After three seasons with his hometown Houston Astros, he came up to the big city for a Nov. 10 gathering of the Yankees` 1996 World Series championship team, a benefit for manager Joe Torre`s Safe at Home Foundation. "Really at that time, there was no chance.

NL championship series MVP Jeff Suppan has been offered a four-year contract by the Milwaukee Brewers. "We stepped up and felt it was important to be known," Brewers general manager Doug Melvin said Thursday in a telephone interview, without revealing terms of Milwaukee`s proposal. Suppan was brilliant in helping the St.

Cuban infielder Juan Miranda and the New York Yankees agreed Friday to a $2.07 million, four-year contract. He played with Pinar Del Rio in Cuba from 2002-04, and the Yankees said he hit .303 there with 27 homers, 73 walks and 87 strikeouts. "He`s got some juice in his bat from the left side. We like him a lot," Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said.

Sammy Sosa began training Thursday in hopes of returning to the major leagues. "I feel like I did when I was a rookie," Sosa told The Associated Press. "I have a lot of spirit and a desire to return. I think I can play three or four more years in the form I am now." Sosa hit the ball out of the park 15 times while training at a field in San Pedro de Macoris that is operated by the Japanese Central...

The Yankees got the bill Friday for their sorry season. The Yankees were slapped with a $26 million luxury tax by the commissioner`s office, raising New York`s total to $97.75 million over the last four years. Boston, which missed the playoffs, was the only other team over the tax threshold and will pay $497,549.

Ken Griffey Jr. couldn`t avoid injury in the offseason. The Cincinnati Reds` center fielder broke his left hand in an accident at home, the latest in a series of setbacks since he joined was traded to his hometown team for the 2000 season. Griffey will have the hand in a hard cast for three weeks, then be re-examined, the team announced on Friday.

Florida Marlins pitcher Dontrelle Willis was released from jail Friday after being charged with drunken driving when a police officer noticed him stumbling and confused outside his car in Miami Beach. Willis told reporters gathered outside Miami-Dade County jail that he would try to set a better example for his fans: "I`ll do a better job." The 2003 NL Rookie of the Year was arrested around 4 a.m.

Indebted to George Steinbrenner for turning his life around, a Yankees adviser has penned a touching story of a sick child whose dream comes true.