Random Baseball

"How many? You see two fingers?"

• This won't earn him any ribbing. None. None at all.

  "I just woke up in the middle of the night to (go to the bathroom). The room was dark and I tripped over my suitcase and I got rug burn here, rug burn here and rug burn here," [Ryan Ludwick] said, pointing to his face, arm and body.

  
  
  
• Ichiro is a class act:

  Ichiro, in St. Louis for his ninth All-Star Game, visited the grave of St. Louis Browns star George Sisler, whose single-season record of 257 hits was broken by the Mariners outfielder in October 2004.

  
  
  
• 16" Softball gets its Hall Of Fame