08/19/2008 Yastrzemski has heart bypass surgery (AP)
Hall of Famer Carl Yastrzemski, the last player to hit for the Triple Crown, underwent heart bypass surgery Tuesday after experiencing chest pains. The 68-year-old Yastrzemski was in surgery Tuesday evening after being admitted to Massachusetts General Hospital, said his spokesman, Dick Gordon. The popular Yaz was an 18-time All-Star and spent his entire career with the Boston Red Sox, taking over...
08/19/2008 Trade sends Maddux back to Dodgers (AP)
Greg Maddux is back in Los Angeles for another stretch drive. The Dodgers announced Tuesday that they have reacquired Maddux and received cash from San Diego. The Padres will get two minor league players to be named or cash. The 42-year-old first came to the Dodgers late in the 2006 season, when he went 6-3 with a 3.30 ERA in 12 starts to help them win a wild-card berth.
08/19/2008 Umpires, MLB at impasse over replay (AP)
Umpires want baseball to take another look at instant replay. Umps said their governing board voted Tuesday to boycott a conference call with management intended discuss implementing replay, angry that their concerns aren't being addressed. Major League Baseball responding by saying it canceled the Wednesday call because it doesn't have a replay agreement with the union.
08/19/2008 Mets closer Wagner out indefinitely (AP)
Billy Wagner has more pain and swelling in his pitching elbow, and the New York Mets' All-Star closer is out indefinitely. Wagner had an MRI exam Tuesday that revealed additional inflammation in his left elbow -- an alarming sign after he spent most of the past two weeks resting his ailing arm. Now, the NL East leaders don't know when he might be able to return to the mound, if at all, this season.
08/19/2008 Johnson's gold caps US gym medal haul (AP)
Clear some more space in that pile of pretty Olympic medal boxes. Shawn Johnson and Nastia Liukin are bringing home more loot, including a gorgeous gold of Johnson's very own. Johnson beat her friend and teammate on the balance beam, the last women's gymnastics event at the Beijing Games "I finished off the Olympic Games with, to me, the most perfect ending ever," Johnson said, beaming as she...
