BASEBALL DAILY REPORT : AROUND THE MAJOR LEAGUES : Orioles’ Davis Is Put on Disabled List

The Baltimore Orioles placed first baseman Glenn Davis on the 15-day disabled list because of an injury to his right shoulder.

General Manager Roland Hemond said Davis had suffered the injury during spring training, but that it did not really become a problem until the team came north to start the season.

“It bothers you more in this cold weather,” Hemond said.

Davis is batting .244 with four home runs. Pitcher Bob Milacki was recalled from double-A Hagerstown to fill the roster vacancy. Milacki, 26, won 14 games for the Orioles in 1989, but slipped to 5-8 last season.

Bud Harrelson, manager of the New York Mets, has decided to drop his pregame radio show.

Recently, host Howie Rose and callers on the postgame show questioned why Dwight Gooden threw 150 pitches in a game in the rain against Montreal two weeks ago.

“I felt uncomfortable,” Harrelson said of that show. “It’s a tough call for (Rose). It’s his job to be critical. I think it should be upbeat. I’m not trying to change Howie Rose . . . I just don’t want to do the show.

“I thought it should have been more positive, more promotion of my ballclub. The fans hear the bad stuff on TV and read about it in the newspapers.”

The Houston Sports Assn. expanded its efforts to find a buyer for the Astros because no suitable local buyer had been found.

HSA, the parent company of the baseball team, said it had received two offers, one from a local group. The identities of the groups that offered to buy the team were not immediately disclosed.

HSA said in a statement that its shareholders decided to broaden “national marketing efforts to find an out-of-state buyer,” and to meet with the ownership committee of Major League Baseball and National League owners to determine the best ways of selling the team.

Astro owner John McMullen announced last November that he would sell the team, which could be worth more than $95 million.

McMullen, 71, said he wanted to spend more of his time and energy with his family. He bought the HSA in 1979 for about $13 million.