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2B Daily News – Thursday, August 23, 2012 COLON (Continued from page 1B) received word from MLB earlier Wednesday and began searching for a starter to take Colon's turn in the rota- tion Thursday at Tampa Bay. Tyson Ross will be called up from Triple-A Sacramento. Ross arrived to the Colise- um and moved into Colon's locker. ''It shocked all of us just the fact someone got caught for that,'' Ross said. General manager Billy Beane Beane addressed the A's in the club- house before the team took the field for pregame warmups. ''Listen, it's disappointing. From a baseball standpoint, we're scrambling,'' Beane said. ''We're all disappointed, not just for the Giants and the A's, but for baseball.'' The 39-year-old Colon is 10-9 with a 3.43 ERA in 24 starts this season, his first with the A's, and has a 171-122 record in 15 big league seasons. A two- time All-Star, the burly right-hander won the 2005 AL Cy Young Award after going 21-8 for the Los Angeles Angels. of NL MVP Ryan Braun was over- turned after his lawyers argued his urine sample wasn't handled as the rules in the drug program specified at the time. level,'' US Anti-Doping Agency Travis Tygart CEO wrote in an email to The Associated Press. ''Athletes and their entourages will do whatever it takes if they think they have a chance to get away with it.'' ''Win at all costs in sport at every The five positive tests are the most in the major league program since there were eight in 2007. Beane took a chance on suspended slugger Manny Ramirez earlier this year. Ramirez signed with Oakland while completing his suspension for a positive test but was released in June per his request while playing for Triple-A Sacramento. ''Baseball and the union have both been pretty aggressive in their approach,'' Beane said. person familiar with the suspension said, speaking on condition of anonymity because that detail wasn't announced. Also, the person said, MLB hasn't found any links between Cabrera and Colon at this point. Colon did not file grievance at all, a Colon will lose the remaining $469,945 of his $2 million base salary this year. He also has earned $750,000 in performance bonuses based on starts and $150,000 based on innings, which are not impacted. Thursday's start would have earned him another $250,000, and the suspension will cost him the chance to make $850,000 in additional bonuses based on innings. Manager Bob Melvin hadn't spoken to Colon as of late morning Wednesday. ''It is what it is. We certainly don't support the actions, but you have to move forward,'' Melvin said. ''You go through things over the course of the season. This is just one of them. ... You have to have a short memory.'' Five players have been suspended this year under the big league drug pro- gram. San Francisco reliever Guillermo Mota was penalized 100 games in May following his second positive test and is eligible to return Aug. 28. Philadelphia infielder Freddy Galvis and free agent outfielder Marlon Byrd were suspend- ed 50 games each in June. In addition, a 50-game suspension A's (Continued from page 1B) innings — and he didn't get much help from the Twins' stagnant offense, which managed only three hits. Matt Carson had two of them. ''I wasn't given a lead and trying to blow it,'' Hendriks said. ''We had some good at bats against Milone. It was just one of those days where I had to keep us in the game. It's unfortunate I only went five.'' Willingham had a hit in him this time as Minnesota lost for the seventh time in eight games. Not even the steady Josh Willingham, who hit 29 home runs in 2011 during his lone season with the A's, went 0 for 4 after he had hit PLAY (Continued from page 1B) the remaining three Raiders quarterbacks practiced throws and handoffs. Allen noted that Leinart could wear protection around his finger if the team decides to play him against the Lions. ''The biggest adjustment will be handoffs,'' Allen said. ''But we feel like we've got a splint that we can put on where it won't be an issue.'' Carson Palmer continued World Anti-Doping Agency Presi- dent John Fahey said Wednesday he wasn't surprised baseball officials dis- covered Cabrera associate Juan Nunez purchased a website and attempted to create evidence to