For most elite college baseball players, careers are finished in three seasons instead of the usual four. With professional contracts awaiting them in the minor leagues, once that third collegiate season is finished, they're usually gone. Once in a while, a player will finish out his eligibility in hopes of increasing his draft status, but when a player is drafted in the sixth-round after being projected much lower, the response is usually "Where do I sign?" But that wasn't the case with Texas A&M senior outfielder Cory Patton.

After opening the season with a three-game sweep over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, the No. 21 Texas A&M baseball team will travel to Huntsville Tuesday to square off against Sam Houston State, which is looking to improve on last year's disappointing 9-18 record.

NEW YORK - It's a done deal: Alex Rodriguez is a Yankee. Commissioner Bud Selig approved the record-setting swap Monday, allowing the reigning American League MVP to be traded to New York by the Texas Rangers. ''I'm pretty excited. This is a big, big one,'' Yankees owner George Steinbrenner said.