BASEBALL / DAILY REPORT : AROUND THE MAJOR LEAGUES : Padres’ Bell Is Suspended, Appeals

Derek Bell of the San Diego Padres was suspended for three games and fined by the National League for a run-in with umpire Greg Bonin. The amount of the fine was not made public and Bell appealed, so he can continue to play pending a hearing.

Bell threw a bat and helmet in Bonin’s direction and made “incidental physical contact” with the umpire during an argument about a called third strike on May 7 at Chicago.

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The wife of Chicago Cub first baseman Mark Grace has filed a $20-million lawsuit against Grace. Michelle Grace, 24, who sued Grace for divorce last August, alleges in a Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit filed Thursday that Grace breached oral and implied contracts to share their incomes for the rest of their lives.