KJC

Carl Pavano Vs. Kurt Ainsworth Roger Dean Stadium 1:05pm ET Radio: WQAM

TAMPA, Fla. -- Orlando Hernandez is returning to the New York Yankees. El Duque, recovering from a shoulder injury that caused him to miss last season, reached a preliminary agreement Saturday on a one-year contract that guarantees him $500,000. The deal is subject to Hernandez passing a physical, which is scheduled for Monday. He could arrive at the Yankees' spring training camp as early as Sunday afternoon, according to his agent, Jeff Moorad. "The chance to come back to the Yankees was an opportunity he did not want to pass up," Moorad said. Hernandez's deal includes bonuses of $3,000 per day on the active roster, $45,000 per start and $12,500 per relief appearance. El Duque, who made $4.1 million last year while on the Montreal Expos' disabled list, had surgery May 12 to repair a small tear in his rotator cuff. It's estimated the right-hander, believed to be 38, needs two or three more months to get into shape to pitch in the major leagues. "Billy Connors believes at the latest June," Moorad said, referring to the Yankees' vice president of player personnel. Hernandez, if healthy, would give the Yankees additional pitching depth. Their projected rotation includes Mike Mussina, Kevin Brown, Javier Vazquez, Jose Contreras and Jon Lieber, but Contreras has been slowed by lower back stiffness and Lieber by a tight right groin. The Yankees say both injuries are minor, and Contreras was scheduled to pitch Sunday against Boston. Lieber could get in a game by next weekend. After defecting from Cuba, Hernandez joined the Yankees for the 1998 season and helped them to three straight World Series titles and four AL pennants in five years. He was 53-38 with a 4.04 ERA in the regular season and 9-3 with a 2.51 ERA in the postseason. New York traded him to the White Sox on Jan. 15, 2003, for right-handers Antonio Osuna and Delvis Lantigua, with the Yankees paying $2 million of Hernandez's salary. Chicago then dealt him the same day to Montreal with right-hander Rocky Biddle and outfielder Jeff Liefer for right-hander Bartolo Colon and infielder Jorge Nunez. Montreal paid Hernandez the $300,000 minimum, with Chicago picking up the other $1.8 million. Hernandez became a free agent Dec. 20 when the Expos declined to offer him a contract. His addition raises New York's payroll to $181.4 million. Credit ESPN.com

beavis and butthead have been on the 2 for about a month, i missed it for all these years huh hu huh uh huhh uhuhuh huh FROG BASEBALL!

pervs

fo shizzle

Jaguars Sign Dolphins Linebacker Hendricks The Jacksonville Jaguars have signed Dolphins' linebacker Tommy Hendricks to a multi-year contract. He received a signing bonus of $200,000 as part of the deal, according to a source. Further contract details were not available. Hendricks signed with the Dolphins as a free agent in 2000. He was the Dolphins' Special Teams Captain. He had 14 special teams tackles. LINK

Florida Batter Pos AB R H RBI J Pierre CF 4 0 1 0 S Sanders P 0 0 0 0 L Castillo 2B 2 0 1 1 D Easley 2B 1 0 0 0 M Lowell 3B 2 0 0 0 M Mordecai 3B 2 0 0 0 J Conine LF 2 0 0 0 R Christenson LF 2 1 1 0 W Cordero RF 3 0 0 0 C Aguila RF 1 1 1 1 H Choi 1B 3 0 1 0 L Sutton 1B 0 1 0 0 R Castro C 4 0 1 2 A Gonzalez SS 1 1 0 0 W Valdez SS 2 0 0 0 D Willis P 1 0 0 0 M Nannini P 0 0 0 0 B Banks PH 1 0 0 0 M Tejera P 0 0 0 0 M Redmond PH 1 0 0 0 K Hooper 2B 0 0 0 0 Totals 32 4 6 4 St. Louis Batter Pos AB R H RBI B Hart 2B 5 0 3 1 H Luna SS 4 0 0 0 J Mabry PH 1 0 0 0 A Pujols 1B 3 0 0 0 S Cox 1B 1 0 0 0 G Vaughn RF 1 0 0 0 C Porter CF 2 0 1 0 S Rolen 3B 3 0 0 0 B Butler 3B 1 0 0 0 R Lankford LF 2 0 0 0 S Taguchi LF 2 0 0 0 E Brown CF 4 1 2 1 C Mckay C 2 0 0 0 J Gall PH 1 1 1 0 S Kline P 0 0 0 0 K Robinson RF 1 0 0 0 J Marquis P 1 0 1 0 J Isringhausen P 0 0 0 0 K Witt PH 1 0 0 0 J Ryan P 0 0 0 0 M Quinn PH 1 0 1 0 C Widger C 0 0 0 0 M Anderson PH 1 0 0 0 Totals 37 2 9 2 BATTING 2B: L Castillo, R Castro, M Quinn 3B: C Aguila HR: Emil Brown (1) off Dontrelle Willis in the 2nd ; Team LOB: Florida 4, St Louis 9 BASERUNNING FIELDING E: H Choi, A Gonzalez, H Luna DP: Florida 1, St Louis 2 Florida Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO HR D Willis 3 3 1 1 1 5 1 M Nannini 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 M Tejera 2 3 1 1 0 2 0 S Sanders (W,1-0) 2 2 0 0 0 3 0 St. Louis Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO HR J Marquis 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 J Isringhausen 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 J Ryan 3 2 1 1 0 5 0 S Kline 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 C Eldred (L,0-1) 1 3 3 3 1 0 0 HB: A Gonzalez by J Ryan T: 2:28 Att: 6,886 Credit FlaMarlins.com

i BELIEVE in Choi

the sea bass errors are a bit bothersome but i am more concerned with Choi he had a few get by him or hit him today at 1st

everyone has shown what they can do so far, im hoping Carl can breez through his 3ip

Willis gave one run on three hits with five strikeouts and a walk in three innings the Homer was by Emil Brown.

1 run 5ks for Trizzle the 1 run came on a dinger

agreed Inside this :fyou

not yet but there is an article up on the official site...

yay so who's this aguila character? Miggy "stole" his glove when he came to the majors :shifty so all those great catches in the WS came with a Chris Aguila glove...

Choi is struggling but Ramon is looking good ( he went all 9 innings ) Willis had a decent start and got alot of Ks "Strarting To Come Together" - Lou Brown :lol

i was so close to jumping off the bandwagon

game over

Steve Conine up with P-Nut on 3rd :plain :lol

who hit the HR for Stl my windows media player is being choppy

Choi K's Ramon hits into DP

Cordero is up reaches on E

*switches to Cardinals broadcast*

nice job Trizzle battle em

Rolen up bases loaded K lookin