support a claim that the outfielder inadvertently took the substance that caused the positive test. ''The fact that a well-known and highly-paid athlete has attempted to avoid or reduce sanctioning for an anti- doping violation is not a surprise to WADA,'' Fahey said. ''What concerns WADA is the alleged elaborate scheme that Cabrera and his advisers concocted one that involved a fake website, an email trail of fictitious orders and a non- existent supplement product in an effort to prove he inadvertently ingested the banned substance synthetic testos- terone.'' Colon had been thankful to get a second chance with the A's. His 10 wins are his most since his Cy Young season. have been made, and all the tests, it just doesn't make sense, let's put it that way,'' Twins manager Ron Gardenhire ''Well, through all the changes that safely in each of his first eight games against his for- mer club this year. ''Milone did the rest. He shut us down and went deep into the game,'' Twins man- ager Ron Gardenhire said. A day after the A's turned a triple play, and Minnesota didn't leave a single runner on base in Oakland's 4-1 win, things weren't much better for the Twins. Two batters after Crisp's solo homer in the seventh against reliever Tyler Robertson, Reddick reached second when shortstop Pedro Flori- mon's wild throw trying for a double play sailed past first and into the visiting dugout. Then he successfully turned one in the eighth. Drew Butera had an RBI groundout in the second for Minnesota, which has lost five of the first six on its 10- rushing up and it's like 5 (seconds), 4 and I have to snap the ball fast. ''I've been getting better. to take reps with the starters while Terrelle Pryor replaced Leinart with the second team offense. Kyle Newhall- Caballero, an undrafted rookie from Brown, worked as the No.3. The former Ohio State star missed nearly all of training camp a year ago, sat out the first five games serv- ing an NFL suspension, then spent the rest of the season primarily running the scout team in practice for the defense. ''The biggest problem I tional work after spending the past three weeks behind Palmer and Leinart. Pryor welcomed the addi- Pryor played four series in Oakland's first preseason game against Dallas, com- pleting 8 of 15 passes for 90 yards with an interception. He replaced Leinart late in the third quarter of the Ari- zona game and completed 2 of 3 throws. ''The biggest thing is get- I've been getting the guys out of the huddle at about 25 sec- onds. The tempo has to be fast like that. I think there will be a big improvement Saturday when it's my time to play.'' ting reps,'' Pryor said. ''If you're playing in a game and you're getting plays that you're not repping, it's WNBA WESTERN CONFERENCE WL Pct GB x-Minnesota 18 4 .818 — San Antonio 16 5 .762 1.5 Sparks Seattle Phoenix Tulsa 17 6 .739 1.5 10 12 .455 8 4 17 .190 13.5 3 18 .143 14.5 EASTERN CONFERENCE WL Pct GB Connecticut 17 5 .773 — Indiana Atlanta had the first two games was my time management, get- ting in and out of the hud- dle,'' Pryor said. ''I don't have a lot of reps so I can't really get used to the clock. I'm sitting down after I got hit and I'm just relaxing on the ground and then I'm Chicago New York 12 8 .600 4 11 11 .500 6 8 13 .381 8.5 8 13 .381 8.5 Washington 5 17 .227 12 x-clinched playoff spot —————————————————— Wednesday's results Atlanta 82, Chicago 71 Today's games New York at Phoenix, 7 p.m. Indiana at Seattle, 7 p.m. San Antonio at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m. Friday's games Atlanta at Washington, 4 p.m. Chicago at Tulsa, 5 p.m. said of two suspensions in an eight-day span. ''We're hoping we're past all that.'' Colon has credited a stem-cell pro- cedure two years ago for saving his career. He had fat and bone marrow stem cells collected and injected into his troublesome right elbow and shoul- der in an innovative and unproven tech- nique. Colon had no idea how it would turn out, but he responded and spent 2011 with the Yankees. Joseph R. Purita, an orthopedic sur- geon in Florida, told The New York Times last year that he flew to Colon's native Dominican Republic and helped a team of doctors there with the treat- ment on Colon. He said he has used Human Growth Hormone in the proce- dure