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Ellsbury is represented by agent Scott Boras.
• Earlier Tuesday, New York finalized an $85 million, five-year contract with All-Star catcher Brian McCann.
• There is a long history of stars moving from Beantown to the Big Apple during their careers. Babe Ruth was the most famous, and Roger Clemens, Wade Boggs and Johnny Damon followed.
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Today in History
The Associated Press
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• Today is Wednesday, Dec. 4, the 338th day of 2013. There are 27 days left in the year.
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• Today's Highlight in History:
• On Dec. 4, 1619, a group of settlers from Bristol, England, arrived at Berkeley Hundred in present-day Charles City County, Virginia, where they held a service thanking God for their safe arrival. (Some suggest this was the true first Thanksgiving in America, ahead of the Pilgrims' arrival in Massachusetts.)
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• On this date:
• In 1783, Gen. George Washington bade farewell to his Continental Army officers at Fraunces Tavern in New York.
• In 1816, James Monroe of Virginia was elected the fifth president of the United States.
• In 1912, Medal of Honor recipient Gregory "Pappy" Boyington, the Marine Corps pilot who led the "Black Sheep Squadron" during World War II, was born in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.
• In 1918, President Woodrow Wilson left Washington on a trip to France to attend the Versailles (vehr-SY') Peace Conference.
• In 1942, U.S. bombers struck the Italian mainland for the first time in World War II. President Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered the dismantling of the Works Progress Administration, which had been created to provide jobs during the Depression.
• In 1945, the Senate approved U.S. participation in the United Nations by a vote of 65-7.
• In 1965, the United States launched Gemini 7 with Air Force Lt. Col. Frank Borman and Navy Cmdr. James A. Lovell aboard.
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