Segui

VIERA, Fla. -- New York Mets first baseman David Segui looked around the visitors clubhouse yesterday and picked out a few familiar faces, but the newness of it all was almost overwhelming."

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- David Segui will not have to share first base with anyone for at least the next three weeks, but he took no joy in the news Thursday that veteran Glenn Davis had accepted an optional assignment to join the Triple-A Rochester Red Wings.If that constitutes a major career opportunity, Segui is choosing to look at it in more personal terms."I'm glad to play every day," he said, "but I don't like to see it at his expense. I think we've become pretty close friends. Glenn and Tim [Hulett]

According to the information he had, David Segui figured last year would be his final season in Baltimore.He didn't think the Orioles would keep him around to be part-time player again, nor did he think the club would open the door of semi-opportunity by letting Randy Milligan go. But Segui was wrong, and not only is he still here, he's enjoying a sudden rash of playing time, starting his third straight game last night against the Chicago White Sox."I...

CLEVELAND -- It had to be sweet, even if Randy "Moose" Milligan is telling the truth when he insists that he harbors no hard feelings toward the Orioles organization.Milligan had gone from Baltimore to Cincinnati to Cleveland over the past nine months, but he found himself in perfect position to deliver a severe blow to the Orioles' flagging pennant hopes.He bounced a bad-hop single over the head of shortstop Cal Ripken to drive home the two runs that brought the Indians from behind in the opener of a three-game series at Cleveland Stadium last night.

Sutcliffe's quick recovery may win him Boston startRight-hander Rick Sutcliffe has made so much progress since his knee operation that manager Johnny Oates will not rule out a start for him in the very near future."

The staff ace fell behind 3-0 after four batters. Gave up six runs in six innings. Increased his ERA to 4.34.Sounds like a fading pitcher on a sixth-place team, but nope, it's just Mike Mussina of the surging Orioles."

According to the information he had, David Segui figured last year would be his final season in Baltimore.He didn't think the Orioles would keep him around to be a part-time player again, nor did he think the club would open the door of semi-opportunity by letting Randy Milligan go. But Segui was wrong, and not only is he still here, he's enjoying a sudden rash of playing time, starting his third straight game last night against the Chicago White Sox."I...

OAKLAND, Calif. -- David Segui knew he hadn't had much success against Oakland relief ace Dennis Eckersley.In fact, Segui knew he hadn't had any success against Eckersley."

As David Segui took his place in the batter's box in the eighth inning, his task was only to right everything that has suddenly gone so very wrong with the Orioles. That's all. Everything."I was feeling it," Segui said. "Big-time pressure."He didn't need to get a hit. He needed to drop a bunt on the ground. Perform a fundamental. A sacrifice bunt. Move a runner from first base to second."I couldn't go back to the dugout without getting that bunt down," Segui said. "It was going to be real ugly if I didn't."

They are not exactly members of the Orioles' power bloc, veterans Tim Hulett and David Segui.But on a night when everybody in the lineup inflicted his share of damage on Milwaukee Brewers pitching during a 13-8 victory, their efforts were particularly eye-catching.Hulett, considered the ideal role player, continued to sparkle as a regular at third base, hitting a three-run homer at a crucial moment.And Segui was a perfect 3-for-3 with two walks and scored four runs to equal an often-accomplished club record.

WASHINGTON -- A House committee asked the Justice Department yesterday to investigate whether former Orioles star Miguel Tejada lied in 2005 when he denied ever using steroids - a statement the panel says conflicts with information in the recently released Mitchell Report. The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform made Tejada and other former Orioles central figures in a 4-hour, 15-minute hearing about baseball's steroid era. The Sun reported on its Web site Monday that the committee was revisiting Tejada's statements to determine whether he lied.

