Bonds Suffers a New Injury

San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds was listed as day to day Wednesday because of discomfort from injuring his left side during last weekend’s series in New York.

The injury has become worse, and Bonds grimaced after a swing during Tuesday night’s victory over the Florida Marlins.

He was already scheduled for a day off Wednesday for the finale of a three-game series with the Marlins, but his status for a four-game series against the Pittsburgh Pirates starting today was in question after he was examined by team doctors.

“I don’t know yet,” Bonds said when asked about the severity of his injury.

Bonds said that he didn’t tell the Giants’ training staff about his sore side until Wednesday morning, so he wasn’t sure how the injury would be treated.

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The St. Louis Cardinals put struggling closer Jason Isringhausen, who has blown two of his last three save opportunities, on the do-not-pitch list for the second consecutive day.

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The Washington Nationals hired former major league manager Davey Johnson as a special consultant to General Manager Jim Bowden.

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The Baltimore Orioles shuffled their coaching staff, replacing first base coach Dave Cash with Rick Dempsey, whose job as bullpen coach was filled by minor league pitching coach Larry McCall. Cash was reassigned and told the team he was undecided about staying.

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Chicago White Sox reliever Jeff Nelson said he would have surgery on a nerve in his elbow next week, a procedure that probably will end the 39-year-old right-hander’s career.

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Major league umpires will wear black armbands for 30 days to honor their former colleague Eric Gregg, who died Monday of a stroke.