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Baseball Notable New York Mets catcher Paul Lo Duca was suspended for two games and fined $2,000 yesterday after a tantrum aimed at umpire Marvin Hudson on Saturday in Oakland.

Lo Duca appealed the penalty and cannot be disciplined until after a hearing is held. He was in the starting lineup for last night's game against the St. Louis Cardinals.

The Texas Rangers put righthander Vicente Padilla on the 15-day disabled list with an injured right triceps.

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Anteaters' Petersen named all-tournament in OmahaUC Irvine junior right fielder Bryan Petersen was voted to the College World Series All-Tournament team, following the conclusion of the championship game Sunday.Petersen, who drove in the game-winning run in the Anteaters' 5-4 victory over Big West Conference-rival Cal State Fullerton, a game that lasted 13 innings and a CWS-record five-hours and 40 minutes on June 18, batted .533 in four games in Omaha.He went eight for 15, including a double an...

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Catcher sees average soar while batting second in Toronto lineup; Hirsh looks to get back on track.

GLENDALE ? The following are updates on local athletes competing in Major League Baseball.Gregg Zaun (St. Francis, 1989) catcher, Toronto Blue Jays: In good health, Zaun has begun to see his batting average swell in recent weeks. Entering Monday's road game against the host Minnesota Twins, Zaun was batting .233 with two home runs and 17 runs batted in.The Glendale native missed most of the first two months of the season because of a broken right thumb. He returned in early June and has batted a...

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MIAMI, June 25 (AP) — Three outs left and in comes Kevin Gregg, who steps on the mound and gives the batter a menacing stare behind his reflective shades.

Game over.

That is how the ninth inning has played out this season for Gregg, the Florida Marlins’ closer, who has taken the ball 14 times in save situations and converted every one. Gregg had only four saves in his first 11 professional seasons.

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CHICAGO — On a shelf in the office of Chicago White Sox Manager Ozzie Guillen, mixed in among the family photos, the Roberto Clemente bobblehead and the Napoleon Dynamite figurine, are four small but intimidating religious icons.

"If you see my saints, you'll be like 'Golly, they're ugly,' " Guillen had said before inviting a visitor to come in. "They've got blood. They've got feathers. You go to the Catholic church, the [saints] have got real nice clothes.

"My religion, you see a lot of different things you never see."

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