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♦ TUESDAY, AUGUST 1, 2006
STANDINGS, MORE
CURTAIN CALL
American League
EAST
W L PCT OB HOMK ROAD RS RA STRK LlO
Boston 62 41 .602 - 33-15 29-26 568 504 Lostl 5-5
NY Yankees 61 41 .598 .5 33-19 28-22 570 490 Wonl 6-4
Toronto 57 48 .543 6 35-21 22-27 565 512 Lost 2 4-6
Baltimore 48 58 .453 15.5 28-27 20-31 521 601 Won 1 4-6
Tampa Bay 43 62 .410 20 25-23 18-39 466 569 Lostl 4-6
CENTRAL
W L PCT OB HOMK ROAD RS RA STRK LIO
Detroit 70 34 .673 - 33-17 37-17 546 411 Lostl 7-3
Chicago Sox 61 42 .592 8.5 34-19 27-23 588 503 Lostl 3-7
Minnesota 60 43 .583 9.5 38-13 22-30 516 462 Wonl 7-3
Cleveland 45 58 .437 24.5 26-29 19-29 559 529 Lost 2 4-6
Kansas City 37 67 .356 33 22-27 15-40 475 613 Lostl 5-5
WEST
W L PCT OB HOMI ROAD RS RA STRK LlO
Oakland 55 50 .524 - 28-25 27-25 472 475 Won 2 5-5
LA Angels 54 50 .519 .5 24-24 30-26 512 490 Won 1 6-4
Texas 52 53 .495 3 26-30 26-23 528 511 Won 1 3-7
Seattle 51 53 .490 3.5 28-26 23-27 494 489 Won 2 7-3
National League
EAST
W L PCT QB HOME ROAD RS RA STRK LIO
NY Mets 63 41 .606 - 30-21 33-20 566 475 Won 4 7-3
Philadelphia 49 54 .476 13.5 27-30 22-24 524 535 Won 3 6-4
Atlanta 48 56 .462 15 22-28 26-28 549 540 Lost 4 3-7
Florida 48 56 .462 15 25-24 23-32 477 501 Lost 3 6-4
Washington 46 59 .438 17.5 26-24 20-35 482 547 Lost 3 6-4
CENTRAL
W L PCT OB HOME ROAD RS RA STRK LIO
St. Louis 58 46 .558 - 31-19 27-27 512 494 Lost 4 5-5
Cincinnati 55 50 .524 3.5 27-25 28-25 521 534 Lost 2 5-5
Milwaukee 50 55 .476 8.5 32-23 18-32 490 561 Won 2 4-6
Houston 49 56 .467 9.5 30-26 19-30 476 504 Lostl 3-7
Chicago Cubs 43 61 .413 15 21-28 22-33 430 525 Won 4 6-4
Pittsburgh 40 66 .377 19 27-26 13-40 483 546 Won 5 6-4
WEST
W L PCT QB HOME ROAD RS RA STRK LIO
San Diego 55 50 .524 - 25-28 30-22 487 477 Lost 1 5-5
Arizona 53 51 .510 1.5 26-26 27-25 513 520 Won 1 6-4
San Francisco 51 54 .486 4 29-24 22-30 488 490 Lost 7 3-7
Colorado 50 54 .481 4.5 26-25 24-29 483 471 Won 1 5-5
LA Dodgers 50 55 .476 5 31-24 19-31 524 506 Won 3 3-7
PRO, COLLEGE
BRIEFS
Satan tests positive
(AP) - Another American champion
was hit with a shocking positive drug
test Saturday - Olympic and world 100-
meter titlist Justin Gatlin.
Gatlin acknowledged he had been
informed by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency
that he had tested positive for testoster
one or other steroids after a relay race in
Kansas in April. The revelation came just
two days after Tour de France champion
Floyd Landis' victory was thrown into
question for allegations of similar doping
violations. Gatlin said he did not know
why the test came back positive and
promised cooperation with USADA, as it
continues with the case.
