Chicago Cubs

BASEBALL American League Chicago White Sox -- Signed Mike Dunne to minor-leagucontract.Kansas City Royals -- Fired manager John Wathan. Named Bob Schaefer interim manager.Milwaukee Brewers -- Placed OF Darryl Hamilton (strained left shoulder; .226 in 30 games) on 15-day DL. Called up OF Matias Carrillo (.316, 4, 21 at Class AAA Denver). Announced that P Ron Robinson (elbow) was moved from 15-day DL to 60-day DLNational League Chicago Cubs --Named Jim Essian manager and signed him to a contract through the 1992 season.

Baseball Chicago Cubs -- Signed Ps Gamalier Castro and Daniel Gil; IFs Brett McCabe and Kevin Orie; and OFs Vee Hightower and John Sauer.HockeyNew Jersey Devils -- Announced they will not offer a contract to Peter Stastny making him an unrestricted free agent. Named Robbie Ftorek coach of Albany of the American Hockey League.I= New York Rangers -- Named Colin Campbell associate coach.CollegesAmerican International -- Named Bob LeCours football coach.Arizona -- Promoted Jeff Hammerschmidt to full-time assistant football coach.

Yesterday's results Boston 4, Orioles 2 Toronto 2, Detroit 1 St. Louis 6, Atlanta 4 Montreal 9, Cleveland 5 New York Mets (ss) 9, Florida 1 Cincinnati 5, Pittsburgh 0 Minnesota 9, Philadelphia 8 Los Angeles (ss) 4, New York Mets (ss) 1 N.Y. Yankees 7, Tampa Bay 2 Oakland 8, San Francisco 6 Kansas City 3, Anaheim 2 Chicago Cubs 7, San Diego (ss) 6 Seattle 12, Chicago White Sox 2 Texas 6, Colorado (ss) 1 Arizona (ss) 3, Milwaukee 0 Arizona (ss) 14, Colorado (ss) 3 Houston 10, Los Angeles (ss)

Players selected in the expansion draft by the Colorado Rockies, with place in draft in parentheses:Pitchers(1) David Nied, Atlanta; (5) Darren Holmes, Milwaukee; (15) Scott Aldred, Detroit; (21) Willie Blair, Houston; (25) Andy Ashby, Philadelphia; (32) Doug Bochtler, Montreal; (34) Lance Painter, San Diego; (36) Butch Henry, Houston; (38) Ryan Hawblitzel, Chicago Cubs; (42) Brett Merriman, California; (46) Kevin Ritz, Detroit; (50) Keith Shepherd, Philadelphia; (52) Calvin Jones, Seattle; (56)

BaseballCalifornia Angels -- Placed P Victor Silverio and P Julian Vasquez on the 60-day emergency disabled list. Placed P Scott Lewis on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to April 1. Purchased the minor-league contracts of OF Jerome Walton and P Gene Nelson. Transferred the contract of P Pete Janicki from the Cedar Rapids of the Midwest League to Palm Springs of the California League.Chicago Cubs -- Announced the retirement of P Dave Smith.Cleveland Indians -- Signed 2B Carlos Baerga to a four-year contract extension through 1998.

Nationwide voting by sports writers and broadcasters for the 1993 Associated Press baseball all-star team, with name, team and votes received:First basemen Frank Thomas, Chicago White Sox, 79; John Olerud, Toronto, 16; Andres Galarraga, Colorado, 3; Fred McGriff, San Diego-Atlanta, Rafael Palmeiro, Texas, 1.Second basemen Roberto Alomar, Toronto, 60; Carlos Baerga, Cleveland, 34; Robby Thompson, San Francisco, 6; Ryne Sandberg, Chicago Cubs, 1.Third basemen...

NEW YORK -- Andre Dawson and the Chicago Cubs may be parting. The 38-year-old outfielder was one of nine players who filed for free agency yesterday, increasing the record total to 138. Dawson wanted to sign a contract extension during spring training, before the final season of his $6.6 million, two-year deal, but was rebuffed.Meanwhile, Toronto's total of free agents increased to 12 when infielder Manuel Lee filed.Also filing were 41-year-old Califoria pitcher Bert Blyleven, New York Yankees outfielder Jesse Barfield, Cubs third baseman Luis Salazar, Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Jay Howell and catcher Mike Scioscia, San Francisco pitcher Scott Garrelts and Boston outfielder Steve Lyons.

Auto racingSabco Racing -- Announced that Greg Sacks will replace Bobby Hamilton as driver for the second-year NASCAR Winston Cup team. Sacks, 42, who drove last season for D. K. Ulrich, has two career poles in 12 years on the circuit.BaseballChicago Cubs -- Signed P Kevin Kobetitsch to a minor-league contract.BasketballNew York Knicks -- Agreed to a one-year contract with C-F Greg Kite.CollegesAlabama-Birmingham -- Named Watson Brown football coach.Tennessee -- Announced that junior F Stanley Caldwell (7.4 ppg, 6.4 rpg)

Quote: "What would you get for me? A 36-year-old guy with a broken bone in his hand and a bad back?" - Chicago Cubs pitcher Kevin Tapani on his name being mentioned in trade rumors involving Sammy Sosa. It's a fact: Eric Karros set a Los Angeles team record with his 229th home run as the Dodgers beat Arizona, 6-1, Tuesday night. Who's hot: In St. Louis' 8-3 win over San Diego on Tuesday, Darryl Kile became the third 10-game winner in the majors, joining Arizona's Randy Johnson and Toronto's David Wells.

The Chicago Cubs are known to have interest in Alex Rodriguez. The Orioles have their own superstar, Miguel Tejada, who could bring them a top-of-the-rotation starter in return. So let those Tejada-to-the Cubs rumors begin. Again. This time, they won't involve Mark Prior, which would have been a terrible move last winter, given Prior's health. You'll probably hear about another Chicago starter, Carlos Zambrano. But keep this in mind: The Orioles first would need a window to negotiate a contract extension with Zambrano, a free agent after the 2007 season.