Baseball game postponed by earthquake

: The Yomiuri Giants-Rakuten Eagles game was postponed after a magnitude 7.2 temblor hit northern Japanese Islands on Saturday, killing at least six people.

Japanese baseball game functionaries said it was the first clip they had postponed a game because of an earthquake.

The earthquake didn't harm the bowl in Sendai where the game was to be played, but functionaries postponed the game owed to transportation system jobs and the menace of aftershocks.

The game was rescheduled for Monday. Rakuten functionaries did not govern out the possibility of postponing Sunday's game against Yomiuri, as well.

The earthquake, which was followed by some 153 aftershocks, buckled many roads, including one main road that was severed when a stretch of land collapsed. Today in Sports

Glavine, Andruw Jones Among 20 to File for Baseball Free Agency

New House Of York Mets left-hander Uncle Tom Glavine
and Capital Of Georgia Braves outfielder Andruw Mother Jones were among 20 Major
League Baseball participants to register for free federal agency yesterday.

Glavine, 41, was 13-8 with a 4.45 earned run norm in 34
starts this season, his 5th with the Mets. He picked up his
300th calling triumph on Aug. 5, becoming the 23rd hurler to
reach the milestone.

Jones, 30, is a five-time All-Star and victor of nine
straight Gold Glove for fielding in a 12-year major-league
career with the Braves. He hit a career-low .222 with 26 home
runs and 94 tallies batted in this season, two old age after he had 51
homers and 128 RBI.

San Diego outfielder Microphone Cameron also filed for free agency
on the same twenty-four hours baseball game functionaries suspended him for the first 25
games of adjacent season for using stimulants. The 34-year-old
hit .242 with 21 home runs and 78 run batted in for the Padres this year.

Other outstanding participants to register for free federal agency yesterday
included hurlers Eric Gagne of World Series-champion Hub Of The Universe and
Kenny Will Rogers of Motor City and outfielder Luis Gonzalez of the Los
Angeles Dodgers.

The lone New House Of York Northerner to register for free federal agency yesterday
was alleviation hurler Bokkos Villone.

The Major League Baseball Players Association said in a news
release that 120 participants have got decided to go free agents in
the three years they've been able to file.

Players Filing for Free Agency Yesterday:

Atlanta
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Jones, Andruw (OF)

Baltimore
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Patterson, Corey (OF)

Boston
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Gagne, Eric (RP)

Windy City Cubs
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Floyd, Cliff (OF); Trachsel, Steve (SP)

Colorado
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Lopez, Rodrigo (SP); Torrealba, Yorvit (C)

Detroit
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Rogers, Kenny (SP)

Florida
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Kim, Byung-Hyun (SP)

Sunflower State City
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Perez, Odalis A. (SP)

Los Angeles Dodgers
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Gonzalez, Luis E. (OF); Lieberthal, Microphone (C); Martinez, Ramon E. (2B)

New House Of York Mets
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Glavine, Uncle Tom (SP)

New House Of York Yankees
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Villone, Bokkos (RP)

Philadelphia
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Garcia, Freddy Antonio (SP); Lohse, Kyle (SP)

San Diego
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Cameron, Michael (OF)

Seattle
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Weaver, Jeff C. (SP)

Texas
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Wilkerson, Brad (OF)

To reach the newsman on this story:
Dan Bollerman in New House Of York at