Former Oriole David Segui is mentioned continually throughout baseball's newly released Mitchell Report on steroids, but what irks him most is that his ex-teammate Brian Roberts also is implicated as a performance-enhancing drug user based on what Segui believes is a combination of hearsay and inaccuracies from a trusted mutual friend. Roberts, the Orioles' All-Star second baseman, was included in the scathing report after ex-Orioles outfielder Larry Bigbie relayed a 2004 conversation to investigators in which Roberts allegedly admitted injecting himself with steroids "once or twice" in 2003.

When Major League Baseball's Mitchell Report on performance-enhancing drug use is released, likely later this week, at least one former Oriole fully expects to be mentioned prominently. Retired first baseman David Segui said yesterday he has experimented with anabolic steroids, bought shipments from his friend, former New York Mets clubhouse attendant and admitted drug distributor Kirk Radomski, and reiterated he used human growth hormone with a legal prescription from a Florida doctor.

I don't understand why everyone is so skeptical about David Segui and his explanation for using human growth hormone, though I have to admit that I was a little concerned when I found out they don't have any doctors in Kansas. That's kind of a big deal, especially if you have kids. Sometimes you need a doctor for a legitimate medical condition and not everyone is rich enough to fly to Florida every time they need a legitimate blood test or a completely legal prescription. Segui had plenty of money.

On the same day that three key members of the Orioles' organization met with an investigative committee looking into performance-enhancing drugs in baseball, the club's former top executive detailed a conversation he had with an Orioles player in 2004 about human growth hormone. Jim Beattie, the Orioles' executive vice president from December 2002 until he was demoted to a consultant's position last October, told The Sun yesterday that former Orioles first baseman David Segui informed him on Sept.

Former Orioles first baseman David Segui, who revealed over the weekend that he is one of the players named in Jason Grimsley's affidavit on drug use in baseball, said yesterday that he informed the club in 2003 that he had obtained a prescription for human growth hormone. However, one team official said last night he wasn't aware that Segui, who retired a year later, had received the medication through a physician. "He never revealed to us or the medical staff that he had a chronic condition that required human growth hormone," said Mike Flanagan, executive vice president of baseball operations.

Two of the Orioles' five potential free agents, left-handed pitcher Omar Daal and first baseman David Segui, took their next steps toward leaving the organization by filing yesterday. Team officials said the Orioles won't attempt to re-sign either player, and it's possible that Segui will retire after having another surgery on his left knee. Daal signed a two-year, $7.5 million contract in January 2003, but he appeared in only 19 games because of injuries, going 4-11 with a 6.34 ERA. He missed all of 2004 after having surgery on his left shoulder.

TORONTO - The Orioles' expanded roster no longer stretches quite as far. Held back because of injuries, outfielder Val Majewski and first baseman David Segui didn't accompany the Orioles to Toronto for the start of a three-city road trip. Majewski has been diagnosed with a torn glenoid labrum in his left shoulder, and Segui returned to the disabled list with inflammation in his surgically repaired left knee. Both players are finished for the season, and Segui's Orioles career most likely is over.

The Orioles didn't need to worry about the weather delaying their game last night. Their starting pitcher took care of it. By the time it regained normal speed, the Minnesota Twins were impossible to catch. The Twins scored seven runs in the second inning, six of them unearned, and Erik Bedard turned in his shortest outing of the season, unable to approach the brilliance of Minnesota's Johan Santana in the Orioles' 9-0 loss before 19,358 at Camden Yards. Failing to win their third straight series, the Orioles (64-74)

The standings might indicate that the Orioles have little to play for over the next four weeks except to maintain their hold on third place and to perform as spoilers against teams whose seasons won't end after 162 games. But the vision has to be broader. It has to reach into next year. That's where it might find Jose Leon, who's out of minor league options and trying to make an impression before club officials decide his fate. Already part of the 2005 rotation, Daniel Cabrera won his second consecutive start yesterday by pitching into the eighth inning, and Leon made it easier with a two-run homer that completed the Orioles' 4-1 victory over the Minnesota Twins before 36,600 at Camden Yards.