BASEBALL NOTEBOOK: BURNETT OUT FOR SEASON.Byline: Daily News Florida Marlins The Florida Marlins are a professional baseball team based in Miami Gardens, Florida. The Marlins are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's National League. From to the present, the Marlins have played in Dolphin Stadium. right-hander A.J. Burnett won't pitch again this year, and he might miss next season, too. Burnett underwent Tommy John n. Plastic surgery. reconstructive surgery, n surgery to rebuild a structure for functional or esthetic reasons. Tuesday after renowned orthopedist Dr. James Andrews found the ulnar collateral ligament Ulnar collateral ligament can refer to:
The surgery in Birmingham, Ala., took less than 90 minutes. Burnett likely will return today to South Florida to begin a long, arduous rehabilitation. --Suspension reduced: St. Louis Cardinals For the National Football League team that played in St. Louis from 1960 to 1987, see . The St. Louis Cardinals (also referred to as "the Cards" or "the Redbirds") are a professional baseball team based in St. Louis, Missouri. first baseman Tino Martinez had his suspension for actions in a brawl with the Arizona Diamondbacks on April 20 reduced to three games. Martinez received a four-game suspension after he and Arizona pitcher Miguel Batista traded punches in St. Louis after Martinez was hit by a pitch. Batista got a 10-game suspension. --Contreras coming around: Pitching as a starter and getting out of New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of seemed to agree with the Yankees' Jose Contreras. The Cuban right-hander struck out eight and allowed three hits and no runs over five innings in Toledo, Ohio, in his first minor-league start for Triple-A Columbus (Ohio). --Park on DL: As expected, the Texas Rangers placed struggling right- hander Chan Ho Park on the 15-day disabled list with a strained lower back. --Rocker update: John Rocker allowed two runs and three hits in one inning for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays' extended spring-training team in St. Petersburg, Fla. The left-hander said afterward he expects to join Double-A Orlando (Fla.) this week. |
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