21. Baltimore signed him as an unrestricted free agent. 22. Beers, whom the Islanders signed as a free agent from Edmonton during the off-season, will be sidelined at least two months. 23. Before he was signed as a shortstop by Red Sox great Bobby Doerr, he played for the Alaska Goldpanners. 24. Boggs and Sorrento signed as free agents. 25. Boniol and Cunningham actually were acquaintances before they wound up here competing for the job vacated when Murray signed as a free agent with Philadelphia. 26. Boggs signed as a free agent with the expansion Tampa Bay Devils Rays while Hayes was traded to the San Francisco Giants. 27. A year after he was introduced in Miami, Riley lost Juwan Howard, the Washington forward he was trying to sign as a free agent. 28. A third-round draft pick out of Penn State, he was expected to replace long-time kicker Chris Jacke, who signed as a free agent with Pittsburgh. 29. Aaron Sele has been signed as a free agent from Seattle and Kevin Appier acquired from the New York Mets in the Vaughn trade to transform the pitching rotation. 30. According to uberagent David Falk, who was representing King, the Celtics signed him as a favor to Falk. |