Doubling up and feeling pain

Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf are married, so presumably there was lots of love on the court when they played as a mixed doubles team in an exhibition match against Justine Henin and Goran Ivanisevic during Graf’s charity fundraiser Saturday in Germany.

They were lucky to escape, however, with no love on the scoreboard.

Agassi and Graf lost, 7-5, 6-2, then Graf had to withdraw from a scheduled singles match against Henin because of a sore calf. She rarely touches a racket anymore, eight years after retirement.

“Tomorrow some parts of my body will hurt,” the 38-year-old said. “But I’m happy that I could play at all.”

Trivia time

Coors Field, which opened in 1995, was the site of a World Series game for the first time Saturday night, leaving only three stadiums older than Coors Field that were in use this season that have not held a World Series game. Which are they?

Unarmed

The Chicago Sun-Times reported that new Cincinnati Reds Manager Dusty Baker has recently spoken with Chicago Cubs pitchers Kerry Wood and Mark Prior, who can both become free agents this off-season.

Apparently the Reds’ disabled list is a little thin.

Friends in all places

Country music star Kenny Chesney has been defending his loyalty to Tennessee football after Volunteers fans labeled him a traitor and sellout on various Internet message boards and called local radio stations to request a boycott of his music.

Apparently they were upset that Chesney, who is from Tennessee and once recorded a single called “Touchdown Tennessee,” donned a Florida football helmet while performing at the University of Florida football stadium, home to one of Tennessee’s biggest rivals.

“I’m taking this as seriously as it needs to be taken,” Chesney told the Knoxville News-Sentinel. “I take it with a grain of salt. There are more things going on in the world than this.”

Scoring punch

Two youth football coaches in Tempe, Ariz., were banned from the league because they were fighting after a game.

Police said David Kennedy, coach of the losing team, was accusing winning coach Terrance Payne Sr. of running up the score in the game between 11- and 12-year olds.

And who could blame Kennedy after the 26-12 loss?

Quitting time

John Daly withdrew from the Ginn sur Mer Classic on Sunday when he failed to show up for his final-round tee time. Daly had made the cut on the number but shot 79 in a third round that was completed Sunday morning. He immediately left the premises.

“In other news, the sun rose in the East,” wrote Steve Elling of CBSsports.com. “Too bad it never seems to set on [Daly’s] alleged career, because his act has gone far beyond tiresome.

“As if his personal life hadn’t become enough of a sideshow, his bad habits have increasingly included quitting like a petulant 5-year-old whenever things don’t go his way as a purported professional.”

Trivia answer

Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Rangers Ballpark in Arlington and RFK Stadium in Washington.

And finally

Scott Ostler of the San Francisco Chronicle relayed a story about how currently unemployed home run leader Barry Bonds loves his BlackBerry so much, he takes it into the dugout during games and, on one occasion, responded to a message during a game.

“Which would be against baseball rules,” Ostler wrote. “So Bonds’ next job might be with the New England Patriots.”

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peter.yoon@latimes.com