Giamatti to Be Honored at Cooperstown

The new research center at the Baseball Hall of Fame at Cooperstown, N.Y. will carry the name of former commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti.

“It’s the perfect way to recognize and perhaps fix for all time at the Hall of Fame the name of my husband,” Giamatti’s widow, Tony, said Sunday, her voice quivering.

The former Yale president died of a heart attack in 1989 after serving only five months as commissioner.

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The Cardinals’ Mark McGwire did not get the ball he hit for his 44th home run. The man who caught it said he wanted to keep it because he dreamed it would happen.

“That’s good enough for me,” said McGwire, who autographed the ball. “I’m into that stuff. I hope he has more dreams.”

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Albert Belle’s home run against the New York Yankees’ David Wells was his 14th in July, breaking the Chicago White Sox’s record for most home runs in a month.

Dick Allen had held the record since he hit 13 in July 1972.

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Toronto Blue Jay Jose Canseco’s homer against Boston gave him 380 in his career, passing Orlando Cepeda and Tony Perez for the most ever by a player born outside the United States.

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Phillie catcher Mike Lieberthal was put on the 15-day disabled list. Jon Zuber was recalled from triple-A Scranton.

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Reliever Arthur Rhodes, on the disabled list since July 13, won’t accompany the Baltimore Orioles on their road trip that begins Tuesday in Detroit. He has asked to stay behind to see a therapist and continue treatments for an inflamed flexor tendon in his left elbow.

An MRI exam on Rhodes’ elbow showed a bone chip that team trainer Richie Bancells said isn’t related to his present condition.