High & Inside: NL Notes

Greg Anderson
Greg Anderson
Posted: June 15, 2011

Hey, look at my ring!

Talk about piling on. Now even minor-league baseball teams are lampooning LeBron James.

On Thursday night the Peoria Chiefs - a single-A affiliate of the Chicago Cubs - will hand out replicas of James' "championship" ring.

It fits right into the team's budget because, like James' ring, it doesn't exist.

Next they'll want to disappear in the fourth quarter.

Outta here!

A Northern California youth baseball league has barred Greg Anderson - notorious as Barry Bonds' former personal trainer - from coaching his son's team.

The Burlingame Youth Baseball Association told Anderson, who has coached for years, that a parent complained about the convicted steroids dealer's participation.

Noteworthy

Houston fired pitching coach Brad Arnsberg and replaced him with Doug Brocail, a former Astros pitcher. The Astros have the worst record in baseball, 25-42.

Dodgers righthander Vicente Padilla, sidelined since May 14 because of a bulging disk in his neck, is scheduled to undergo surgery Thursday. Padilla, who turns 34 in September, has been on the DL 10 times in his career, which includes an all-star appearance for the Phillies in 2002.

Washington reinstated all-star third baseman Ryan Zimmerman from the disabled list Tuesday after he missed 58 games because of an injured abdominal muscle. . . . San Diego recalled lefthander Wade LeBlanc from triple-A Tucson.


Contact staff writer Don McKee at dmckee@phillynews.com.

This article contains information from the Associated Press.

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