1) Reds pitching coach Vern Ruhle was diagnosed with cancer. There is no word on what type, other than he is expected to make a full recovery. Ruhle will still with the team on day to day basis.
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YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
1977 26  -10   5.70   14  10   66.1   27  3.66 13.70   3   5   0   3   5  Tigers       
1984 33  -13   4.58   40   6   90.1   60  5.98 14.35   1   9   2   4   6  Astros       
CAREER   -20   3.73  327 188 1411.1  582  3.71 11.90  67  88  11  76  79 
LG AVG     0   3.71          1411.1  804  5.13 12.18  78  78
2) Dodgers P Eric Gagne left camp, for personal reasons, but is expected back on Sunday.
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YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 27   26   1.20   77   0   82.1  137 14.98  6.56   2   3  55   5   0  Dodgers      
2004 28   18   2.19   70   0   82.1  114 12.46  8.74   7   3  45   8   2  Dodgers      
2005 29    2   2.70   14   0   13.1   22 14.85  8.78   1   0   8   1   0  Dodgers      
CAREER    46   3.28  296  48  543.1  626 10.37 10.50  25  21 160  29  17 
LG AVG     0   4.37           543.1  410  6.79 12.89  30  30
3) According to the Kansas City Star, Royals P Zack Greinke left camp to dealt with emotional issues, while the Royals refuse to comment on the specifics, other than to say it's not disciplinary problem, legal issue, injury, lack of desire to play baseball nor is it a matter involving another person.

4) Today's birthdays--
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MATT DIAZ, AGE: 28
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   25   -1  .200  .111  .311  .000   0.00  .111   0    0    0    4  Devil Rays   
2004   26    0  .292  .476  .768  .486   4.76  .190   1    3    0   10  Devil Rays   
2005   27   -2  .323  .404  .727  .441   4.24  .281   1    9    0   34  Royals       
CAR         -3  .308  .395  .703  .410   3.98  .252   2   12    0   48 
LG AVG       0  .332  .427  .760  .500   4.95  .269   4   16    2 
POS AVG      1  .335  .434  .770  .517   5.14  .273   4   17    2 

NEAL HEATON, AGE: 46
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
1984 24  -20   5.21   38  34  198.2   75  3.40 13.86  12  15   0  11  16  Indians      
1985 25  -22   4.90   36  33  207.2   82  3.55 14.35   9  17   0  11  15  Indians      
1988 28  -15   4.99   32  11   97.1   43  3.98 13.32   3  10   2   5   8  Expos        
CAREER   -61   4.37  382 202 1507    699  4.17 12.81  80  96  10  81  95 
LG AVG     0   3.95          1507    928  5.54 12.34  84  84 

JORGE JULIO, AGE: 27
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 24   -1   4.38   64   0   61.2   52  7.59 14.01   0   7  36   3   4  Orioles      
2004 25    2   4.57   65   0   69     70  9.13 13.17   2   5  22   4   3  Orioles      
2005 26  -14   5.90   67   0   71.2   58  7.28 12.81   3   5   0   3   5  Orioles      
CAREER     6   4.20  281   0  291.2  257  7.93 12.90  11  24  83  20  15 
LG AVG     0   4.50           291.2  203  6.26 12.87  16  16 

WILLIE KEELER, 1872-1923
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1894   22   40  .427  .517  .944  .642  10.48  .371   5   94   32  129  Orioles      
1895   23   43  .429  .494  .922  .659  10.32  .377   4   78   47  131  Orioles      
1896   24   60  .432  .496  .928  .725  11.24  .386   4   82   67  126  Orioles      
1897   25   95  .464  .539 1.003  .820  13.27  .424   0   74   64  129  Orioles      
1899   27   45  .425  .451  .876  .693   9.18  .379   1   61   45  141  Dodgers      
CAR        416  .388  .415  .803  .633   7.14  .341  33  810  495 2123 
LG AVG       0  .335  .360  .696  .500   5.21  .275  44  962  348 
POS AVG    172  .351  .389  .740  .566   5.97  .292  58 1004  380 

SCOTT RADINSKY, AGE: 38
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
1991 23   16   2.02   67   0   71.1   49  6.18  9.71   5   5   8   8   2  White Sox    
CAREER    32   3.44  557   0  481.2  358  6.69 12.74  42  25  52  40  27 
LG AVG     0   4.21           481.2  330  6.17 12.78  27  27 

PAUL SCHAAL, AGE: 63
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1971   28   30  .387  .412  .799  .663   6.07  .274  11   63    7  161  Royals       
CAR          5  .341  .344  .686  .497   4.14  .244  57  323   43 1128 
LG AVG       0  .322  .376  .698  .500   4.14  .252  88  399   53 
POS AVG     -4  .323  .376  .698  .489   4.12  .250  90  403   45 

MATT TREANOR, AGE: 30
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2004   28   -4  .311  .273  .584  .207   2.40  .236   0    1    0   29  Marlins      
2005   29  -10  .301  .261  .562  .219   2.39  .201   0   13    0   58  Marlins      
CAR        -14  .304  .265  .568  .215   2.39  .212   0   14    0   87 
LG AVG       0  .340  .430  .770  .500   5.12  .269   6   26    3 
POS AVG     -7  .315  .385  .701  .383   3.96  .250   5   25    1 

JOHN MONTGOMERY WARD, 1860-1925
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1882   22  -11  .272  .299  .570  .413   4.46  .245   1   39    0   83  Grays        
1885   25  -22  .255  .285  .540  .352   3.92  .226   0   37    0  111  Giants       
1894   34  -55  .310  .306  .615  .263   4.36  .265   0   77   39  136  Giants       
CAR        -18  .314  .341  .655  .499   5.91  .275  26  867  540 1825 
LG AVG       0  .320  .363  .683  .500   6.10  .267  57  949  270 
POS AVG   -113  .311  .340  .651  .464   5.57  .257  42  857  291 

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
1878 18   31   1.51   37  37  334    116  3.13  9.22  22  13   0  24  11  Grays        
1879 19   17   2.15   70  60  587    239  3.66  9.31  47  19   1  37  29  Grays        
1880 20   25   1.74   70  67  595    230  3.48  8.26  39  24   1  37  26  Grays        
CAREER   109   2.10  292 261 2461.2  920  3.36  9.40 164 102   3 156 110 
LG AVG     0   2.61          2461.2  837  3.06 10.56 136 135