Gatlin's coach, Trevor Graham, told
The Washington Post on Sunday that
Gatlin was the victim of a setup by a
massage therapist.
Yankees acquire Abreu
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The New York
Yankees acquired All-Star right fielder
Bobby Abreu and starting pitcher Cory
Lidle from the Philadelphia Phillies on
Sunday for four minor league prospects.
A .301 career hitter, Abreu fills a
major void in the lineup. New York has
been without injured outfielders Gary
Sheffield and Hideki Matsui for most of
the season. The Phillies get left-hander
Matt Smith, shortstop C.J. Henry - a
first-round draft pick in 2005 - catcher
Jesus Sanchez and right-hander Carlos
Monasterios.
Sutter inducted irto rtaa
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) - Bruce
Sutter didn’t leave baseball the way he
wanted, booed relentlessly when injuries
sapped his talent. That doesn’t matter
any more.
Eighteen years after he hung up his
spikes for good, Sutter was inducted
Sunday into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Sutter, who joined Hoyt Wilhelm,
Rollie Fingers and Dennis Eckersley
as the only relief pitchers in the Hall,
was the lone player selected by the
Baseball Writers Association of America.
Richt faces quarterback questions
By ZACHARY SPAIN
The Times-Union
It didn’t take long for
Georgia coach Mark Richt
to face questions about his
choice for starting quarter
back.
Saturday evening at the
University of North Florida’s
University Center, Richt
took questions for about 45
minutes from some of the
400 members of the Georgia
Bulldog Club of Jacksonville
in attendance.
But that toughest of ques
tions came not from the
audience, but from Georgia
broadcaster Neil “Hondo”
Williamson, the M.C. of the
Dawg Days Tour.
Richt’s reply was lengthy
he jokingly apologized later
but non- committal.
“I don’t know,” Richt
said after Williamson asked
who the starter would be.
Seventeen players and executives from
baseball’s segregated past, all of them
deceased, were also inducted, including
Essa Manley, the first woman to be so
honored. __
Also inducted were J.G. Taylor Spink
Award winner Tracy Ringolsby and Ford
C. Frick Award winner Gene Elston.
Cards pick v BeM
CLEVELAND (AP) - The St. Louis
Cardinals acquired second baseman
Ronnie Belliard from the Cleveland
Indians on Sunday for infielder Hector
Luna.
mb holds off Wte
EVIAN, France (AP) - Karrie Webb
sank an 18-foot birdie putt on the 17th
hole to hold off Michelle Wie and win
the Evian Masters by a stroke Saturday,
denying the 16-year-old from Hawaii her
first professional victory.
Pavin breaks fry sped
MILWAUKEE (AP) - Corey Pavin won
his first PGA Tour title in 10 years Sunday,
closing with a 3-under 67 on Sunday for
a two-stroke victory over Jerry Kelly in
the U.S. Bank Championship.
Roberts wins senior event
TURNBERRY, Scotland (AP) - Loren
Roberts won the Senior British Open for
his fourth victory of the year, squander
ing a five-stroke lead before beating
Argentina’s Eduardo Romero on the first
playoff hole.
Karisson nets champßmshV
ALVESLOHE, Germany (AP)
- Sweden's Robert Karisson won the
Deutsche Bank Players' Championship,
shooting a 5-under 67 for a four-stroke
victory over Lee Westwood and Chari
Schwartzel.
Johnson best at VllicHta
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - Kevin Johnson
won the Wichita Open for his fourth
career Nationwide Tour title.
Bush afrees to deal
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Reggie Bush
“[Athletic director] Damon
[Evans] always accuses me
of knowing. He says, Ojust
tell me who it is.’ “I don’t
know.”
The Bulldogs have four
quarterbacks on scholai -
ship: senior Joe Tereshinski,
sophomore Blake Barnes,
redshirt freshman Joe
Cox, and touted freshman
Matthew Stafford.
Tereshinski, who start
ed Georgia’s 14-10 loss to
Florida last fall at Alltel
Stadium, is the only one of
the bunch with experience
and would appear to be the
favorite.
