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BASEBALL : DAILY REPORT : ANGELS : Howell Activated; Rose Sent Down

By HELENE ELLIOTT
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Jack Howell (bruised rib) was activated off the disabled list and Bobby Rose was returned to triple-A Edmonton. Rose hit .111 in six games. . . . Pitching coach Marcel Lachemann said no date has been set for Fernando Valenzuela’s first start for the Angels. Valenzuela is scheduled to make a third and final minor league start Saturday, for double-A Midland at Little Rock, Ark. “To rush it would be a mistake,” Lachemann said. “If he’s ready, fine. If not, let’s take the time.” . . . Coach Jimmie Reese, 86, underwent successful cataract surgery last week. He is free to resume his fungo-hitting duties when he feels ready, trainer Ned Bergert said.

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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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