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BASEBALL


MADDUX WINS 15TH GOLD GLOVE


Chicago Cubs pitcher Greg Maddux won his 15th Gold Glove yesterday, one shy of the record shared by pitcher Jim Kaat and third baseman Brooks Robinson. Maddux set a record for Gold Gloves won in the National League – Kaat won 14 in the AL and two in the NL. It was the second straight Gold Glove for Maddux and 15th in 16 seasons.


San Francisco shortstop Omar Vizquel won his 10th Gold Glove, his first in the NL after the nine straight he earned with Cleveland from 1993-2001.Atlanta centerfielder Andruw Jones won his eighth straight Gold Glove and St. Louis outfielder Jim Edmonds won his eighth, including the last six in a row.


Giants catcher Mike Matheny won his fourth overall and third straight. A pair of Florida infielders also were on the Gold Glove team, with second baseman Luis Castillo winning his third straight and third baseman Mike Lowell winning for the first time. Cubs first baseman Derrek Lee won for the second time — he was on the 2003 NL Gold Glove team and was replaced by Colorado’s Todd Helton last year. Philadelphia outfielder Bobby Abreu was a first-time winner.


PHILLIES NAME GILLICK GENERAL MANAGER


Pat Gillick, whose resume includes two World Series titles and nine playoff appearances with three teams, signed a three-year contract yesterday to become the Philadelphia Phillies’ new general manager. He replaces Ed Wade, who was fired after failing to get the team into the playoffs in eight years on the job.


Gillick is joining an organization that has lost more games (8,831) than any U.S. major professional team and hasn’t been to the playoffs since 1993 – when the Phillies lost the World Series to Gillick’s Toronto Blue Jays. Philadelphia went 88-74 this season and finished one game behind NL wild-card winner Houston, missing the playoffs for the 12th straight year and 21st time in 22 seasons.


YANKEES’ LAWTON SUSPENDED FOR STEROID USE


Former All-Star outfielder Matt Lawton was suspended yesterday for a positive steroids test, becoming the 12th player penalized for violating major league baseball’s policy. Lawton, acquired by the Yankees from the Chicago Cubs on August 27 and then left off New York’s postseason roster, became a free agent last Thursday. He will serve a 10-day suspension at the start of next season.


Lawton said the positive test occurred after he was acquired by the Yankees but did not answer other questions. The substance he tested positive for was boldenone, a person familiar with the tests results said, speaking on condition of anonymity because drug-test results in baseball are supposed to remain secret.


MAZZILLI REJOINS YANKEES AS BENCH COACH


Former Baltimore manager Lee Mazzilli rejoined the Yankees yesterday as Joe Torre’s bench coach. Mazzilli was the Yankees’ first base and outfield coach from 2000-03, then was manager of the Orioles until being fired August 4. Mazzilli replaces Joe Girardi, who became manager of the Florida Marlins.


TENNIS


RODDICK OUSTS DENT AT PARIS MASTERS Top-seeded Andy Roddick beat Taylor Dent 6-4, 6-7 (2), 7-5 yesterday to reach the third round of the Paris Masters. The all-American match pitted two of the biggest servers on the ATP circuit, with Dent getting four aces in his first two service games. Dent missed 11 chances to break Roddick in a match lasting 2 hours, 18 minutes.


Roddick next faces no.16 Dominik Hrbaty, who advanced past Jean-Rene Lisnard. Also advancing were no. 7 Gaston Gaudio, no. 9 Thomas Johansson, no. 10 David Ferrer, no. 12 Robby Ginepri, no. 13 Juan Carlos Ferrero, and no. 14 Tommy Robredo.


– Associated Press

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