News & Notes

  • Injury of the week (if not the year): Brewers reliever Matt Wise is temporarily shelved after an injury caused by a pair of salad tongs. He cut the middle finger on his pitching hand while reaching for the aluminum tongs in the postgame spread. This is the same Matt Wise who strained his shoulder on a railing in early May. He was in the Brewers’ bullpen in San Diego, heading for the bathroom.
  • With Jose Canseco now a San Diego Surf Dawg, getting paid $2,500 a month, he’ll be subject to the Golden Baseball League’s drug-testing policy. Steroids are banned, and every player in the GBL is tested. Canseco will be a designated hitter and “showcase his knuckleball as a member of the pitching staff,” according to a press release.
  • 383 – Triple-A hitters Jeremy Sowers faced this year while allowing one home run.
  • 2 – Homers Sowers allowed in a span of four batters in his first start for the Indians.
  • Orlando Cabrera has reached base safely in 61 straight games, giving him the longest such streak since 1960. The major league record is 84 games by Ted Williams
  • Jason Marquis has 10 wins on the season despite a 5.78 ERA. Meanwhile, Todd Jones has 22 saves despite an ERA of 6.00.
  • Chicago Bulls mascot charged with attacking an off-duty officer after driving a mini-motorcycle through an outdoor festival.
  • Nomar Garciaparra tied a major league record when he was hit by three pitches in Monday’s game against the Diamondbacks.
  • USATODAY has a poll asking, “which do you think was the worst MLB All-Star snub?” They list eight players, including the likes of A.J. Pierzynski; Travis Hafner, however, isn’t one of them.
  • Make sure Erik Bedard isn’t available in your league. After a rough two months to start the season, he has a 1.24 ERA in his past four outings, with a 32/6 K/BB ratio. The opponents included the Mets, Phillies and White Sox, so it wasn’t against weak competition either. Maybe he is finally harnessing his stuff, which is definitely good enough to excel in the majors.
  • Sammy Sosa told a Korean newspaper he’s not retired and might return to action next season, but he nearly ended the interview when asked about steroids.

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5 responses to “News & Notes”

  1. Tyler Avatar
    Tyler

    Jose Canseco!! ….What a ridiculous poll by USAtoday not mentioning Hafner…I saw that also….ummm you might want to follow baseball a bit before publishing such a thing….what a joke.

  2. Red Avatar
    Red

    Maury Povich is one sick and twisted guy. He absolutely loves it. I wonder if they really had a silent moment during that Cruise night.

  3. Tommy Avatar
    Tommy

    That Gary Matthews catch is one of the very best I have ever seen. It’s definitely up there.

  4. Nick Avatar
    Nick

    Now Canseco is demanding a trade after just one game!!!

  5. Mike Avatar
    Mike

    Canseco actually was traded!!!! After only one game.

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