Rogers Has His Hearing

Texas Ranger pitcher Kenny Rogers had his hearing before Commissioner Bud Selig on Friday in Milwaukee, appealing his 20-game suspension for shoving two TV cameramen last month.

Rogers wouldn’t comment on what was discussed during the session when he emerged in the late afternoon.

Asked how it went, he responded: “We’ll see. We’ll be waiting for a decision.”

He was accompanied by players’ union lawyers Bob Lenaghan and Mike Weiner.

“The hearing was completed,” Weiner said. “There was no indication as to when he’ll rule.”

He said the only witness was Rogers, and the hearing included oral arguments and a discussion of precedent.

Selig imposed the 20-game suspension and a $50,000 fine for a June 29 videotaped tirade during which Rogers shoved two cameramen when he came onto the field at Arlington, Texas, for pregame stretching before a game against the Angels.

Rogers faces a charge of assault with injury for shoving cameraman Larry Rodriguez, punishable by up to a year in jail and a fine of up to $4,000.

Police said the other charge, for pushing a cameraman who wasn’t injured, will be a mailed assault citation punishable by a fine of up to $500.

Major League Baseball spokesman Pat Courtney said there was no timeline for when Selig would announce a decision on the appeal.

“It’s all in the commissioner’s hands,” Courtney said.

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St. Louis Cardinal third baseman Scott Rolen was put on the 15-day disabled list to rest his surgically repaired left shoulder.

Rolen was injured May 10 in a baserunning collision with Dodger first baseman Hee-Seop Choi and sat out 33 games after undergoing surgery.

Rolen returned from the disabled list in mid-June, but was batting .207 with no homers and eight RBIs in 87 at-bats.

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Chicago White Sox slugger Frank Thomas was put on the 15-day disabled list because of inflammation in his left foot. The move is retroactive to Thursday.

Thomas, who broke a bone in his left ankle July 6, 2004, and underwent surgery in October, started the season on the disabled list. He was activated on May 30. Ross Gload was recalled from triple-A Charlotte to take his roster spot.

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Right-hander Jason Jennings of the Colorado Rockies will be sidelined the rest of the season because of a fractured right middle finger.

Jennings hadn’t skipped a start because of injury since joining the team in late 2001 -- he made 124 starts -- but was hurt Wednesday in Washington not on the mound, but trying to break up a double play at second base.

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Second baseman Placido Polanco was put on the 15-day disabled list by the Detroit Tigers because of a strained left hamstring tendon. The move is retroactive to July 12. Polanco suffered the injury while running out a grounder on July 10 against Tampa Bay.

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The Devil Rays optioned struggling right-hander Lance Carter to triple-A Durham. Carter, an All-Star in 2003, was 1-2 with a 5.16 earned-run average.