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2B – Daily News – Friday, June 4, 2010 Former UCLA coach Wooden hospitalized LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former UCLA basketball coach and Hall of Famer John Wooden has been hospitalized in Los Angeles, according to Bill Walton. The former UCLA star said Thursday night that the 99- year-old Wooden was at UCLA Medical Center, where Walton last visited with him two days ago. Walton spoke at the NBA finals, where he declined to comment on Wooden’s condi- tion. ‘‘He’s the greatest,’’ Walton said, his voice catching. ‘‘We love him.’’ Los Angeles television sta- tion KCAL and the Los Ange- les Times first reported that Wooden was in ‘‘grave’’ condi- tion. The Times cited an anony- mous school source who said Wooden’s health has been an issue in recent weeks and that he was briefly hospitalized about a month ago. UCLA spokesman Marc Dellins told The Associated Press he spoke to a Wooden family member Thursday evening and that the family asked that no other information about Wooden be released. UCLA Medical Center spokeswoman Roxanne Moster said she couldn’t confirm whether Wooden was there or not because it would be a ‘‘vio- lation of medical privacy laws.’’ Family members couldn’t be reached for comment Thursday by the AP. Wooden led the Bruins to 10 NCAA championships — at one time winning seven in a row — during a 27-year run that ended with his team cutting down the nets one last time in 1975. The Bruins won 88 consecu- tive games from 1971-74 and 38 consecutive NCAA tourna- ment games from 1964-74, both records. NBA commissioner David Selig won’t reverse ump’s mistake A’s NEW YORK (AP) — The imper- fect game stands. An umpire’s tears and admission he blew a call failed to move baseball commissioner Bud Selig to award Armando Galarraga the perfect game he pitched. The play and its aftermath quickly became the talk of the sports world and beyond, even to the White House. Selig said Thursday that Major League Baseball will look at expanded replay and umpiring, but didn’t specif- ically address umpire Jim Joyce’s botched call Wednesday night that cost Galarraga the perfect game — 27 bat- ters up, 27 batters down. No hits, no walks, no errors. A baseball official familiar with the decision confirmed to The Associated Press that the call was not being reversed. The person spoke on condi- tion of anonymity because that element was not included in Selig’s statement. Joyce said he erred on what would’ve been the final out in Detroit, when he called Cleveland’s Jason Don- ald safe at first base. The umpire per- sonally apologized to Galarraga and hugged him after the Tigers’ 3-0 win, then took the field at Comerica Park on Thursday in tears. Tigers manager Jim Leyland picked Galarraga to present Detroit’s lineup at home plate before Thursday’s game to set up the emotional meeting with Joyce. They shook hands, and the umpire gave the pitcher a pat on the shoulder. ‘‘I didn’t want this to be my 15 min- utes of fame. I would have liked my 15 minutes to be a great call in the World Series. Hopefully, my 15 minutes are over now,’’ Joyce said. Bad calls are part of the mix in sports, witness the many mistakes last October in baseball’s postseason. But something about this one — the chance to right a wrong, the heartfelt emotions of everyone involved — reached way past the lines. ‘‘I’ve got to say we’ll never see it again in our lifetime,’’ New York Yan- kees manager Joe Girardi said. Galarraga, who was barely known outside Detroit before this week, and Joyce, whose career had flourished in relative obscurity, became hot topics on Twitter. At least one anti-Joyce Facebook page popped up and fire- jimjoyce.com was launched. Wikipedia blocked editing to the umpire’s page. Joyce, a longtime ump with a solid reputation, declined comment on MLB’s statement after Thursday’s game, saying he hadn’t read it. What Selig said was: ‘‘There is no dispute that last night’s game should have ended differently.’’ ‘‘There’s no doubt he feels bad and terrible,’’ Galarraga said after Detroit beat Cleveland 12-6 on Thursday. ‘‘I have a lot of respect for the man. It takes a lot to say you’re sorry and to say in interviews he made a mistake.’’ ‘‘I’m sad, but I know that I pitched a perfect game. The first 28-out perfect game,’’ he said. Denied the 21st perfect game in his- tory, the record third this season and the first for a Detroit pitcher, Galarraga still got a prize. The Tigers and Chevrolet presented him with a new Corvette. Opinions poured in from all over, on both sides. ‘‘I was thinking if the umpire says he made a mistake on replay, I’d call it a no-hitter, perfect game. Just scratch it,’’ St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa said Wednesday night. ‘‘If I was Mr. Selig, in the best interest of the game, the guy got it and I’d give him his perfect game.’’ To others, rewriting sports history would open a Pandora’s Box — what happens in an instant must live forever. ‘‘It’s in the books and, unfortunate- ly, that’s the way it goes,’’ fan Jim Qualter said at Fenway Park. White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said: ‘‘I hope that baseball awards a perfect game to that pitcher.’’ Told that MLB was not going to reverse it, he joked, ‘‘We’re going to work on an executive order.’’ Gibbs praised the way Galarraga and Joyce reacted to a play that will define their careers. ‘‘I think it’s tremendously hearten- ing to see somebody understand that they made a mistake and somebody accept the apology from somebody who made that mistake,’’ he said. ‘‘I think that’s a good lesson in baseball. It’s probably a good lesson in Wash- ington.’’ Tweeted actress Alyssa Milano: ‘‘Personally, I agree with Selig on this one. Part of the game (as it is played now) is human error.’’ Selig regularly consults some of baseball’s greatest players, such as Hall of Famers Hank Aaron and Frank Robinson, before making big deci- sions. Other senior officials and advis- ers also have input. The umpire who made perhaps the most infamous call of all thought Selig got it right. Don Denkinger’s missed call in Game 6 of the 1985 World Series — like Wednesday night’s play, it involved a pitcher covering first base — helped cost the Cardinals a chance to clinch it. St. Louis later lost to the Kansas City Royals. ‘‘No, you can’t change it,’’ Denkinger told the AP in a telephone interview. ‘‘It was Jim’s call, and it’s got to go down that way.’’ ‘‘You can’t run from it, it’s a part of life,’’ he said. In 1991, a panel headed by then- commissioner Fay Vincent took a look at the record book and decided to throw out 50 no-hitters for various rea- sons. None of them, however, involved changing calls made on the field. The NFL, NBA, NHL and the NCAA all employed some form of replay before baseball started trying it late in the 2008 season, limiting its use to questionable home run calls. On Wednesday night, hockey twice turned to replay to review possible goals in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup finals. ‘‘Baseball being traditionalists, I guess they don’t want to go that way, and that’s fine by me. For us, it works out great,’’ Chicago Blackhawks center John Madden said. Added Philadelphia goaltender Michael Leighton: ‘‘Obviously, base- ball’s wishing they had it and the guy in Detroit wishes they had it.’’ Los Angeles Angels manager Mike Scioscia was among those who opposed additional replay in the majors. ‘‘I think there’s too many plays that are close that could possibly be up for review, and I think it would become dysfunctional,’’ he said. Soccer remains the biggest sport that wants no part of replay, which could become a focal point when the World Cup starts in South Africa later this month. Replay is a popular part of Grand Slam tennis, and the man who designed the Hawk-Eye system said it could work in baseball, too. ‘‘All decisions in baseball could be resolved definitively and accurately without causing delay to the game,’’ Paul Hawkins wrote from Britain in an e-mail to the AP. ‘‘In my view, the main benefit of using technology in sport is that you want the story after the match to be about the contest and the players, not about the officials,’’ he said. ‘‘If you want to make artificial stories out of ’creating controversy,’ then you don’t have much faith in the sport.’’ To Hawkins, there are several chal- lenges to a sport deciding to rely more on electronic — and not human — eyes. ‘‘Most governing bodies are made up of former players and do not have anyone with a technical knowledge to have an understanding of what is tech- nically possible,’’ he said. Scoreboard MLB West Division Texas A’s American League WL Pct GB 28 25 .528 — 29 26 .527 — Los Angeles 28 28 .500 1.5 Seattle 21 31 .404 6.5 East Division WL Pct GB Tampa Bay 36 18 .667 — New York 34 20 .630 2 Boston 31 24 .564 5.5 Toronto 31 24 .564 5.5 Baltimore 15 39 .278 21 Central Division Minnesota 31 22 .585 — Detroit WL Pct GB 28 25 .528 3 Chicago 22 30 .423 8.5 Kansas City 22 33 .400 10 Cleveland 19 33 .365 11.5 ——— Thursday’s results Oakland 9, Boston 8 Chicago 4, Texas 3 Detroit 12, Cleveland 6 Los Angeles 5, Kansas City 4 New York 6, Baltimore 3 Minnesota at Seattle, late Today’s games Minnesota (S.Baker 5-4) at Oakland (Braden 4-5), 7:05 p.m.,CSNC Boston (Buchholz 7-3) at Baltimore (Tillman 0-0), 4:05 p.m. New York (A.J.Burnett 6-2) at Toronto (Cecil 5-2), 4:07 p.m. Tampa Bay (W.Davis 5-4) at Texas (C.Wilson 3-3), 5:05 p.m. Cleveland (Masterson 0-5) at Chicago (Danks 4-4), 5:10 p.m. Detroit (Scherzer 2-4) at Kansas City (Chen 1-0), 5:10 p.m. Los Angeles (J.Saunders 3-6) at Seattle (Snell 0-3), 7:10 p.m. Wednesday’s late result Seattle 2, Minnesota 1, 10 innings West Division National League WL Pct GB Padres 32 21 .604 — Dodgers 31 22 .585 1 GIANTS 28 24 .538 3.5 Colorado 28 25 .528 4 Arizona 20 34 .370 12.5 East Division WL Pct GB Atlanta 31 22 .585 — Philadelphia 28 24 .538 2.5 Florida 28 27 .509 4 New York 27 27 .500 4.5 Washington 26 29 .473 6 Central Division WL Pct GB Cincinnati 31 23 .574 — St. Louis 31 23 .574 — Chicago 24 29 .453 6.5 Pittsburgh 22 31 .415 8.5 Milwaukee 22 32 .407 9 Houston 20 34 .370 11 ——— Thursday’s results Florida 3, Milwaukee 2 Houston 6, Washington 4 Atlanta at Los Angeles, late Today’s games San Francisco (J.Sanchez 3-4) at Pittsburgh (Duke 3-5), 4:05 p.m.,CSNB Cincinnati (Harang 4-5) at Washington (L.Hernandez 4-3), 4:05 p.m. San Diego (Latos 5-3) at Philadelphia (Halladay 7-3), 4:05 p.m. Florida (Ani.Sanchez 5-2) at New York (Dickey 2-0), 4:10 p.m. Chicago (Zambrano 1-3) at Houston (F.Paulino 0-7), 5:05 p.m., WGN Milwaukee (Wolf 4-4) at St. Louis (Wainwright 7-3), 5:15 p.m. Colorado (Cook 2-3) at Arizona (I.Kennedy 3-3), 6:40 p.m. Atlanta (Kawakami 0-7) at Los Angeles (Kershaw 5-3), 7:10 p.m. Wednesday’s late result San Francisco 4, Colorado 1 North Division GOLDEN Golden League WL Pct. GB OUTLAWS 83 .727 — Calgary 7 4 .636 1 Victoria 6 5 .545 2 Edmonton 4 7 .364 4 St. George 3 6 .333 4 South Division Yuma WL Pct. GB 9 3 .750 — Orange Co. 6 4 .600 2 Tucson Maui 5 7 .417 4 3 5 .375 4 Tijuana 2 9 .182 6.5 ——— Wednesday’s late results St. George 7, Chico 2 Edmonton 4, Maui 0, 5 innings, susp., rain Tucson 5, Victoria 1 Yuma 8, Tijuana 1 Thursday’s results St. George at Chico, late Calgary 3, Orange County 2 Edmonton 4, Maui 0, 5 innings, comp. of susp.game Maui at Edmonton, late Tijuana at Yuma, late Victoria at Tucson, late Today’s games Chico at Tijuana, 7 p.m. Maui at Edmonton, 6 p.m. Orange County at Calgary, 6:05 p.m. Tucson at St. George, 6:05 p.m. Victoria at Yuma, 7 p.m. SOFTBALL Softball World Series At ASA Hall of Fame Stadium, Oklahoma City Double Elimination x-if necessary Thursday’s results Game 1 — Hawaii 3, Missouri 2 Game 2 — UCLA 16, Florida 3 Game 3 — Tennessee 9, Arizona 0 Game 4 — Georgia vs.Washington, late Today’s games