Disabled List Again for Oswalt

The Houston Astros put starting pitcher Roy Oswalt on the disabled list Tuesday for the second time this season because of a groin injury.

Oswalt reinjured the groin after pitching two innings June 11 before five pitchers finished a combined no-hitter against the New York Yankees. The move is retroactive to Thursday.

“It just hurt, that’s all I know,” Oswalt said. “It’s the type of injury that doesn’t give you a warning. You go out there and throw 20 pitches, and the 21st it’s like somebody cut you.”

Oswalt will be eligible to come off the disabled list June 27.

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Shortstop Rey Ordonez’s return from the disabled list was pushed back by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.

Ordonez played in the Hall of Fame game Monday and left after five innings because of swelling in his left knee. It was his first game since going on the disabled list May 9.

The Devil Rays had hoped to activate Ordonez before the second game of Tuesday’s doubleheader against the New York Yankees but will wait several days before re-evaluating him.

Ordonez spent his first seven years in the big leagues with the New York Mets, who traded him to the Devil Rays in December.

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Hee Seop Choi rejoined the Chicago Cubs and resumed workouts, 10 days after a collision at Wrigley Field knocked him unconscious.

He no longer has headaches and no longer has to stay in his apartment and follow the Cubs on television -- something he found unbearable.

“I can’t watch,” he said. “I’m scared during the tight games.”

Choi hadn’t done anything physical since June 7, when he and pitcher Kerry Wood chased a popup. They collided and Choi fell hard, slamming his head on the ground.

The 6-foot-5, 240-pound first baseman lay motionless for several minutes. Choi was removed in an ambulance.

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Gene Michael agreed to a multiyear contract extension to remain with the Yankees as vice president and senior advisor.

Michael is the only man to serve the Yankees as a player, coach, manager, general manager and scout, and has been largely involved in player evaluation.

He played shortstop for the Yankees from 1968 through 1974, before closing out a 10-year major league career in 1975 with the Detroit Tigers.

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The Philadelphia Phillies’ new ballpark will be named Citizens Bank Park under a $95-million deal.

Citizens Bank bought the naming rights and an advertising package from the team.