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Tuesday, June 24, 2003

Bonds steals 500th base


Notebook: Greats gather to honor Larry Doby; Morgan among speakers

The Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO - Barry Bonds got the 500th stolen base of his career Monday night in the 11th inning of the San Francisco Giants' game against the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Bonds became the first player in baseball history with 500 career homers and 500 steals. No other player even has 400 homers and 400 steals.

With the score tied 2-2, Bonds drew a walk from Los Angeles closer Eric Gagne leading off the 11th. Bonds took off on Gagne's second pitch to Andres Galarraga, and Dodgers catcher Paul Lo Duca didn't make a throw.

Bonds went hitless in his first four at-bats against the Dodgers.

REMEMBERING DOBY

MONTCLAIR, N.J. - Friends, family and fellow Hall of Famers gathered Monday to remember Larry Doby, 56 years after he became the American League's first black player.

Doby died last Wednesday at his home in Montclair after a long illness. He broke the AL's color barrier when he joined the Cleveland Indians on July 5, 1947, 11 weeks after Jackie Robinson played his first game for the Brooklyn Dodgers of the National League.

Doby, who played 13 seasons in the major leagues and was selected for seven All-Star games, was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1998.

During an afternoon memorial service at the Trinity Presbyterian Church, Doby was remembered as a man of quiet dignity who never said an unkind word, even about those hostile to his joining the Indians.

Hall of Famers Phil Rizzuto, Yogi Berra and Joe Morgan, as well as Gov. James E. McGreevey, U.S. Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg and Rep. William J. Pascrell Jr., were among more than 300 mourners at the service.

Rizzuto, who played for the AL rival New York Yankees, said after the service that Doby had "nerves of steel," and noted that he was never envious of the much greater attention Robinson received.

Morgan, a two-time National League MVP with the Reds in the 1970s, met Doby in 1976, and the two became golf buddies.

"I'm a frat brother of Larry's in the greatest fraternity on earth, the Hall of Fame," Morgan said during the ceremony. "He never, ever told me who would not shake his hand, because some of those folks were in the Hall of Fame."

DIAMONDBACKS

Injury-riddled Arizona placed reliever Mike Koplove on the 15-day disabled list Monday, moved Randy Johnson from the 15-day DL to the 60-day DL and recalled reliever Ricky Bottalico from Triple-A Tucson.

Koplove, bothered by recurring pain in his right shoulder, was placed on the DL retroactive to June 18.

Johnson, the four-time Cy Young Award winner, has been out for several weeks after undergoing right knee surgery. His move to the 60-day DL was to make room on the 40-man roster for Bottalico, who was with the Diamondbacks during spring training.

Bottalico, a 33-year-old right-hander, was 1-1 with a 2.45 ERA in 10 relief appearances covering 18 1/3 innings for Tucson.

He previously pitched in 460 major league games with Philadelphia, St. Louis and Kansas City.

It is the 17th time this season the Diamondbacks have used the disabled list. In addition to Johnson and Koplove, Arizona players currently on the DL include pitchers Curt Schilling, Matt Mantei and Bret Prinz, infielders Shea Hillenbrand, Craig Counsell and Junior Spivey, and outfielder Danny Bautista.

YANKEES

Center fielder Bernie Williams started an on-field running program Monday as part of his rehabilitation following knee surgery.

Williams ran six 90-foot sprints at the team's player development center. He could rejoin the Yankees by the All-Star break.

"I hope so," Williams said. "It's hard to put a date on it because you start pressing. Whenever I'm ready, the knee is going to tell me."

SHORT HOPS

Indians designated hitter Ellis Burks underwent season-ending surgery to correct a nerve problem in his right elbow.

The 38-year-old Burks finished the season batting .258 with six homers and 28 RBI.

• Catcher Sandy Alomar Jr. was reinstated from the disabled list by the Chicago White Sox on Monday, and the team designated Josh Paul for assignment.

• Felipe Lopez and Corky Miller each had two hits for Louisville in a 6-0 loss to Syracuse.




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