Gammons Out of the Hospital

Peter Gammons, an ESPN analyst and member of the writers’ wing of the baseball Hall of Fame, was released from a Boston hospital where he was being treated for a brain aneurysm.

Gammons, 61, was moved to an undisclosed rehabilitation center, his wife, Gloria, said in a statement. Gammons was stricken at his Cape Cod home June 27 and airlifted to Brigham and Women’s Hospital, where he underwent surgery. “Peter, his family and his doctors are very pleased with the progress that Peter has made following surgical repair of a brain aneurysm,” she said in the statement released by the hospital.

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Toronto Blue Jays third baseman Troy Glaus sat out Monday night’s game against the Texas Rangers after receiving a cortisone shot for his sore right knee. Glaus probably will sit out one or two games, Toronto Manager John Gibbons said.

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The Seattle Mariners’ plane was evacuated as it was preparing to take off from Toronto on Sunday night because of a fire on the conveyer belt used to load baggage.

The team was pulled off the plane for about 20 to 30 minutes before re-boarding and flying to New York without any further trouble, Manager Mike Hargrove said.

“I was sitting there,” Hargrove said, “ ... and our traveling secretary came walking through the plane saying we have to get off the plane now, so we got off the plane. As I understand it, the belt loader caught on fire. I don’t think the plane was ever in danger.”

Hargrove said he saw smoke when he looked out the window, but it wasn’t a frightening situation.

“We got off the plane and had no idea what was going on,” he said.

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Colorado put infielder Omar Quintanilla on the 15-day disabled list because of an injury to his right shin.