Game 5 — Hawaii vs.UCLA, 4 p.m. Game 6 — Tennessee vs.Game 4 winner, 6 p.m. Saturday’s games Game 7 — Missouri vs. Florida, 9 a.m. Game 8 — Arizona vs.Game 4 loser, 11 a.m. Game 9 — Game 5 loser vs.Game 7 winner, 4 p.m. Game 10 — Game 6 loser vs.Game 8 winner, 6 p.m. Sunday’s games Game 11 — Game 5 winner vs.Game 9 winner, 10 a.m. Game 12 — Game 6 winner vs.Game 10 winner, Noon x-Game 13 — Game 11 winner vs.Game 11 loser, 4 p.m. x-Game 14 — Game 12 winner vs.Game 12 loser, 6 p.m. NOTE: If only one game is necessary, it will be played at 4 p.m. Championship Series (Best-of-3) Monday, June 7:Game 1, 5 p.m. Tuesday, June 8:Game 2, 5 p.m. x-Wednesday, June 9:Game 3, 5 p.m. NBAFINALS L.A. Lakers 1, Boston 0 Game 1 — Thursday’s result L.A. Lakers 102, Boston 89 Sunday: at L.A. Lakers, 5 p.m. Tuesday: at Boston, 6 p.m. Thursday, June 10: at Boston, 6 p.m. x-Sunday, June 13: at Boston, 5 p.m. x-Tuesday, June 15: at L.A. Lakers, 6 p.m. x-Thursday, June 17: at L.A. Lakers, 6 p.m. x-if needed STANLEY CUP Chicago 2, Philadelphia 1 Game 1:Chicago 6, Philadelphia 5 Game 2:Chiago 2, Phildadelphia 1 Game 3:Philadelphia 4, Chicago 3, OT Today: at Philadelphia, 5 p.m., VERSUS Sunday: at Chicago, 5 p.m. x-Wednesday: at Philadelphia, 5 p.m. x-Friday, June 11: at Chicago, 5 p.m. x-if needed PGA Memorial Tournament At Muirfield Village GC, Dublin, Ohio Purse: $6 million Yardage: 7,366;Par 72 (36-36) First Round Leaders Justin Rose Rickie Fowler Geoff Ogilvy 31-34 — 65 -7 31-34 — 65 -7 33-32 — 65 -7 Michael Letzig 32-35 — 67 -5 Andres Romero 35-32 — 67 -5 Phil Mickelson 33-34 — 67 -5 Rory Sabbatini 34-33 — 67 -5 Jason Day Steve Marino Sean O’Hair Jim Furyk Spencer Levin 33-35 — 68 -4 J.B. Holmes 35-33 — 68 -4 Fredrik Jacobson 35-33 — 68 -4 MLS WESTERN CONFERENCE WL T Pts GF GA Galaxy 9 0 2 29 18 2 Salt Lake 6 3 1 19 21 11 QUAKES 53 2 17 15 12 Colorado 5 3 1 16 10 7 Houston 5 6 1 16 17 15 FC Dallas 2 2 6 12 11 11 Seattle 3 5 3 12 9 14 Chivas USA 3 7 1 10 13 17 EASTERN CONFERENCE WL T Pts GF GA Columbus 6 1 3 21 16 10 New York 6 5 0 18 13 16 Toronto FC 5 4 1 16 15 14 New England 3 6 2 11 13 17 Chicago 2 3 4 10 12 13 Kansas City 2 5 2 8 9 13 Philadelphia 2 5 1 7 10 17 D.C. ——— Wednesday’s late result San Jose 2, Columbus 2, tie FRENCH OPEN Thursday, at Stade Roland Garros, Paris Purse: $21.1 million (Grand Slam) Surface: Clay-Outdoor Women Singles Semifinals Francesca Schiavone (17), Italy, def. Elena Dementieva (5), Russia, 7-6 (3), retired. Sam Stosur (7), Australia, def. Jelena Jankovic (4), Serbia, 6-1, 6-2. Men Doubles 33-34 — 67 -5 33-35 — 68 -4 35-33 — 68 -4 33-35 — 68 -4 Semifinals Lukas Dlouhy, Czech Republic, and Leander Paes (3), India, def. Julian Knowle, Austria, and Andy Ram (10), Israel, 6-4, 6-2. Daniel Nestor, Canada, and Nenad Zimonjic (2), Serbia, def.Wesley Moodie, South Africa, and Dick Norman (4), Belgium, 6-0, 6-3. Mixed Doubles Championship Katarina Srebotnik, Slovenia, and Nenad Zimonjic (6), Serbia, def.Yaroslava Shvedova, Kazakhstan, and Julian Knowle, Austria, 4-6, 7-6 (5), 11-9 tiebreak. DEALS 2 8 0 6 7 20 NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie. Major League Baseball American League KANSAS CITY—Claimed RHP Kanekoa Texeira off waivers from Seattle. Designated RHP Brad Thompson for assignment. MINNESOTA—Recalled INF Danny Valencia from Rochester (IL). SEATTLE—Called up RHP Chad Cordero from Tacoma (PCL). National League LOS ANGELES—Activated RHP Charlie Haeger from the 15-day DL. Optioned RHP Travis Schlichting to Albuquerque (PCL). PHILADELPHIA—Signed OF Willy Taveras to a minor league contract and assigned him to Lehigh Valley (IL). Announced OF Dewayne Wise exercised the out-clause in his contract and is now a free agent. National Hockey League COLORADO—Signed G Peter Budaj to a one-year contract. Agreed to terms with F David Koci on a one-year contract. COLUMBUS—Signed D David Savard to a three-year entry-level contract. National Football League NFL—Suspended Atlanta OL Quinn