Marc (and surely about everyone else in the world by now) says:

DALLAS -- Officially, the Reds have acquired Tony Womack from the Yankees for minor leaguers Kevin Howard and Ben Himes. The Reds will also get $900,000 from New York, which will take out a good chunk of the $2 million due to Womack in 2006.

Readers of Red Hot Mama know that I have not been a baseball fan very long, and I don't make a secret of the fact that I don't know much. There are many things about this sport that I don't understand.

This signing is one of them.