Cubs P Silva discharged from hospital
DENVER, Aug. 2 (UPI) -- Chicago Cubs pitcher Carlos Silva was discharged from a Denver hospital Monday, one day after he was removed from a game due to an irregular heartbeat.
Silva was hospitalized with an abnormally high heart rate during a game with the Colorado Rockies Sunday and was taken to Denver's St. Joseph Hospital. The problem was corrected en route to the hospital but Silva was kept overnight for observation, before being discharged Monday morning, the Chicago Tribune reported.
The team later placed Silva on the 15-day disabled list as a precaution.
"It was a very scary moment because I was feeling bad, but when they put me in the ambulance I think it was the first time I put my family before baseball," Silva told the newspaper. "The only thing I was thinking about was my kids and family."
He said it wasn't the first time he had felt his heart race, but it had always gone away before.
Denver's high altitude may have affected Silva. He told trainers he was having trouble breathing and his heart was racing. A check of his heart rate showed it to be abnormally high.
Silva was set to be seen by the team cardiologist upon returning to Chicago, the Tribune reported.
To take Silva's spot on the roster, the club recalled right-handers Casey Coleman and Thomas Diamond from Class AAA Iowa.
Brewers sign Hart to 3-year extension
MILWAUKEE, Aug. 2 (UPI) -- Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Corey Hart has signed a 3-year contract extension, the team said Monday.
Hart will be paid $26.5 million through the 2013 season -- $6.5 million in 2011, $9 million in 2012 and $10 million in the last year of the deal - the Brewers' official Web site reported.
The deal includes a $1 million signing bonus and eliminates Hart's final year of arbitration eligibility.
Hart is having his best year as a pro, batting .288 with 23 homers and 72 RBI in 92 games. He was named to the all-star team this summer, his second such selection.
"The Brewers are very excited to have Corey signed for the next three years," Brewers General Manager Doug Melvin said. "He is one of our drafted and developed players and with his two-time all-star performances, Corey deserves this contract that will provide his family security."
Home of slain ex-player's ex-wife searched
MEMPHIS, Aug. 2 (UPI) -- Authorities have searched the home slain former NBA player Lorenzen Wright's ex-wife, multiple reports indicated Monday.
Citing unnamed law enforcement sources, The (Memphis) Commercial Appeal said Memphis police served a search warrant at the Collierville, Tenn., home of Sherra Robinson Wright, but didn't indicate what prompted the search or what officers were looking for.
WPTY-TV, Memphis, reported six squad cars were parked outside Robinson Wright's house Sunday, with detectives seen searching inside and out for clues into the slaying of Lorenzen Wright, a former University of Memphis and Memphis Grizzlies player.
Police say Wright's ex-wife was the last person to see him alive last month, nine days before his bullet-riddled body was found July 28 in a wooded area of the city.
The broadcaster said detectives could be seen removing items and carefully searching the back yard, especially Robinson Wright's grill and fire pit.
Her attorney, Gail Mathes, told The Commercial Appeal Robinson Wright has been cooperating with police.
"I know, as well as I know myself, that Sherra Wright was not involved in any way in the murder of Lorenzen Wright," Mathes said.
Guillen: MLB treats Hispanics poorly
CHICAGO, Aug. 2 (UPI) -- Major League Baseball treats its Asian players better than its Hispanic players, Chicago White Sox Manager Ozzie Guillen says.
Speaking to reporters at U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago before Sunday's game against the Oakland Athletics, Guillen -- a native of Venezuela -- repeated criticisms first made five years ago that baseball has a double standard for Hispanic players who can't speak English, the Chicago Sun-Times reported.
"It's very bad," he told the newspaper. "I say, why do we have Japanese interpreters and we don't have a Spanish one. I always say that. Why do they have that privilege and we don't?"
Guillen added, "Don't take this wrong, but they take advantage of us. We bring a Japanese player, and they are very good, and they bring all these privileges to them. We bring a Dominican kid ... (and send him to) the minor leagues. 'Good luck.'
"And it's always going to be like that. It's never going to change. But that's the way it is."
The outspoken White Sox skipper asserted vulnerable Hispanic prospects had been encouraged by people "behind the scene(s)" to abuse steroids after being told it would help them reach the majors.
