Basically, they signed him forever. Tim Wakefield, the Red Sox' longest-tenured player, yesterday signed a one-year, $4 million contract extension for 2006, a deal that includes a club option for 2007 and each season thereafter for as long as the Red Sox want him. (Full article: 926 words)

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