Archive for June 14th, 2008
Indians Coast to victory: Rain delay forces extra-late restart, but Tribe rolls past Padres for fourth win in last five games
CLEVELAND — Other than the rain, which according to the song by Albert Hammond, never falls in Southern California, the San Diego Padres must have felt right at home Friday night. The majority of games on the West Coast begin at 10:05 EST, which is about the time […]
Tribe notes: Martinez has surgery, starts long road back
CLEVELAND — Victor Martinez underwent arthroscopic surgery on his right elbow Friday at Cleveland Clinic. Now, he begins the road to recovery, while the Indians start hoping their all-star catcher will return to the lineup before the season is complete. Martinez is expected to be sidelined for six to eight weeks, vowing […]
U.S. Open: Tiger takes a stand, fires 68 to move within a stroke of lead despite sore knee, long layoff
SAN DIEGO — Tiger Woods looked like any other player trying to survive a U.S. Open, head bowed in frustration with each shot that found trouble and kept him farther from the lead. One hole changed everything. With his metal spikes on a […]
U.S. Open: Can Tiger be caged? Those in contention know keeping him at bay won’t be easy
SAN DIEGO — Just give him the trophy? Hard to imagine that thought didn’t creep into millions of minds Friday, to say nothing of how Stuart Appleby, Rocco Mediate and Robert Karlsson might have felt after they moved into contention in the U.S. Open. Forgive them if […]
U.S. Open: Hicks, Streelman follow up first-round success with second-day struggles
SAN DIEGO — Justin Hicks scurried around Torrey Pines Golf Course on Friday, his 15 minutes of fame slipping away as he tried so desperately to stay off the clock. The surprising co-first round leader at the U.S. Open melted down with a second-round 9-over-par 80 after […]
Softball notebook: West Park has new fields, is ready to branch out with first fastpitch tournament
The resurfaced diamonds at Elyria’s West Park are a huge hit. “We’ve had nothing but compliments,” said parks and recreation director Frank Gustoff. “Everybody loves it. The new dirt infields look sharp. We also bought new temporary fences, like wind screen. We’ll set them up 200 feet from the plate for the fastpitch tournaments.” […]