Professional Baseball

NEW YORK - Hank Aaron's verdict on baseball's steroid scandal: "Saddened." Aaron, long reluctant to weigh in too strongly on the stories involving steroids and baseball, said Tuesday he'll keep sticking with that tact in the cases of Roger Clemens and Barry Bonds, both accused of lying about using steroids and facing trial next spring "I'm just saddened by it," said Aaron, who held the all-time home run record until Bonds broke it in 2007.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A California legislative committee advanced a bill Wednesday that would place a two-year moratorium on the use of metal bats in high school baseball, responding to safety concerns that were raised when a Marin County teenager was severely injured earlier this year.

DENVER - Colorado Rockies president Keli McGregor, who parlayed a lifelong love of sports into a short stint in the NFL before embarking on a career in the baseball business, was found dead in his hotel room in Salt Lake City on Tuesday.

LAWRENCE, Kan. - Season ticket holders know the annual lament.

FORT MYERS, Fla. - Boof Bonser threw a scoreless inning in his first spring training start in two years, striking out two batters and picking up the win, and the Boston Red Sox beat Boston College on Wednesday night in the second game of an exhibition doubleheader.