Ojinna- ka for the first regular-season game at Pitts- burgh on Sept. 12, without pay, after being arrested last year. BALTIMORE—Signed PK Shayne Graham to a one-year contract. BUFFALO—Signed LB Danny Batten. CLEVELAND—Announced the retirement of senior adviser to the general manager Paul Warfield. SAN DIEGO—Signed QB Jonathan Cromp- ton to a four-year contract and TE Randy McMichael to a one-year contract. College CREIGHTON—Named Steve Lutz and Steve Merfeld men’s assistant basketball coaches, Erik Crawford, director of basketball operations and Nathan Wieseler, video coor- dinator. GEORGIA STATE—Named Raheem Waller men’s assistant basketball coach. Stern was asked about Wood- en’s contributions to the sport of basketball before Game 1 of the NBA finals between the Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics on Thursday night. ‘‘We decided that we would not declare his obituary now, other than to say that he’s the winningest coach in our histo- ry, four 30-0 seasons, and the ultimate aficionado of our game,’’ Stern said. ‘‘We hope he’s in peace right now, and we’ll wait on events.’’ Scutaro. (Continued from page 1B) Vin Mazzaro (1-0) got the win after replacing starter Brett Anderson, who left with a sore left elbow, after two innings. Boston lost a game in which it had 18 hits and 10 extra-base hits for the first time since May 21, 1995, when it also had 18 in a 12- 11 loss to Cleveland. On Thursday, Hall had four hits and Kevin Youkilis and Jeremy Hermida three each. Adrian Beltre’s RBI single gave Boston a 1-0 lead in the first before Suzuki’s homer tied it. The Red Sox made it 2-1 in the bottom of the second on a run-scoring groundout by Then the A’s scored four runs in the fourth for a 5-2 lead on a two-run double by Mark Ellis and the two- run homer by Suzuki, his seventh of the season. ‘‘I felt great,’’ Wakefield said. ‘‘Unfortunately, I had a bad fourth inning and it cost us the game’’ Scutaro hit a sacrifice fly in the fourth, but Oak- land scored in the sixth on Gabe Gross’ RBI single. Boston made it 6-5 in the bottom of the inning on Hermida’s fifth homer of the year, a two-run shot before the A’s got a run in the seventh when Ellis, who had walked, scored on third baseman Beltre’s wild throw to first for an error on Rajai Davis’ ground ball single. A’s exercise option to play 2011 season in Coliseum OAKLAND (AP) — The Oakland Athletics are staying put in their longtime home at the Coliseum. The A’s have exercised their option to play the 2011 season in the venue, which commissioner Bud Selig has regularly said isn’t a viable long- term option for the small-market club to stay com- petitive or afloat financially. Selig formed a committee to study the issue, but so far hasn’t made any recommendations on how to proceed. He met with A’s officials in March and also has had talks with the San Francisco Giants about their territorial rights, which include San Jose where the A’s would like to move. San Fran- cisco has a Class-A team in San Jose. In its current contract with the Oakland-Alame- da County Coliseum Authority, the A’s also have one-year options to play the 2012 and 2013 sea- sons in the Coliseum. Chico’s ’Knuckle Princess’ to be honored in Hall of Fame CHICO (AP) — The Japanese ‘‘Knuckle Princess’’ is getting Hall of Fame treatment. The Chico Outlaws said Thursday that the Base- ball Hall of Fame has asked for the jersey and bat Eri Yoshida used in her debut with the team last weekend for a display in Cooperstown, N.Y. Yoshida pitched three innings and hit an RBI single in her only at-bat in her first game in the independent Golden Baseball League. The 18- year-old Yoshida became the first woman to play pro baseball in the United States since Ila Borders in 2000 when she appeared in the game May 29 against Tijuana. Yoshida will present the items to the Hall before a game she pitches in later this month. Her second appearance is set for June 12 at home against the Yuma Scorpions.