Archive for February, 2009
Santana scratched again because of sore elbow
Johan Santana was scratched from his second straight start by the New York Mets because of a sore left elbow.
After Santana missed a scheduled “B” game appearance Friday against Italy’s national team, the Mets said their ace would not take his turn Tuesday against St. Louis. That was to have been his first regular spring [...]
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Fridays Grapefruit League Capsules
CINCINNATI 10, PHILADELPHIA 3
SARASOTA, Florida Joey Votto had a pair of hits, including a home run, and two RBI and Jonny Gomes also drove in a pair of runs as the Cincinnati Reds defeated the Philadelphia Phillies, 10-3.
Luis Bolivar and Ryan Hanigan each drove in two runs as well for Cincinnati, which scored four runs [...]
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Fridays Cactus League Capsules
CHI CUBS 10, TEXAS 4
SURPRISE, Arizona Micah Hoffpauir and Mike Fontenot both went deep to highlight a seven-run second inning Friday, propelling the Chicago Cubs to a 10-4 victory over the Texas Rangers.
The Cubs jumped on top early, as their first four batters of the second inning reached base and they opened up a 2-0 [...]
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Thursdays Cactus League Capsules
CHI CUBS 7, MILWAUKEE 4
MESA, Arizona Milton Bradley left in the first inning with mild tightness in his left quad as Joey Gathright and Jake Fox made their claim for spots on the roster in the Chicago Cubs 7-4 win over the the Milwaukee Brewers on Thursday.
Bradley, who signed a three-year, $30 million contract in [...]
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Uehara ready for Orioles debut
Koji Uehara will carry a baseball and high expectations to the mound Friday when he makes his debut with the Baltimore Orioles.
It’s only an exhibition game against the Florida Marlins, and it’s likely the right-hander won’t go more than two innings. Yet the hype surrounding the Orioles’ first Japanese import is already churning.
“It’s a big [...]
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Rijo, special assistant to GM, fired by Nationals
Jose Rijo, a special assistant to Nationals general manager Jim Bowden, was fired by Washington on Thursday, the latest fallout from a scandal involving a top prospect from the Dominican Republic who lied about his age and name.
The team also fired Jose Baez, the Nationals’ director of operations in the Dominican Republic, and cut ties [...]
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Beckett throws 2 perfect innings in spring debut
Josh Beckett is healthy again and poised to reclaim his spot as the ace of the Boston Red Sox.
Injuries to his back, elbow and side kept him from keeping that job last year.
The right-hander pitched two perfect innings with two strikeouts Wednesday in his first spring training outing and said he felt fine after a [...]
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Indians closer Kerry Wood slowed by sore back
The Cleveland Indians insist their new closer’s sore back is nothing. But with Kerry Wood, it always seems to be something.
Wood, who had a history of arm injuries with the Chicago Cubs, hasn’t thrown off a mound since last weekend because of an aching back and the Indians will rest him for a few more [...]
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Oakland Athletics end Fremont stadium plans
The Oakland Athletics scrapped their plans to move to Fremont, capping months of speculation that the team would pull out over procedural holdups.
A’s owner Lew Wolff told city officials in a letter released Tuesday that the team has stopped all plans to build a state-of-the art stadium in the San Francisco Bay area suburb, 20 [...]
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Healthy Tracy appreciates chance to show worth
Finally, Chad Tracy is having a routine spring training.
The knee surgery that sidelined him, and the subsequent blood clot that threatened his life, are history.
He enters the 2009 season healthy as the Arizona Diamondbacks’ projected starter at first base, and for that he is grateful.
“These guys have let me try to get back to my [...]
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