Robin Ventura News

Somewhere in the unwritten rules of baseball, there is a chapter on etiquette when it comes to a pitcher hitting a batter.

Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland announced that Toronto Blue Jays manager John Gibbons will be among his American League All-Star coaching staff alongside Chicago White Sox manager Robin Ventura .

Andre Ethier won't last the summer in L.A. if he continues to get thoroughly outplayed by a rookie.

Those 39 have averaged a 11.2 WAR, but some of them are still playing. There have been more hits than misses in recent years.

The Chicago White Sox placed pitcher Jake Peavy on the 15-day disabled list Thursday with a fracture of the left fourth anterior rib.

Rockies 12, Reds 4 : The Colorado Wrecking Crew: Carlos Gonzalez hit three home runs and drove in six.

"I'm the world's worst at it," Dunn said. "I think I'm going to hit a five-run homer to solve everything.

Edwin Jackson has worked on both sides of town, and several other cities around the major leagues for that matter.

The Dodgers sit six games back of the Arizona Diamondbacks , Colorado Rockies and San Francisco Giants for first place in the NL West at 20-27, while Washington sits 5.5 games back of the Atlanta Braves at 25-24. This means that two teams that were expected to pace the league in both wins and dominance are a combined 45-51 on May 26.

The White Sox will get a major piece of their rotation back on Friday night, when John Danks takes the ball for the opener of a three-game Interleague series against the Marlins at U.S. Cellular Field.