La Russa returns -- with McGwire

Mark McGwire is back in baseball, reunited with Tony La Russa as the St. Louis Cardinals' hitting coach.

La Russa agreed to return for a 15th year as manager Monday with a one-year contract, the first time he hasn't had a multiyear deal with the team. All of his coaches will return except for Hal McRae, who will be replaced by McGwire.

"Mark is passionate about the game, passionate about the Cardinals," chairman Bill DeWitt Jr. said.

McGwire hit a then-record 70 home runs in 1998 and retired with 583 homers and a .263 career average in 2001. He famously refused to answer questions about steroids use during a March 2005 congressional hearing, saying he wasn't there to talk about the past.

Acta chose Indians: Manny Acta had two choices for his second job managing in the majors. He picked the Cleveland Indians and their young talent over the Houston Astros, where his baseball career began.

Acta, fired by the Washington Nationals after a 21-61 start, was introduced as Cleveland's 40th manager Monday. Acta, 40, signed a three-year contract.

The fans' choice: Sports fans in New York overwhelmingly chose to watch the Yankees' chance to clinch a World Series berth Sunday night over the Giants' regular-season NFL game against the Arizona Cardinals.

Fox said its coverage of Game 6 of the AL Championship Series was watched by 26.4 percent of the market's homes with televisions and 40 percent of households with TVs in use at the time. The numbers for NBC's "Sunday Night Football" were 9.3 and 14.