Wood pitches for I-Cubs.......

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Wood pitches for I-Cubs, says shoulder feeling good
June 13, 2005

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Chicago Cubs right-hander Kerry Wood made his first rehabilitation start since straining his right shoulder in late April, allowing one run on three hits in three innings for the Triple-A Iowa Cubs on Monday night.

``I've got some things to work on,'' said Wood, who also tripled in the game against New Orleans. ``I just have to keep working and try to get the pitch count up there.''

Wood threw 46 pitches -- most in the low 90s -- and had three strikeouts. He did not throw any curveballs. ``I'm not concerned with the gun reading right now,'' Wood said. ``I'm more concerned with making good pitches and repeating my delivery. ... Today I felt fine, but the ball wasn't coming out of my hand was well as I want it to.''

Wood, who returned to Chicago after leaving the game, will rejoin the I-Cubs in Nashville for a weekend series. He's scheduled to start Sunday.

He helped the I-Cubs take a 2-1 lead in the third with a leadoff triple off the wall in left-center.

``I thought it was a fly-ball out,'' Wood said. ``It carried far enough off the wall I was forced to run to third.''

 

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ATLANTA: RHP Jorge Sosa makes his first start of the season Tuesday night after 21 relief appearances. Manager Bobby Cox said Sosa, who has made 41 major league starts, won't be asked for much more than five innings. ``It'll be stretching it to go past that,'' Cox said.

 

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FLORIDA: Al Leiter (2-6, 6.75 ERA in 12 starts) is moving to the bullpen. With two off days coming in the next week, the Marlins will go with a four-man rotation for now. ``We talked to Al and we're going to go with four guys in the rotation every five days,'' manager Jack McKeon said. ``Al will go to the bullpen. With his experience, maybe he can help us in the bullpen.'' Leiter hadn't pitched in the bullpen since he was with Toronto in 1993.

 

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comment from sox correspondent before yesterday's game in bold(note sd games)..

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What a Wake-Up Call!

The White Sox and all San Diegoans were gently shaken at about 8:45 am by an earthquake. We were told it was centered in Palm Springs, so we hope everyone there is fine. Some guys felt it (myself included), some slept through it, some were at the ballpark and some were in the shower. "If you thought you felt things moving, you did," a local anchorman said on the news. "Well, now you've felt one," said the bellman who collected my bags. "The building is designed to move, that's why you felt it so much." Comforting.

I think we would like to get back to Chicago.

A Few Thoughts ...

On Petco Park ... Really neat architecture, lots of angles, fountains and flowering planters ... great work space in the clubhouses and press box ... a very cool lawn area in center field where they held a pregame concert last night ... very small dugouts ... a re-habbed old building that becomes the left-field foul pole (I am sure it has been shown on TV). It is obvious that the ballpark is the center piece of a major initiative to redevelop San Diego's downtown area.

Notes for Sunday's Game

Neither team took batting practice before the game ... the White Sox are 16-7 (.696) in day games, the highest winning percentage in the major leagues ... people here warn to watch how differently the ball travels during day games than at night this year, when the damp, cooler sea air knocks balls down ...

 

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nothing new , except it will hinder their trade value....

The Giants announced tonight that Edgardo Alfonzo (quad) and Marquis Grissom (hamstring) will be placed on the 15-day disabled list Tuesday.
Pedro Feliz will move to third and Todd Linden will play left until Alfonzo is ready to return.

 

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Manager Frank Robinson changed his mind before tonights game and will start Ryan Drese against the Angels on Wednesday instead of Kim.