Another radio play-by-play guy is sidelined

My morsels for today:

MLB: It’s very dangerous being a radio play-by-play guy for a major league team these days. About a week after Detroit Tigers play-by-play man Dan Dickerson underwent surgery to repair a torn quadriceps muscle suffered May 26 when he tripped over a curb while jogging in Kansas City, Texas Rangers play-by-play icon Eric Nadel found himself sidelined because of two tears in the retina of his right eye. Nadel had called 3,176 consecutive regular-season and 10 post-season games before undergoing laser surgery Thursday in New York. The last time Nadel wasn’t in the booth was June 2, 1989. It was the last of four games he missed because of the death of his father. Nadel started seeing black dots -- affectionately known as “floaters” -- in his right eye during Tuesday’s game between the Rangers and New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium. He called Wednesday’s Rangers-Yankees game with the eye taped shut because it was glazed over. Dickerson has not been cleared for road travel, so he’ll probably miss the Tigers’ current 11-game road trip.

MLB: Los Angeles Angels outfielder Bobby Abreu reached the 2,000-hit milestone Sunday at Comerica Park in Detroit. Of course. He likes the Tigers’ home diamond. You may recall that Abreu won the 2005 All-Star Game Home Run Derby at not-so-homer-friendly Comerica Park, setting records with 24 homers in a round and 41 homers total. Abreu played for the Philadelphia Phillies at the time. His historic hit Sunday was a first-inning double off Rick Porcello. Abreu, 35, loves doubles. He’s had 465 of them in his career, and 35 or more for 10 consecutive seasons. Abreu became the fifth Venezuelan-born player to reach the 2,000-hit mark. Who are the others? Luis Aparicio, Dave Conception, Andres Galarraga and Omar Visquel.

MEDIA: Here’s another sign of the times. ESPN The Magazine’s Web site (http://www.espnthemag.com/) no longer offers free content. It’s now a part of ESPN Insider, a premium service for ESPN.com users, which costs about $40 per year. ESPN The Magazine subscribers can access the Web site at no charge. The bi-weekly ESPN The Magazine began publishing March 11, 1998.

That’s all for now. See you later.

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