31.   Then the club signed Damien Robinson, and Hayes was again a special teamer only.

32.   When clubs signed players last winter and spring, they induced players to accept smaller salaries because of their losses.

33.   Williams was deemed expendable when the club signed veteran Chris Warren last spring.

34.   Why would a club sign a pitcher like Chan Ho Park or Aaron Sele if Brad Radke or Javier Vazquez are available?

35.   With Irbe off to Dallas, the club signed free agent goalie Kelly Hrudey, a longtime Kings netminder.

36.   A German fourth-division soccer club has signed the entire Cuban national team, capping eight months of negotiations.

37.   Currently, there are no limits on the number of foreign players a club can sign and three foreigners are allowed to play in each match.

38.   In another move, the club signed left-handed reliever Sean Runyan to a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training.

39.   Many lower-division German clubs have signed a multitude of foreign players.

40.   Romanian club officials refused comment, but Irfan Kurtoglu, a Galatasaray official, said Sunday in Istanbul that his club had signed the Romanian players.