White Sox Get Alomar Again

The Arizona Diamondbacks traded 12-time All-Star second baseman Roberto Alomar to the Chicago White Sox on Thursday for a player to be named and cash.

Alomar batted .309 with three home runs and 16 runs batted in in 39 games for the Diamondbacks. He sat out 56 games because of a broken right hand after being hit by a pitch in Milwaukee on April 20.

Alomar, 36, joined the Diamondbacks after the White Sox chose not to offer him arbitration and left him a free agent.

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Nomar Garciaparra has come under renewed scrutiny after a published report raised questions about when the recently traded Boston Red Sox shortstop hurt his right Achilles’ tendon.

Garciaparra said he was injured when struck by a ball in batting practice before an exhibition game March 5 in Florida.

The Boston Globe, citing two sources familiar with Garciaparra’s case, reported that the infielder told a different story to Red Sox officials. One source said he was told that Garciaparra was injured before spring training.

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The Philadelphia Phillies put left fielder Pat Burrell, who has a strained left wrist, on the 15-day disabled list. Burrell said he injured the wrist during batting practice Tuesday in San Diego.

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Roger Clemens of the Houston Astros was given an emphatic apology for “unjustly” being ejected from his 10-year-old son’s baseball game Saturday in Craig, Colo. David King, president of tournament organizer Triple Crown Sports, said “Mr. Clemens was a non-aggressor and a victim of mistaken identity and confusion” by an upset umpire.