High School Sports
District 16: Salmons’ run-scoring single in 11th completes rally from 3-0 deficit in series opener.
July 14, 2000
Angels
Hardly strangers to freak injuries, the Angels avoided potential disaster Wednesday when cleanup batter Tim Salmon, leading off third base in the sixth inning, was hit in the left thumb by a wicked Troy Glaus liner.
Aug. 17, 2000
California
Two key members of Congress on Wednesday said they were confident a Marine reservist jailed in Mexico on weapons charges will be released so that he can return to the U.S. and receive treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder.
Oct. 1, 2014
* Who’s new: First baseman Mo Vaughn (free agent/Red Sox), pitcher Tim Belcher (free agent/Royals), pitcher Mark Petkovsek (trade/Cardinals), outfielder Matt Luke (free agent/Dodgers). * Who’s gone: Outfielder Gregg Jefferies (free agent/Tigers), infielder Norberto Martin (free agent), catcher Chad Kreuter (free agent/Royals), pitcher Jeff Juden (free agent), pitcher Mike Fetters (free agent/Baltimore), Allen Watson (free agent/Mets). * Biggest spring question: How will Manager Terry Collins sort out logjams in the outfield and at designated hitter?
Feb. 18, 1999
Science & Medicine
Agriculture and the Friant Dam, built in the 1940s, dried up a 60-mile stretch of the river. After a long, tortuous effort, a chinook spawns 10 miles downstream from the dam.
March 29, 2013
Sports
Tim Salmon on baseball’s drug users: Why not penalize the team?
July 24, 2013
Right fielder Tim Salmon did not start Saturday because of strained muscles in his left forearm, an injury that occurred Wednesday when he was diving back to first base.
July 7, 1996
Angel pitcher Matt Wise’s first three big league starts were so similar--he gave up three runs in six innings or more against Boston, Toronto and New York--that Manager Mike Scioscia said they were “cloned.”
Aug. 26, 2000
You say you’ve lost 17 of 22, given up 14 homers in the past four games, fallen behind 28 consecutive times and your once-insurmountable lead in the AL West is looking more and more surmountable every day.
Sept. 10, 1995
Travel & Experiences
With summer approaching, South Bay Sportfishing Landings have started offering twilight trips for sand bass, barracuda, bonito and yellowtail.
May 23, 1991