before, but not in this case with the pitcher. HGH is banned by Major League Baseball. The Bay Area had already been shocked at the suspension of Cabrera. ''Two guys — that's why they've got the policy, I guess,'' Balfour said. ''The guy may be innocent. You just hope there's some mistake there.'' The A's did welcome back starting left-hander Brett Anderson in Tuesday night's win over the Twins following a 14-month absence because of elbow ligament replacement surgery. Beane and Melvin feel especially fortunate to have him now. Drug-testing labs check urine for its ratio of testosterone to epitestosterone, which usually is 1:1 in adult males. A 4:1 ratio is considered a positive test, but baseball officials said this week that even if there is a lower ratio, the lab conducts an isotope ratio mass spectrometry (IRMS) test if there is an abnormality. The IRMS test deter- mines whether the testosterone is exogenous, or came from outside the body. they can with it, and therefore the poli- cy and program is catching people,'' Melvin said. ''I don't know how much more you can do than that.'' ''I think the league is doing the best There have been 76 suspensions this year under the minor league drug pro- gram. wouldn't address Colon's suspension specifically, but did add, ''I just wish we'd get that loss back he pitched against us.'' Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine game trip and now heads to Texas for a four-game series against the two-time reigning AL champion Rangers. The Twins scored nine runs in the series, seven in Monday's 7- 2 win, and still must play 10 of their next 14 games away from home. The A's won the season series with the Twins 5-4 — just the second season-series victory for Oakland in seven years and first since 2009. Milone dazzled with his change-up and followed a stellar outing by Brett Ander- son in the left-hander's return Tuesday night following a 14-month absence for his recovery from Tommy John elbow ligament replacement surgery. ''Obviously Bartolo's going to be missed,'' Milone said. ''We move on from now.'' tough.'' Wide receivers Jacoby Ford and Denarius Moore, center Stefen Wisniewski, tight end Richard Gordon and linebacker Aaron Curry also did not practice because of injuries. Defensive line- man Richard Seymour also rested but is not hurt. Ford, who was hurt after catching a 9-yard pass from Palmer in the first quarter against the Cardinals, wore a walking boot while watching MLS WESTERN CONFERENCE WL T Pts GF GA QUAKES 14 6 5 47 48 32 Salt Lake 13 10 3 42 37 32 Seattle 11 6 7 40 34 24 Galaxy 11 11 4 37 44 40 Vancouver 10 9 7 37 28 33 FC Dallas 8 11 8 32 33 35 Chivas USA 7 9 6 27 15 26 Colorado 8 15 2 26 32 36 Portland 5 13 6 21 24 42 EASTERN CONFERENCE WL T Pts GF GA Kansas City14 7 4 46 31 22 New York 13 7 5 44 43 36 Houston 11 6 8 41 37 29 Chicago 12 8 5 41 32 30 D.C. 12 8 4 40 41 32 Montreal 11 13 3 36 39 44 Columbus 9 8 6 33 25 25 Philadelphia 7 12 3 24 24 28 N. England 6 13 5 23 27 31 Toronto FC 5 15 5 20 28 45 NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie. —————————————————— Wednesday's results Columbus 2, Toronto FC 1 D.C. United 4, Chicago 2 Friday's game Real Salt Lake at Philadelphia, 4:30 p.m. Saturday's games Colorado at San Jose, 7:30 p.m. D.C. United at Montreal, 1:30 p.m. New England at Columbus, 4:30 p.m. Toronto FC at Houston, 5:30 p.m. Vancouver at Portland, 7:30 p.m. Seattle FC at Chivas USA, 7:30 p.m. Sunday's games FC Dallas at Los Angeles, 4 p.m. New York at Sporting Kansas City, 6 p.m. A's Angels Seattle East Division New York Oakland's Josh Donald- son doubled and scored in the fourth on Crisp's hit. Donaldson has a career-best, six-game hitting streak and is batting .429 (15 for 35) in nine games since being recalled from Triple-A Sacramento on Aug. 14. New A's shortstop Stephen Drew is 0 for 6 through his first two games since being traded from Ari- zona on Monday. He is mired in an 0-for-21 stretch overall. Notes: Milone passed Colon for the team lead in innings pitched, 153 1-3 to 152 1-3. ... RHP Tyson Ross will be called up from Sacra- mento to start Thursday in place of Colon for the first game of a three-game series with the Rays. ... Oakland last committed four errors in June 23 vs. the Giants. practice. Wisniewski has