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Maloof anticipates team president Geoff Petrie assembling a list of candidates by week' s end that is quickly whittled to four or five finalists who will be interviewed " We haven' t talked to anyone yet " Maloof said . Fast Facts# 8226& nbsp; The A' s have won seven straight games, their longest win streak since claiming 10 straight in June 2006# 8226& nbsp; Jack Cust hit his 10th home run of the season . It marks the second time Porter has been fired as an NBA coach . Upon entering the Hall of Fame room containing the busts of NFL greats, the rookies learned that, of 20, 000 to play in the league, only 214 players have made it to the hall . He also will be giving his clubs and other memorabilia for an online auction and spurring more donations with the offer of a chance to win customized clubs from Calloway. All the different things that were going on, man, it was so much for me I didn' t want to play no more " he told " E: 60 ".

The line has been a problem area for Cleveland the past several seasons Foster has appeared in 68 games, with 57 starts Len Pasquarelli is a senior writer for ESPN . Alfonzo tripled to right- center moments after Feliz doubled to center against Brandon Lyon( 1- 3) to tie it at 6. Rookie Joe Inglett capped the rally with a run- scoring single, his first RBI in the majors " It was great to see our guys put a big inning together against arguably the hottest pitcher in the American League right now " Wedge said . It may take time for Howard to grow from high school phenom to NBA superstar- as McGrady did- but the Magic were willing to wait rather than make the safe pick " When you have the first pick, your responsibility is to pick the best player " Magic general manager John Weisbrod said " Our guys had a lot of conviction that he was the best player " Orlando then traded a future first- round pick to Denver for the draft rights to St Joseph' s point guard Jameer Nelson. He' s not expected back until Thursday at Oakland, if then. Little Little, 33, has not missed a regular- season game because of injury since 2003.

Carr suffered compression fractures in his lower back in a win over New Orleans on Oct 7 and sat out the following week' s game at Arizona . He gave up a double to David Bell but struck out David Dellucci to end the inning . Four other Red Sox players, including Manny Ramirez, have contracts that entitle them to no- trade clauses that match those of their teammates; none of them would reach that milestone in their current deals " We felt that loyalty should be rewarded . Some accused Lucchino of pushing his protege out in a grab for greater glory " If there are reports of a power struggle or meddling on behalf of Larry, that really wasn' t the case " Epstein said " Essentially, I felt like I had pretty much a free hand to run the baseball operation the way I saw fit " We' ve had a very successful working relationship I think Larry and I like each other As with any long relationship, there are complexities . The weekend weather forecast in Cleveland calls for a mixture of rain and snow with high temperatures in the low 40s " The weather' s definitely better inside the dome than probably what we' re headed back to " Hafner said. It just wasn' t my best outing " Santana said " They hit the ball to the right spots and we didn' t