“I expected the young
guys to learn enough [dur
ing spring practice] so in
the fall we can decide whose
best suited. If we do play a
young guy [at any position],
it won’t be at the expense
of a senior,” said Richt. “It
agreed to a six-year contract with the
New Orleans Saints on Saturday
Saints general manager Mickey
Loomis declined to discuss the financial
terms on Sunday.
Bush was (he second overall pick
after Houston took defensive end Mario
Williams, then signed him to a six-year,
$54 million contract, with $26.5 million
guaranteed. Reported incentives could
increase the value of Williams’ deal to
more than S6O million.
Goodnanmasr
NEW YORK (AP) - Roger Goodell,
the NFL’s chief operating officer and one
of Paul Tagliabue’s chief aides, was one
of five finalists announced Sunday to
succeed Tagliabue as commissioner.
The 47-year-old Goodell was the only
one of the five who works in the NFL
office although another, Gregg Levy, is
the league's outside counsel.
The other three finalists are Frederick
Nance, a Cleveland lawyer; Robert
L. Reynolds, of Concord, Mass., the
vice chairman and chief operating offi
cer of Fidelity Investments; and Mayo
A. Shattuck 111 of Baltimore, chairman
of the board, president and CEO of
Constellation Energy.
Castroneves wins tourtb
BROOKLYN, Mich. (AP) - Helio
Castroneves picked up his series-high
fourth victory of the season and moved
atop the Indy Racing League standings
after winning the Firestone Indy 400 on
Sunday.
Schmacher best to Germany
HOCKENHEIM, Germany (AP)
- Michael Schumacher won the German
Grand Prix on Sunday to capture his
third straight Formula One race and
close in on points leader and defending
champion Fernando Alonso.
Edwards whs Busch race
MADISON, 111. (AP) - Carl Edwards
overtook Denny Hamlin with nine laps
left and held on to win the Busch Silver
Celebration 250 on Saturday night.
will be because I think he
has the best chance to help
us to become a champion for
the seniors. For the seniors,
Joe Tereshinski is the guy.”
Richt said he planned to
have the competition down
to two by the end of the
second of three preseason
scrimmages next month, but
added the decision probably
wouldn’t be final even then.
“It will probably run into
the season,” Richt said.
Richt was joined in
Jacksonville by gymnastics
coach Suzanne Yoculan, who
led the Gym Dogs to their sec
ond title in a row, and Evans,
who accepted the SEC All-
Sports Trophy, which had
been won by Florida the past
14 years.
“It’s a good feeling to take
this trophy away from those
dreaded Gators,” Evans
said.
SPORTS
Sunday's Sports
Transactions
By The Associated
B BALTIMORE ORIOLES-Activated
OF Jay Gibbons from the 15-day
and LHP Tim Byrdak from the 60-
day DL Designated OF Luis Terrero
for assignment. Placed RHP LaTroy
Hawkins on the bereavement list.
Recalled RHP Eddy Rodriguez from
Ottawa of the IL
H CLEVELAND INDIANS-Traded
INF Ronnie Belliard to SI Louis for
INF Hector Luna.
H NEW YORK YANKEES-Acquired
OF Bobby Abreu and RHP Cory
Lidie from Philadelphia for SS
C.J. Henry, LHP Matt Smith, C
Jesus Sanchez and RHP Carlos
Monasteries.
B SEATTLE MARINERS-Placed
RHP Rafael Soriano on the 15-
day DL. Activated RHP Sean Green
from the 15-day DL.
B TAMPA BAY DEVIL RAYS-Ptaced
LHP Scott Kazmir and INF Ty
Wigginton on the 15-day DL.
Recalled LHP J.P. Howell from
Durham of the IL
a TEXAS RANGERS-Acquired
C Miguel Ojeda from Colorado
for cash and assigned him to
Oklahoma of the PCL Traded RHP
Bryan Corey to Boston for RHP Luis
Mendoza.
