Alan Trammell, who retired in 1996 after...

Alan Trammell, who retired in 1996 after a 20-year career with the Detroit Tigers, will interview for the Chicago White Sox managerial vacancy, according to a broadcast report.

WYUR-AM in Detroit reported that the former shortstop would meet with White Sox General Manager Ron Schueler in Las Vegas today.

The White Sox fired Terry Bevington last month after an 80-81 season.

Since retiring, Trammell, 39, has worked primarily as a scout and roving instructor in the Detroit organization. He has no managerial experience.

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Some National League teams may visit opposing cities only once next season under the schedule that is being contemplated under realignment.

As a result of the realignment proposal adopted by owners Wednesday, NL teams will play rivals within their division approximately 12 times next season, and will play each team in the other two divisions nine times each.

Against divisional rivals, teams still will make two trips to each city and have two home series against each team.

However, to avoid the numerous two-game series that annoyed managers and players this season, schedule-makers are thinking of dividing the games, for the most part, into three three-game series.

For example, Atlanta might have three home games against the Dodgers and six games at Los Angeles, but six home games against the Giants and three at San Francisco.

The schedule would then flip the following season, with the Braves getting six home games against the Dodgers and three against the Giants.

The American League is staying with the same balanced format that existed this year, with teams playing divisional rivals 12 times and non-divisional rivals 11 times.

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As expected, right-hander Ben McDonald has exercised his option to remain with the Milwaukee Brewers next season, when he will be paid $4.5 million.

McDonald had the option to declare himself a free agent--and walk away with a $900,000 check from the Brewers--but he probably wouldn’t have found much interest because he is coming off shoulder surgery that cut short his 1997 season.

By making 56 starts in his first two seasons in Milwaukee, McDonald activated a clause increasing his base salary in his option year from $2.5 million to $4.5 million. The start triggering McDonald’s incentive bonus came under controversy because McDonald received a cortisone shot before making that start.

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Shirley Povich, the 92-year-old columnist for the Washington Post, was admitted to Johns Hopkins Hospital after collapsing before Game 6 of the American League championship series at Baltimore.

A spokesman for the hospital said Povich was resting comfortably after being admitted Wednesday night with dizziness and fainting. Povich was in fair condition but no other information was available at the family’s request.

Povich, father of television broadcaster Maury Povich, celebrated his 75th anniversary with the paper this year and was still writing up to 50 columns a year for the Post after announcing his “retirement” in 1973.

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The New York Yankees signed former Notre Dame quarterback Gus Ornstein, who now plays football and baseball for Michigan State.

Ornstein was taken by the Seattle Mariners in the 20th round of the 1994 draft, although he chose to attend Notre Dame.