That three-game suspension that former NL MVP Kevin Mitchell drew for throwing a punch at an opposing coach was increased Monday to seven games by the Western Baseball League.
Mitchell, manager of the Sonoma County Crushers, took a swing at Larry Olenberger of the Solano Steelheads on Saturday night.
Going, going, gone
One person who didn’t want to see Shawn Green hit a record-tying home run Thursday in Milwaukee was Dawn Becker of North Hills, Calif.
Becker was the contestant of the day in KXTA’s Kragen Auto Parts $1 million Hit for the Cycle promotion, in which a listener can win $1 million if the player she or he picks hits for the cycle.
When Green came up in the ninth inning, he already had three home runs, a double and a single.
Ringside seats
Almost everyone expects a knockout in the June 8 Lennox Lewis-Mike Tyson fight, but just in case, the WBC and Tennessee Athletic Commission announced that Bob Logist of Belgium, Anek Hongtongkam of Thailand and Alfred Bukwana of South Africa will be the judges. Eddie Cotton of New Jersey was chosen as the referee.
Say what?
`I’m from Ohio. We have no accent. You adapt to where you are.’
–U.S. goalkeeper Brad Friedel, who began speaking like a cockney while playing in England
