Rangers promote Sundberg
Texas promoted former catcher Jim Sundberg to senior executive vice president Friday.
Sundberg will assist team president Nolan Ryan in oversight of the Rangers, and become the liaison for the club’s spring training facility in Surprise, Ariz.
Sundberg has worked in the club’s front office since 2004. He is also a former Rangers television analyst. A three-time All-Star and six-time Gold Glove winner, Sundberg played 16 seasons in the majors.
Royals raise ticket prices
The Kansas City Royals are raising prices on most of their tickets for 2009. The Royals are adding new seating after renovations at Kauffman Stadium and increasing other ticket prices. Some of the cheapest seats will see no changes.
Nearly 60 percent of the tickets were raised by a dollar or less. The average price for single-game tickets increases from $22.91 (excluding premium games) to $24.84 next year. Season-ticket holders will pay $19.17 per seat per game, up from $17.60 in 2008.
The average price for a Major League Baseball season ticket this season was $25.43.
Padres waive C Barrett
San Diego catcher Michael Barrett, who missed 115 games because of injuries, has elected free agency after clearing outright waivers. Barrett missed the last three months of the season after fouling a ball off his face at Colorado on July 2. He also was on the DL from April 8-May 24 with a sprained right elbow.
Canseco detained at border
Jose Canseco was held for nearly 10 hours by immigration authorities after agents said they stopped the former baseball star with a fertility drug as he returned from Mexico, his lawyer said Friday.
Canseco was detained at San Diego’s San Ysidro border crossing Thursday after agents searched his vehicle and said they found human chorionic gonadotropin, which is illegal without a prescription.
A spokeswoman for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Virginia Kice, said Canseco was ordered to appear in federal court in San Diego “related to an alleged smuggling violation” Thursday at a U.S. border crossing. She declined to elaborate.
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