Randy Johnson

BATTING LINE OF THE DAY Reed Johnson, Blue Jays LF-CF AB R H RBI HR 3 1 2 6 1 PITCHING LINE OF THE DAY Randy Johnson, Yankees IP H R WP SO 5 9 7 1 2 WHO'S HOT Morgan Ensberg of the Astros has 11 home runs and 32 RBIs since June 1. WHO'S NOT Johan Santana of the Twins is 1-3 with a 4.14 ERA at the Metrodome but is 6-1 with a 3.27 ERA on the road.

Randy Johnson has dominated hitters like few pitchers in baseball history. But as a 27-year-old in his third full season in the big leagues, he found himself in ostensibly the same place Daniel Cabrera is in now. Orioles@Yankees Tonight, 7:05, Comcast SportsNet, 1090 AM Starters: Orioles' Erik Bedard (12-8, 3.91) vs. Yankees' Mike Mussina (13-5, 3.50)

If pitcher Hayden Penn wanted to feel better about yesterday's start, and he looked as though he needed a little cheering up, there was one important, indisputable fact worth holding on to: He now has more innings pitched with the Orioles than appendectomies. Yankees@Orioles Tonight, 7:05 p.m., Ch. 54, 1090 AM Starters: Yankees' Randy Johnson (16-10, 4.76) vs. Orioles' Kris Benson (10-10, 4.66)

Nobody has spent more time than me over the past five years telling everyone that Daniel Cabera is just a couple of steps in the maturation process from becoming the next Randy Johnson, albeit throwing with the other arm. I finally gave up on that when Daniel came into camp last spring with a chip on his shoulder and showed no sign of the growth necessary to become a consistent winner. And that was when he was going to make $2.87 million. (For more, go to baltimoresun.com/schmuckblog)

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Orioles@New York Yankees Day ................ Time ...... TV ................................ Starters Tonight ......... 7:05 ...... CSN ................... Kris Benson (1-2, 3.32) ..................................................... vs. Chien-Ming Wang (1-0, 4.08) Tomorrow .... 1:05 ..... CSN .............. Daniel Cabrera (1-1, 5.40) .......................................................... vs. Shawn Chacon (1-1, 8.03) Sunday ......... 1:05 ...... CSN .................... Bruce Chen (0-2, 8.10)

LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles Dodgers organization had become the focus of so much turmoil and trade speculation that general manager Fred Claire called a news conference yesterday to announce that nothing was really happening.There will be no deal for superstar pitcher Randy Johnson, who had been the subject of trade rumors involving the Dodgers over the past week.Claire made the non-announcement just minutes after a clubhouse meeting in which he told the Dodgers that the time had come to put three weeks of trade-related turmoil behind them and concentrate on getting back into the National League West race.