Red Sox's winning bid for Matsuzaka — $51.1 million  —  NAPLES, Fla. — The Boston Red Sox emerged Tuesday night as winners of the bidding for Daisuke Matsuzaka with a $51.1 million offer and have 30 days to sign the Japanese pitcher to a contract.  —  The Seibu Lions of Japan's Pacific League announced …

Nationals name former Mets coach Acta manager  —  WASHINGTON — Manny Acta began preparing to be a major league manager when he was the only kid with a catcher's mitt in his neighborhood back in the Dominican Republic.  —  "So I was like, 'I'm running the game, or I'm taking the glove away,' " Acta recalled Tuesday.

MLB vows help with ballpark  —  NAPLES — With the Oakland Athletics set to build a ballpark in Fremont, Calif., Major League Baseball plans to concentrate on helping the Marlins get a new ballpark.  —  "We want to keep baseball in South Florida," Bob DuPuy, the league's president and chief operating officer, said Tuesday.

Webb takes home NL Cy Young  —  Right-hander beats out Hoffman, Carpenter for honor  —  PHOENIX — Arizona right-hander Brandon Webb made his first All-Star appearance in 2006 and ran off a 30-inning scoreless streak.  Now he has capped the year off with his greatest achievement.

DeRosa cashes in on career year, to sign with Cubs  —  Mark DeRosa is poised to cash in on his career year.  —  The Chicago Cubs have reached an agreement on a three-year contract with DeRosa worth approximately $13 million, a team official familiar with the deal told ESPN The Magazine's Buster Olney.

Roundup  —  Mariners sign Ordonez to minor-league contract  —  SEATTLE (AP) — Former major leaguers Rey Ordonez, Jesse Foppert and Tony Torcato were among nine players signed by the Seattle Mariners to minor league contracts Tuesday.  —  Ordonez, who hasn't played in the majors since 2004 …

Mets keep El Duque with two-year, $12M deal  —  NEW YORK — The New York Mets have so much confidence in 41-year-old Orlando Hernandez, they're ready to keep him for two more seasons.  —  Hernandez and the Mets agreed Tuesday to a $12 million, two-year contract, filling a spot in an aging …

D-Rays win rights to Iwamura  —  News, notes and quotes from the general managers meetings at the Naples Grande Resort and club.  —  * It appears Tampa Bay has won the bidding right for Japanese third baseman Akinori Iwamura.  The Devil Rays reportedly outbid the Indians, San Diego and Boston for the left-handed hitter.

Boras is baseball's bigger deal man  —  Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY  —  NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. — Los Angeles Dodgers general manager Ned Colletti is screaming insults on the telephone.  The Japanese media are demanding the whereabouts of major league-bound pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka.

Hey, no 'Shea'?  That's an error  —  You mean they're actually doing it, after all?  They're tossing the name of Shea Stadium in the trash and replacing it with "Citi Field"?  —  I object!  What a rude thing to do in this city and what an insult this is to Bill Shea.

The Rumor Mill: Meeting Your Expectations  —  Both have been hard at work after their respective teams were ousted from the postseason, and both face a long several weeks of work before Christmas Day (and in Cashman's case, there's no guarantee that the Big Stein will give him that day off).