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Commissioner Bud Selig announced the selection Saturday at a news conference at Chase Field.

According to the San Jose Mercury News, Jonathan Cheechoo did not play in Saturday's regular season finale against the Kings but will be ready to go for the team's first round of the playoffs.

Strong pitching tonight led to lots of wins.For those who are interested in these things, the good news this year is that Gameday is available for AA games on milb.com. It was available last year for AAA games, but this year they've set it up for AA games as well.Iowa CubsThe I-Cubs rode five strong innings from Esmailin Caridad and stopped the Round Rock Express, 6-1.Caridad got the start tonight and shut the Express down for five innings. He allowed no runs on five hits (all singles) while walking one and striking out six.The big bat for the I-Cubs tonight belonged to Jake Fox. Fox was 3 for 5 with a triple and three RBI. He also scored once.Bobby Scales had a chance to play third tonight and wasn't very successful, making two errors on the hot corner. He did go 1 for 3 with a walk, a run scored and an RBI at the plate.Tennessee SmokiesThe Smokies blotted out the Jacksonville Suns, 6-2.The Smokies got another strong starting pitching performance

Team news ahead of Monday's Super League fixture.

Team news ahead of Monday's Super League fixture.

Boller shows his class News item: The Maryland Senate has given preliminary approval to a bill that would authorize the state to acquire the rights to the Preakness and Maryland's two major horse racing facilities by eminent domain or in a bankruptcy auction.

The Nedbank Bank quarter-final included more strange, bizarre and ingenious twists than might have been contrived in a rousing World Wrestling Federation bonanza.

The Bangladesh Cricket Board has offered 17 players a contract including six for the first time, the BCB said at a news conference on Saturday. Mahmudullah Riayd, Nazmul Hossain, Naeem Islam, Mahbubul Alam, Imrul Kayes and Rubel Hossain will join 11 cricketers already contracted with the BCB.

Up until entry time Wednesday, the connections of Dream Play were still wrestling with whether or not to run their 3-year-old filly in Saturday's Grade 2 Comely Stakes at Aqueduct.

Please, not Donte Whitner. The safety is the last player the Buffalo Bills need getting detained. Now, he's just another employee keeping the team's name in the news for unpleasant reasons. Bills fans can't wait for the 2009 NFL season to start, and one reason is that they're reluctant to see which of their players with too much leisure time gets handcuffed and maybe zapped next.Why can't an ...