B COLORADO ROCWES-Activated
C Danny Ardoin from the 15-day
DL. Optioned C J.D Closser to
Colorado Springs of the PCL.
a HOUSTON ASTROS-Optioned 3B
Morgan Ensberg and RHP Taylor
Buchholz to Round Rock of the
PCL. Recalled RHP Chris Sampson
from Round Rock.
C l EATS
Braves designate Sosa, send Jones back to DL
ATLANTA - After a hor
rendous four months that
saw him go from the No.
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newly acquired reliever
Danys Baez, the Braves
designated Sosa for assign
ment Sunday.
That means the club has
10 days to trade or release
the struggling right-hander,
who was 3-10 with a 5.46
ERA.
They could also option
him to the minors, but Sosa
would likely decline based
on service time and the
prospect of pitching else
where.
Last year, he went 13-3
(10-3 as a starter) with a
2.55 ERA in a breakout sea
son. Keeping the ball down
and throwing more break
ing balls to left-handers
was to have been the secret
to success.
The luster had worn off
this season. Sosa hit three
home runs, but gave up
20 in just 87 1/3 innings.
Opponents were hitting
.298 against him - right
handers .277, left-handers
.327.
“I look at last year as
a very positive develop
ment,” Atlanta general
manager John Schuerholz
“He did a great job for us.
It hadn’t worked as well
this year.”
I Sunday’s Major League
Linescores
By The Associated Press
Tanya Bay 000 200 000-2 6 0
New York 002 01010x-4 01
Shields, RLugo (8) and Paul
Mussina, Farnsworth (8),
MRivera (9) and Posada. W-
Mussina 13-3. L-Shields 4-5.
Sv-MRivera (26). HRs-New
York, Damon 2 (13).
Seattle 100 200 004-7101
Cleveland 101100 000-3 8 0
Pineiro, Woods (8), Putz (9)
and RRivera, Johjima (9) ClLee,
Carmona (8), Mastny (9) and
VMartinez. W-Woods 3-1.
L-Carmona 1-4. Sv-Putz (22).
HR-Seattle, Sexson (22).
Detroit 001 011 001-4 13 4
Minnesota 000 000 06x-6 6 2
Bonderman, JWalker (8) and
VWilson JoSantana, Crain (6),
DReyes (8), Neshek (8), Nathan
(9) and Redmond. W~Neshek
1-0. L-Bonderman 11-5. Sv-
Nathan (22).
Chicago 100102 030-7121
Baltimore 101 003 102-0 13 0
JVazquez, Cotts (6), Riske
(7) Thornton (8), Jenks (9)
and Pierzynski BChen, Britton
(6), Byrdak (8), Williams (8),
ERodriguez (9) and JvLopez.
W-ERodriguez 1-1. L-Jenks 2-
3. HRs-Chicago, Konerko (26),
Dye (28). Baltimore, Gibbons
(11).
Toronto 100 000 013-511 1
Oakland 011 000103-0110
Halladay, Schoeneweis (7),
Speier (8), BRyan (9) and Zaun
Komine, Gaudin (7), Halsey
(8) Calero (8), Street (8) and
Kendall. W-Street 4-3. L-BRyan
1-1. HRs-Toronto, Johnson (7).
When asked to comment
Sunday morning, Sosa
put his hand up and said,
“Later.”
Schuerholz said the spot
was needed for Baez, who
was picked up late Fr: 1
night from Los Angeles
along with infielder Willy
Aybar.
“His was the spot that we
felt was the one that had
to be filled,” Schuerholz
said. “He obviously hadn’t
done for us what he did last
year, but we’re going to give
Baez a chance to join our
bullpen.”
NOT CHIPPER (AGAIN): The
feeling is getting familiar
for third baseman Chipper
Jones, who was placed on
the disabled list Sunday for
the second time this year
and fourth time in three
seasons.
The 34-year-old tried to
play through the strained
left oblique muscle that
forced him to miss four
games last week, but it
flared up on a swing during
Friday’s game.
