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Hawkins To Sit 3 Games

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The Associated Press

The Tampa Tribune

Published: May 23, 2008

NEW YORK - New York Yankees pitcher LaTroy Hawkins was suspended for three games and fined $2,000 Thursday by Major League Baseball, which said he intentionally threw at Baltimore's Luke Scott.

Hawkins asked the players' association to appeal, and the suspension will be delayed until the appeal is resolved or dropped. The penalty had been set to begin Thursday, when the Yankees hosted the Orioles.

Earlier this month, Yankees reliever Kyle Farnsworth had his the three-game suspension for throwing behind Boston's Manny Ramirez reduced to one game by baseball executive vice president John McHale Jr., who reviewed the decision by vice president Bob Watson. Hawkins hoped to get a similar result.

NATIONALS: Right fielder Austin Kearns will have surgery today on his sore right elbow and is expected to miss three to four weeks.

Kearns will have an arthroscopic procedure to remove bone fragments in his throwing elbow. He was placed on the 15-day disabled list Thursday.

REPLAY: A top baseball official will formulate a proposal for instant replay, and the technology could be tested in the Arizona Fall League this year.

Jimmie Lee Solomon, the sport's executive vice president for baseball operations, wouldn't put a timetable on a replay plan, which was recommended by general managers in November. The idea drew renewed attention following several blown home-run calls by umpires in recent days.

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