Found February 20, 2009 on Memories Of Kevin Malone:
Ken Gurnick has the details.
"Free agents are on sale, and the Dodgers picked one up on the cheap Friday when they agreed with second baseman Orlando Hudson on a one-year contract, baseball sources confirmed.

The deal is worth $3.4 million with another $4.6 million in possible incentives."
I dunno about cheap, but at first glance, it certainly does seem like a good deal...
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