Dominican Major League baseball player Raul Mondesí signed a contract for US$60 million dollars with the Los Angeles Dodgers. "This is the happiest day of my life," Raul Mondesí told Hoy newspaper, upon confirming the news to the Dominican press. He said that he will receive US$2 million upon signing, and will earn US$5 million in 1998, US$8.5 million in 1999 and US$9.5 in 2000. In years 2001-2, his salary will be US$11 million and in years 2003 his salary will be US$13 million. Mondesí joins Pedro Martínez and Sammy Sosa as three of the top paid baseball players in the U.S.