not prac- ticed since injuring his calf against the Cowboys on Aug. 13 and is doubtful to play this week. ''If we were in the regular season, could he push through and play? Probably, maybe,'' Allen said. ''I don't know. We're not going to take that chance right now in a preseason game.'' MLB West Division Texas American League WL Pct GB 72 51 .585 — 67 56 .545 5 64 60 .516 8.5 61 64 .488 12 WL Pct GB 72 52 .581 — Tampa Bay 69 55 .556 3 Baltimore Boston Toronto Central Division Chicago Detroit 67 57 .540 5 59 65 .476 13 56 67 .455 15.5 WL Pct GB 68 55 .553 — 66 57 .537 2 Kansas City 55 68 .447 13 Cleveland 54 70 .435 14.5 Minnesota 51 72 .415 17 —————————————————— Wednesday's results Oakland 5, Minnesota 1 Chicago White Sox 2, N.Y.Yankees 1 Detroit 3, Toronto 2 L.A. Angels 7, Boston 3 Seattle 3, Cleveland 1 Tampa Bay 5, Kansas City 3 Texas 12, Baltimore 3 Today's games Oakland (T.Ross 2-8) at Tampa Bay (Cobb 7-8), 4:10 p.m. Toronto (Happ 2-1) at Detroit (Verlander 12-7), 10:05 a.m. L.A. Angels (C.Wilson 9-9) at Boston (F.Morales 3-4), 4:10 p.m. Minnesota (Diamond 10-5) at Texas (Oswalt 4-2), 5:05 p.m. Friday's games Oakland at Tampa Bay, 4:10 p.m. L.A. Angels at Detroit, 4:05 p.m. N.Y.Yankees at Cleveland, 4:05 p.m. Toronto at Baltimore, 4:05 p.m. Kansas City at Boston, 4:10 p.m. Minnesota at Texas, 5:05 p.m. Seattle at Chicago White Sox, 5:10 p.m. Bill would help injured student athletes SACRAMENTO (AP) — State lawmakers on Wednes- day approved first-in-the-nation legislation requiring Cali- fornia universities with the most high-profile sports pro- grams to provide financial protections for student athletes who suffer career-ending injuries. Schools would have to give academic scholarships to stu- dents who lose their athletic scholarships because of an injury suffered playing their sport. The bill also requires them to cover insurance deductibles and pay health care pre- miums for low-income athletes. SB1525 would apply to universities that receive more than $10 million annually in sports media revenue. The bill would apply this year to the University of Southern Califor- nia, Stanford University and the University of California campuses in Los Angeles and Berkeley. San Diego State University is likely to reach the $10 million threshold soon because it recently switched to a different conference with more lucrative television rights. Padilla, D-Los Angeles, amended his bill to meet the con- cerns of the other universities. ''It applies just to four universities out of scores of insti- tutions of higher education in California and fails to protect the rights of the vast majority of student-athletes,'' Patrick Dunkley, Stanford's interim athletic director, said in a letter of opposition last month. ''Why should a Stanford football player have protections provided by law that are denied a football player at San Jose State?'' The state law would cover private universities such as Stanford and USC because they are chartered in California and offer students state and federal scholarships, said John Mann, Padilla's spokesman. Padilla said California would be the first state to provide Stanford is the only school objecting, after Sen. Alex financial protections to injured student athletes on scholar- ship if Gov. Jerry Brown signs the bill. The Senate sent it to him on a 24-10 vote. ''With this bill, California is leading by example,'' Padil- la said in a statement. ''Neither personal injury nor poverty should dim the dreams of a student-athlete pursuing a col- lege degree, particularly when their performance has enriched their college.'' There was no debate on the bill, but Sen. Doug La Malfa, R-Willows, said later that universities should be free to seek other ways to protect injured athletes. ''I think he has, at heart, maybe a nice concept there,'' said La Malfa. ''The reason probably many of us didn't support it was because of the open-ended costs to the universities and to the scholarships there. I think there's other forms of health care that should be studied or pursued.'' Japan, Tennessee advance Cole Carter had an RBI single after Luke Rucker scored the tying run from second on a throwing error to give the boys from Goodlettsville, Tenn., a 4-3 victory over San Antonio on Wednes- day night, Next stop for unbeaten SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) — Tennessee scratched out two late runs to get to the U.S. final in the Little League World Series. the international final at the World Series follow- ing a 4-1 victory over Panama on Wednesday. Kotaro Kiyomiya homered in the first, and starter Ryuji Osada struck out seven. Tennessee: The U.S championship game Sat- urday. Texas had scored twice in the fifth before Ten- nessee rallied with its late-game heroics. Reliever Luke Brown closed it out with a double play, and giddy Tennessee players celebrated in front of their dugout with wide smiles while kneeling on the ground as friends and families cheered from the stands. Strong pitching, solid defense and powerful bats have carried the team from Tokyo to a berth in MLB West Division GIANTS Dodgers Arizona Padres Colorado East Division Washington 77 47 .621 — Atlanta New York Central Division WL Pct GB 71 53 .573 6 Philadelphia 57 67 .460 20 Miami Cincinnati 76 49 .608 — St. Louis 57 67 .460 20 57 68 .456 20.5 WL Pct GB 67 56 .545 8 Pittsburgh 67 57 .540 8.5 Milwaukee 57 66 .463 18 Chicago Houston 47 76 .382 28 39 85 .315 36.5 —————————————————— Wednesday's results San Francisco at L.A. Dodgers, late Arizona 3, Miami 2, 1st game Miami at Arizona,2nd game, late Atlanta 5, Washington 1 Cincinnati 3, Philadelphia 2 Colorado 5, N.Y. Mets 2 Milwaukee 3, Chicago Cubs 2 San Diego 4, Pittsburgh 2 St. Louis 4, Houston 2 Today's games Atlanta (Hanson 12-5) at San Francisco (Zito 9-8), 7:15 p.m. Colorado (Chatwood 3-3) at N.Y.Mets (McHugh 0-0), 10:10 a.m. Houston (Keuchel 1-5) at St. Louis (Westbrook 12-9), 10:45 a.m. Cincinnati (Cueto 16-6) at Philadelphia (Hamels 14-6), 4:05 p.m. Friday's games Atlanta at San Francisco, 7:15 p.m. Colorado at Chicago Cubs, 11:20 a.m. Milwaukee at Pittsburgh, 4:05 p.m. Washington at Philadelphia, 4:05 p.m. Houston at N.Y. Mets, 4:10 p.m. St. Louis at Cincinnati, 4:10 p.m. San Diego at Arizona, 6:40 p.m. Miami at L.A. Dodgers, 7:10 p.m. National League WL Pct GB 68 55 .553 — 67 57 .540 1.5 63 61 .508 5.5 56 70 .444 13.5 49 73 .402 18.5 Earlier Wednesday, Japan played textbook baseball in a 4-1 victory over Panama. The left-handed Kiy- omiya displayed prodi- gious power for a 13-year- old slugger. His blast landed nearly halfway up the hill beyond the right- field wall, about 310 feet from the plate. ''As soon as I hit it I knew it was a home run,'' he said through an inter- preter. ''That's why I did- n't take off quickly.'' Japan is a traditional power, having appeared in the World Series finals four out of the previous six years, including a title in 2010. NFL PRESEASON AFC West WL T Pct PF PA Chargers 2 0 0 1.000 49 33 Denver 1 1 0 .500 41 33 Kansas City 1 1 0 .500 44 48 RAIDERS 02 0 .000 27 34 East WL T Pct PF PA N. England 1 1 0 .500 24 33 Buffalo 0 2 0 .000 20 43 Miami 0 2 0 .000 24 43 N.Y. Jets 0 2 0 .000 9 43 South WL T Pct PF PA Houston 2 0 0 1.000 46 22 Jacksonville 2 0 0 1.000 59 55 Indianapolis 1 1 0 .500 62 29 Tennessee 1 1 0 .500 47 34 North WL T Pct PF PA Cincinnati 2 0 0 1.000 41 25 Cleveland 2 0 0 1.000 54 27 Baltimore 1 1 0 .500 43 44 Pittsburgh 1 1 0 .500 49 48 NFC West WL T Pct PF PA Seattle 2 0 0 1.000 57 27 49ERS 11 0 .500 26 26 St. Louis 1 1 0 .500 34 55 Arizona 1 2 0 .333 58 71 East Philadelphia 2 0 0 1.000 51 40 Dallas WL T Pct PF PA 1 1 0 .500 23 28 N.Y. Giants 1 1 0 .500 57 35 Washington 1 1 0 .500 38 39 South WL T Pct PF PA Carolina 1 1 0 .500 36 43 Tampa Bay 1 1 0 .500 27 37 N. Orleans 1 2 0 .333 47 44 Atlanta 0 2 0 .000 36 55 North Chicago 1 1 0 .500 36 62 Detroit WL T Pct PF PA 1 1 0 .500 44 31 Minnesota 1 1 0 .500 42 31 Green Bay 0 2 0 .000 23 56 —————————————————— Today's games Green Bay at Cincinnati, 4 p.m. Jacksonville at Baltimore, 4:30 p.m. Arizona at Tennessee, 5 p.m. Friday's games New England at Tampa Bay, 4:30 p.m. Philadelphia at Cleveland, 4:30 p.m. Atlanta at Miami, 4:30 p.m. San Diego at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Seattle at Kansas City, 5 p.m. Chicago at N.Y. Giants, 5 p.m. Saturday's games Detroit at Oakland, 4 p.m. Indianapolis at Washington, 1 p.m. Pittsburgh at Buffalo, 4 p.m. Houston at New Orleans, 5 p.m. St. Louis at Dallas, 5 p.m. Sunday's games San Francisco at Denver, 1 p.m. Carolina at N.Y. Jets, 5 p.m.