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BASEBALL : DAILY REPORT : ANGELS : Vincent to Players: Do Not Retaliate

By HELENE ELLIOTT
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With incidents involving Cleveland’s Albert Belle and Oakland’s Jose Canseco in mind, Commissioner Fay Vincent said he can’t imagine any excuse for a player to retaliate against a heckler.

Belle threw a ball at a Cleveland Stadium fan who mocked his alcohol problems Saturday and was suspended for seven days by AL President Bobby Brown. Canseco had to be restrained from going into the stands at Yankee Stadium after hearing disparaging comments about his Cuban heritage, his wife and his relationship with the rock star Madonna.

Second baseman Luis Sojo, who is batting .212, sat out for the fifth time in 15 games. . . . After activating Pascual Perez from the disabled list, the Yankees outrighted former Angel Rich Monteleone to triple-A Columbus.

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Helene Elliott

Helene Elliott was with the Los Angeles Times’ Sports department from 1989 to 2024, first as a staff writer and then, starting in 2006, as a columnist. She became the first female journalist to be honored with a plaque in the Hall of Fame of a major professional sport as the 2005 winner of the Hockey Hall of Fame’s Elmer Ferguson Award, awarded to writers “who have brought honor to journalism and to hockey.” A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., and graduate of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, she has covered 18 Olympics.

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