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WHAT’S HAPPENING LOCALLY MONDAY:
No games scheduled

AROUND THE WEB:

♦ The Orioles are not pleased with what they perceive to be insensitivity on the part of the Yankees regarding the rescheduling of a game in Baltimore postponed by Hurricane Irene. The Yankees were pushing to cram in another game Friday afternoon in an attempt to avoid losing one of their two remaining days off in September. The Orioles, however, wanted to avoid a doubleheader on Friday partly because they were planning a tribute to Mike Flanagan, who died last week. And with Hurricane Irene affecting millions of people in the area, there was little sympathy for the ballplayers.

The comment that apparently angered Showalter came from Yankees manager Joe Girardi, who said of the decision not to play Friday afternoon: “It’s silly to me.”

“First of all, I felt that some of the stuff was a little disrespectful to Flanny quite frankly,” Orioles manager Buck Showalter told MLB.com. “That didn’t sit with me very well. I can tell you that. … I’m sure if [the Yankees] stopped and thought about it, if the same thing that happened to one of their greats, that they probably would have given a lot of consideration to how they were going to handle that day.”

Added Showalter: “Their opinion on what the Baltimore Orioles should do for their fans and for their organization isn’t really that relevant to me personally. I can tell you that.”

♦ Apparently, the Red Sox aren’t the only major league team with disagreements between players and management about treatment of injuries. All-Star right fielder Andre Ethier complained to The Los Angeles Times about playing through pain, implying that the team was not listening to his concerns. “I keep getting put in the lineup, so what am I supposed to do?” he said.

The Dodgers responded by sitting Ethier Sunday, but manager Don Mattingly said the situation was a surprise to him. “I was a little taken back by it,” Mattingly said. “I talked to ‘Dre about it to see if he felt that the way it came out was accurate. To me, the way I read it, was that ‘Dre’s been telling us he can’t play and we just said: `Well, you’re playing, anyway.’ And that’s definitely not the case. I would never do that. That’s not part of my DNA.

“To me, that takes a shot at my integrity, the organization, the training staff and Ned. But it really gets back to me, personally – that I would put a guy out there that was hurt and was taking a shot at hurting his career. I would never do that. And I told ‘Dre that, too.”

♦ BYU basketball player Brandon Davies was reinstated Friday after his March suspension for a violation of the school’s honor code, and he does not appear to be bitter. “I’m excited to be back at BYU and look forward to the future,” he said in a statement. “I’m grateful for this opportunity.” In The Oregonian, John Canzano is amazed that Davies returned to the Cougars.

ON THIS DAY TRIVIA: On Aug. 29, 2000, Pedro Martinez had a perfect game for eight innings in a beanball-marred game in Tampa. Which Devil Rays hitter ended the bid with a single to open the ninth inning?

QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Here’s my commitment: I will do, and we will do, everything possible to find the truth, learn from any mistakes and take measures to prevent any such behavior from happening again.” — University of Miami president Donna Shalala, in her first public statement since accusations of widespread abuse involving the school’s athletic department

STAT OF THE DAY: 2,402 — Games played as a Yankee by Derek Jeter after the first game of Sunday’s doubleheader, moving him past Mickey Mantle into the No. 1 spot on the team’s all-time list

‘NET RESULTS: Jamaican track star Usain Bolt was disqualified from defending his 100-meter title at the world championships due to a false start.

Here’s a highlight package from the Elite 24 Midnight Run featuring NBA and high school players.

Here’s a strange sequence from an Asian soccer game, featuring a couple of blunders.

TRIVIA ANSWER: Former Red Sox catcher John Flaherty

SOOTHING SOUNDS: Michael Jackson was born on this day in 1958.

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