| Zumaya a California Wildfire Casualty
Detroit Tigers relief pitcher Joel Zumaya is going to be gone for at least half of 2008 after injuring his shoulder moving items in his Chula Vista, California home during last week's wildfires. ESPN.com reports Zumaya underwent shoulder surgery on his pitching shoulder in nearby San Diego and won't begin a new throwing program for at least four months. Zumaya may or may not be the first baseball player injured as a result of the wildfires which destroyed several thousand homes, but several players—including Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn and other Padres—were forced to evacuate their homes at the height of the blazes. The Poway home of former Atlanta Braves star David Justice was destroyed in one of the wildfires. This entry was posted on Thursday, November 1st, 2007 at 3:44 pm and is filed under Joel Zumaya, Catbird, Detroit Tigers.
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Reshaped Braves aim toward spring training
Talked to Hoss for a while at FanFest, and he said he feels great and added some muscle, still at about 227-228 pounds but fitter, after an offseason of lifting weights in workouts at his Atlanta home and Texas farm. He began hitting and throwing last week. When I asked him about the vibe at FanFest, Jones said: "Lot of people are excited about Tommy coming back, and a lot are bummed because Andruw's not coming back. But overall, everybody can't wait to get to spring training — that's what I hear." And what did he think of the teams' moves this winter? "The good thing about this organization during the offseason is, you feel like they're always going to give you the opportunity to be competitive," he said. "We're going to be competitive. You never know how things are going to work out.
Copper thefts continue in Valley
On the rooftop of a strip mall near Hollenbeck Street and the 10 Freeway, burglars stripped six air conditioners of their copper coils in recent weeks. Then they returned to pull apart three more air conditioning units. Although the thieves may have made about $900 for two nights' work, businesses like World Gym, Dental Fun Zone and several others were left sweltering - and facing an estimated $100,000 in damage, said one expert called in by the West Covina police. "We have a rash of copper thefts - and not just in our city," said Cpl. Rudy Lopez. Thefts of copper, aluminum and other metals have increased in recent years as the materials' value has soared, but their worth to the burglars is still far less than the damage done to the victims, authorities said. The nighttime game lights are dead at Little League fields in Montclair and Hacienda Heights because of copper stolen in the past two weeks.
Iran-Thailand trade 'up 75 per cent'
Non-oil trade between Iran and grew to $410 million in the first half of this year, up 75 per cent over the comparable 2006 figure of $234.60m, the Iranian ambassador to Thailand said on Saturday. Mohsen Pakaeen did not provide any figures on Thai oil imports from his country, according to Iranian news agencies. But he said the so-called "non-oil" trade was heavily in Thailand's favour _ $391 million worth of exports to Iran against just $18.94 million in imports from Teheran. The ambassador said he has called on Iranian businessmen to visit Thailand more often in order to continue the export growth in both directions, citing improved flights between Teheran and Bangkok which "make the situation proper for the traders," the Iranian news agency Mehr News Agency reported.
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