“They’re adamant about
giving it the proper amount
of rest and the proper
amount of treatment,” he
said. “It wasn’t fully healed
yet. I tried to play through
it, and I couldn’t.”
Losing Jones comes at
a rather precarious time
for the Braves, who trail
the Reds by 6 1/2 games
in the wild-card standings
with a weekend series in
Cincinnati ahead.
Jones, who also missed
time earlier this month
with a sore foot, just com
pleted a 20-game hitting
streak in which he batted
3 starter to
the team’s
closer to
the pitching
staffs 12th
man, Jorge
Sosa’s days
in Atlanta
are over.
To make
room for
THE HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL
Oakland, Bradley (6).
Los Angeles 123 004 000-10101
Boston 100 030000-410
Lackey, Donnelly (7), Gregg (9)
and Napoli Schilling, Van Buren
(6), Tavarez (6), Seanez (6) and
Varitek, Mirabelli (9). W-Lackey
10-6. L-Schiliing 13-4. HRs-
Los Angeles, OCabrera (8),
VGuerrero (21), JRivera (16).
Kansas City 000 200 000-2 0 2
Texas 024 010 021-18100
MRedman, Duckworth (4),
Nunez (5) and Buck Koronka,
Rupe (6), Littleton (8), Wasdin
(9) and Laird. W-Koronka 7-6.
L-MRedman 7-6. HRs-Kansas
City, Brown (7). Texas, MYoung
(9), Kinsler (8).
New Yerk 341 010 001-10101
Atlanta 030 300 000-0 188
TGlavine, Oliver (5), Bradford
(6), Feliciano (6), Heilman (7),
BWagner (8) and Lo Duca
James, Shieil (2), Mcßride (5),
Yates (6), DBaez (8), Ray (9)
and McCann. W-Oliver 4-0. L-
James 4-2. Sv-BWagner (22).
HRs-New York, Beltran 2 (32),
CDelgado (26).
Florida 100120 010-5 7 2
Philadelphia 000 540 B2x-1110 0
ASanchez, Herges (5), Resop(B)
and Olivo Wolf, Fultz (5), Geary
(8) and Lieberthal. W-Futtz 2-0.
L-ASanchez 4-1. HRs-Florida,
Willingham 2 (14), Olivo (11).
Philadelphia, Lieberthal (2).
Florida 000 011 000-210 0
Philadelphia 010 005 28x~912 0
Moehler, Pinto (6), Messenger
(6) Kensing (7), Borowski (8)
and Treanor Madson, RiWhite
(7) Rhodes (8), Castro (9)
and Coste. W-Madson 9-7. L-
Moehler 5-8.
.512 with eight home runs
and 24 RBIs.
“It seems like this year,
if I’m not in there, we just
can’t get anything rolling.
That’s what stings,” Jones
said. “The offense was roll
ing pretty good and every
one was in there firing on
all cylinders. I was helping
lead the way. Now I’m not,
and it leaves a pretty big
void.”
NEW ARRIVALS: Baez and
Aybar joined the team
Sunday morning. Aybar
was thrown in the fray
immediately, with manager
Bobby Cox inserting the 23-
year-old at third base for
the DL-bound Jones.
Aybar, the team’s leadoff
hitter Sunday, responded
with the second four-hit
game of his career. He had
singles in the second, fourth,
fifth and ninth innings. He
scored twice.
Baez also debuted. He
pitched a scoreless eighth
inning, working around a
quirky double to shallow
left field by Carlos Delgado
and a David Wright single.
His fastball touched 95,
effective to offset his 78, 79
mph breaking ball.
Both players said they
were caught somewhat
off guard by the deal that
brought them in Georgia
and sent Wilson Betemit to
the Dodgers.
Aybar will play until
Jones returns, Cox has
said. Baez will serve as
the primary setup man for
new closer Bob Wickman.
Coincidentally, Baez was the
eighth-inning man in front
of Wickman in Cleveland
in 2001.