Frank Catalanotto News

The Mike Cameron era in center field for the Milwaukee Brewers ended Monday when the 15-year veteran filed for free agency.

The Mike Cameron era in center field for the Milwaukee Brewers ended Monday when the 15-year veteran filed for free agency.

When Mariano Rivera and the Yankees clinched the World Series on Wednesday night, it kick-started the season after the season for all 30 teams, not to mention the dozens of unattached players looking for new homes.

He's no Todd Hollandsworth, but he'll do. Frank Catalanotto, who holds the unofficial Major League record for surname syllables, is a free agent this offseason and couldA pop up on the radar of Chicago Cubs general manager Jim Hendry as he looks for ways to bolster the team's outfield and add a veteran leader to a troubled clubhouse.

Alfonso Soriano's knee surgery on Tuesday was successful, and the outfielder should be at full strength when the Cubs begin Spring Training in 2010.

Jeff Suppan surrendered only three Cubs hits, but one of them was a Derrek Lee home run, and the Brewers took a 2-0 loss in the opener of a four-game series at Wrigley Field on Monday.

Rookie Casey McGehee homered twice, drove in six runs, and went 4 for 5, and David Bush earned his first victory in almost four months as the Milwaukee Brewers routed the Arizona Diamondbacks 9-2 on Saturday night.

In the dark. Blindfolded. With his hands tied behind his back. "That was Nintendo Baseball," said Gerut.

As expected, Corey Hart and Mat Gamel will return to Milwaukee for tonight's game against John Smoltz and the Cardinals.

Chris Carpenter pitched a one-hitter, allowing only a double to Jody Gerut in the fifth inning, and struck out 10 as the St.

For the first time since July 18 and only the fifth time this season, Ryan Braun was not the Brewers' starting left fielder on Monday.

St. Louis - The Brewers evolved into a disappointment on the field this season, but that didn't diminish their fan support.

Wednesday marked the one-month anniversary of Corey Hart's appendectomy, but the Brewers right fielder doesn't expect to remain sidelined much longer.

2 in San Diego, hopes to be ready to go out on a minor-league rehabilitation assignment by next weekend.

Just as twilight approached at Nationals Park, the somnolent Milwaukee Brewers ' bats came to life.

Ryan Braun's two-run homer touched off a six-run sixth inning Monday, launching the Milwaukee Brewers to a 7-1 whipping of Washington.

The reason Collin Balester still factors prominently in the Washington Nationals' plans for the future is because he has the kind of unrefined pitching talent that scouts pounce on and managers dream about.

Milwaukee Brewers' Frank Catalanotto, left, is safe at home plate as he slides past Washington Nationals catcher Wil Nieves, right, during the seventh inning of a baseball game at Nationals Park, Friday, in Washington.

A year after the Milwaukee Brewers won the NL wild card and reached postseason play for the first time in 26 years, their chances seem slimmer than Ed Rendell.

Prince Fielder and the rest of the Milwaukee Brewers no longer peek at the out-of-town scoreboard.