Dave Mlicki

BaseballCalifornia Angels -- Fired senior VP of baseball operations Dan O'Brien.Cleveland Indians -- Recalled P Heathcliff Slocumb, P Mike Christopher, SS Mark Lewis and former Orioles DH Sam Horn from Triple-A Charlotte. Recalled P Dave Mlicki and P Calvin Jones from Double-A Canton-Akron. Transferred P Cliff Young and P Alan Embree from the 15- to the 60-day DL.Florida Marlins -- Agreed to terms with Fran Wren, assistant GM; Gary Hughes, scouting director and special assistant to the GM; and John Boles, director of player development, on two-year contract extensions through 1996.

Moves Baseball ANGELS: Optioned SS Alfredo Amezaga to Triple-A Salt Lake. ASTROS: Activated P Wade Miller. Placed P Dave Mlicki on 15-day DL, retroactive to May 26, with strained intercostal muscle in his left side. CUBS: Activated C Todd Hundley. Placed former Orioles IF Delino DeShields on 15-day DL. DODGERS: Activated former Orioles P Jesse Orosco. Designated P Dennis Springer for assignment. INDIANS: Recalled IF-OF Bill Selby from Triple-A Buffalo. Designated OF Bruce Aven for assignment.

St. Louis Cardinals Manager: Tony La Russa 2002 finish: 97-65, first place Story line: The Cardinals suffered through a tragedy-marred 2002 season and still managed to win the NL Central. They'll go into 2003 as one of the NL favorites to reach the World Series. Changing faces: The pitching staff remains in an almost constant state of transition. Left-handed starter Chuck Finley became a free agent, right-hander Andy Benes retired and the bullpen lost veteran setup man Dave Veres, but the Cardinals added starters Chris Carpenter, Dustin Hermanson, Brett Tomko and Joey Hamilton to create a large pool of candidates for the starting rotation.

Orioles -- Optioned P William Percibal to Single-A High Desert. Optioned OF Mark Smith to Triple-A Rochester. Returned P Russell Brock, a Rule V draftee, to the Oakland Athletics.California Angels -- Agreed to terms with P Russ Springer, P Andrew Lorraine, P Phil Leftwich, P Brian Anderson, P Mike Butcher, P Troy Percival, C Jorge Fabregas, C Chris Turner and C Mark Dalesandro. Optioned P Mark Holzemer and P Erik Bennett to Triple-A Vancouver.Cincinnati Reds -- Placed P Mike Jackson on the 15-day disabled list with shoulder problems.

Free agents American League Orioles (1) - Mike Bordick, ss. Anaheim (3) - Dennis Cook, lhp; Alex Ochoa, of; Orlando Palmeiro, of. Boston (10) - Shane Andrews, 1b; Carlos Baerga, dh; Willie Banks, rhp; Frank Castillo, rhp; Tony Clark, 1b; Cliff Floyd, of; Rickey Henderson, of; Dustin Hermanson, rhp; Rey Sanchez, 2b; Ugueth Urbina, rhp. Chicago (1) - Frank Thomas, 1b. Cleveland (6) - Dave Burba, rhp; Terry Mulholland, lhp; Charles Nagy, rhp; Eduardo Perez, c; Lee Stevens, 1b; Jim Thome, 1b. Detroit (2)

BaseballMets: Agreed to terms with P Dave Mlicki on $610,000, one-year contract. He had asked for $825,000 in salary arbitration; the club had offered $450,000.Red Sox: Agreed to $2,975,000, one-year contract with P Heathcliff Slocumb. He had asked for $3.2 million in arbitration; the club had offered $2.6 million.White Sox: Agreed to $4.62 million, one-year contract with P Roberto Hernandez. He had asked for $4.99 million in arbitration; the club had offered $4.25 million.USA Baseball: Named Mike Gillespie, Pat McMahon and Larry Hays assistant coaches.

CANTON, Ohio -- Thanks to Terry Farrar, home sweet home looks even a little bit sweeter to the Bowie Baysox today.Farrar recorded his third complete game of the season last night, scattering seven hits as the Baysox topped the Canton-Akron Indians, 2-1, in Game 2 of the Double-A Eastern League semifinals at Thurman Munson Memorial Stadium.The victory, only Bowie's second in 12 games at Canton, sends (( the best-of-five series back to Baltimore tied 1-1.The first of three possible games is tonight at 7:05 at Memorial Stadium.

Cal Ripken's pursuit of 3,000 hits was put on hold yesterday when manager Mike Hargrove gave him the day off. He remains six hits away going into today's matchup with the Detroit Tigers, the last buffer before a six-game road trip that could carry the milestone away from Camden Yards and the numbers that hang from the warehouse. Hargrove made the decision after Friday night's 14-10 victory over the Tigers, informing Jeff Conine that he would be receiving his first career start at third base the next afternoon.

Moves Baseball ASTROS: Activated P Dave Mlicki from 15-day DL. Optioned P Tim Redding to Triple-A New Orleans. ATHLETICS: Acquired 2B Ray Durham fromWhite Sox for P Jon Adkins. GIANTS: Placed OF Tsuyoshi Shinjo on 15-day DL. Recalled OF Tony Torcato from Triple-A Fresno. ORIOLES: Announced 1B-OF Chris Richard has not been activated from 60-day DL. Recalled IF Brian Roberts from Triple-A Rochester. Sent OF Luis Matos to Double-A Bowie. ROYALS: Fired Bob Hegman, director of minor-league operations.