ST. LOUIS -- High-level executives of the St. Louis Cardinals were not involved in the hacking of the Houston Astros' player personnel database, an attorney hired by the team said Wednesday, citing an internal review.
The Cardinals said they retained the Dowd Bennett firm for a review several months before this week's disclosure that the FBI is investigating whether the team hacked into the Astros computer system that is used to track players and prospects.
"With what we have done so far, I am 100 percent confident that this does not touch upper management and does not involve people like John Mozeliak and Bill DeWitt," Jim Martin, an attorney for the firm, told The Associated Press. Mozeliak is the Cardinals' general manager and DeWitt is the team chairman (see full story).
Royals: Neither Royals, man at fault in hot dog incident
KANSAS CITY, Mo.-- Neither the Kansas City Royals nor a man who was struck in the eye with a foil-wrapped hot dog in 2009 were at fault, a western Missouri jury said Wednesday in a case seen as a challenge to the long-held "baseball rule."
John Coomer, 54, of Overland Park, Kansas, said he suffered permanent eye damage when the team's lion mascot Sluggerrr whipped a 4-ounce hotdog behind his back and struck him in the eye at a sparsely attended September 2009 Royals game (see full story).
MLB: Perez and Griffey Sr. to manage Futures Game
NEW YORK -- Former Cincinnati Reds teammates Tony Perez and Ken Griffey Sr. will be the managers for the All-Star Futures Game at Cincinnati on July 12.
Perez played for the Reds from 1964-76 during a 23-season major league career and was elected to the Hall of Fame in 2000. Griffey spent 19 seasons in the major leagues and was with the Reds from 1973-81 and 1988-90.
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Major League Baseball announced the managers Wednesday. The Futures Game is the start of three days of All-Star activities at Great American Ball Park.
MLB: Special caps with horizontal stripes for All-Star Game
NEW YORK-- Players will wear special caps with horizontal stripes for the All-Star Game at Cincinnati on July 14.
Major League Baseball and New Era said Wednesday each cap will have two stripes. It is patterned after the caps worn by Cincinnati's players in the 1880s and 1890s.
MLB started using special All-Star caps last year, when the design was based on the 1970s batting helmet of the host Minnesota Twins.