FILE - In this Nov. 6, 2009 photo, New York Yankees baseball player Hideki Matsui, the World Series MVP, waves from a float during a ticker-tape parade along Broadway celebrating their 27th World Series championship in New York. Matsui and the Los Angeles Angels have reached a preliminary agreement on a one-year contract worth about $6.5 million, a person familiar with the deal told The Associated Press. The person spoke on condition of anonymity Monday, Dec. 14, 2009, because the contract was not yet final.
(AP Photo/Kathy Willens)