Bonds goes 0 for 4 in Giants victory  —  LIKE THIS STORY?  —  MILWAUKEE (AP) - Bud Selig joined the crowd that came out to see Barry Bonds.  All the commissioner saw was a long fly and an 0-for-4.  —  Bonds went hitless and stayed put at 753 home runs in the San Francisco Giants' 8-4 victory …

Valentin breaks leg by fouling off pitch  —  LOS ANGELES (AP) — New York Mets second baseman Jose Valentin broke his right leg when he fouled off a pitch Friday night in the fourth inning against the Los Angeles Dodgers.  —  Valentin was forced to immediately leave the game and was diagnosed with a fractured right tibia.

A-Ram powers Cubs past Diamondbacks  —  This is how well things are going for the Cubs right now: No matter who plays, where they bat and whatever the conditions, it comes out a W.  —  No doubt about it, manager Lou Piniella is on a hot streak.  —  Put 5-foot-8-inch, 170-pound Mike Fontenot in the lineup's third spot?

O's, Bedard ace A's  —  Left-hander allows one hit - a homer - in 7 innings  —  OAKLAND, Calif. - As his scoreless-innings streak extended through the middle innings last night at McAfee Coliseum, Erik Bedard was creating even better theater.  He hadn't allowed a hit through 5 2/3 innings.

Fan robs Cabrera with hat grab  —  MIAMI (AP) — Florida Marlins fan David Fridkin might have robbed his favorite player of an extra-base hit Friday night.  —  With the Marlins leading Cincinnati 4-2 in the sixth inning, Miguel Cabrera hit a drive to deep right field.

Memorabilia company sues Big Papi for $1M  —  NEW YORK (AP) — A sports memorabilia company sued Boston Red Sox baseball star David Ortiz for $1 million Friday, claiming he breached a contract by failing to autograph a required number of items and appear at "meet-and-greet" events.

Pirates bottom out, 2-1  —  Drop to last place as slide hits seven  —  Home again.  —  It seemed just about the only missing piece to the Pirates' precipitous plunge, one in which they have fallen short in all seven games since the All-Star break.  But there it was in the standings …

And Moore  —  In the second roster move Friday, the Cubs placed Daryle Ward on the 15-day disabled list with a badly strained right calf muscle and recalled Scott Moore, who started at first base.  Moore has played mostly third base at Iowa and some left field while hitting .266 with 16 homers and 61 RBIs in 90 games.

Notes: Padilla on schedule to return  —  Righty to pitch two innings on Tuesday at Double-A Frisco  —  ARLINGTON — Vicente Padilla, on the disabled list with right triceps irritation, will throw a bullpen session on Saturday and then a two-inning (30-35 pitches) game at Double-A Frisco on Tuesday.

So that's what's wrong with Craig Hansen...  This entry was posted on 7/19/2007 10:16 PM and is filed under uncategorized.  —  Very interesting and telling comments from Peter Gammons during his weekly Thursday segment with Mike Felger on the 890 ESPN's Mike Felger Show Thursday afternoon …

Losing ace alters team's trading strategy  —  ATLANTA — Another 10 weeks without Chris Carpenter in their starting rotation hit home for the Cardinals on Thursday night.  A team barely contending now confronts a harsher reality.  —  The Cardinals may remain buyers rather than sellers …

HAD OUR PHIL OF MORGAN  —  IT ain't so, Joe!  The self- mutilation of ESPN, the systemic destruction of what once promised to be the best thing that ever happened to sports fans, continues, on all fronts.  —  Sunday night on ESPN the Cardinals were beating the Phillies, 10-0, in the eighth inning.

Backman's team walks off field, forfeits  —  MACON, Ga. (AP) — As a player, Wally Backman was always up for a scrap.  After his minor league team got into a tussle Friday night, it simply went home.  —  Backman had already been ejected much earlier when his South Georgia Peanuts walked off …

Reinforcement for Rotation May Be a Few Starts Away  —  Phil Hughes has made only two starts for the Yankees, but he is considered a major leaguer.  While the Yankees are not officially saying it, they are making plans to give Kei Igawa's spot in the rotation to Hughes as soon as Hughes is ready.