Just shortly before the Witching Hour on Saturday morning, the Dodgers and Marlins consummated their historic deal: Florida dispatched RF Gary Sheffield, C Charles Johnson, 3B/OF Bobby Bonilla, OF Jim Eisenreich, and RH reliever Manuel Barrios to the Dodgers for C Mike Piazza and 3B Todd Zeile. The almost universal gnashing of teeth over what…
ANAHEIM ANGELS Placed UT Randy Velarde on the 15-day DL, retroactive to 5/15 (elbow); recalled SS/2B Justin Baughman from Vancouver. [5/16] It looks like Velarde’s elbow woes are of the career-ending variety, which means the Angels have to get away from the ugly temporary solutions at second (Carlos Garcia, Paco Martin, or Craig Shipley), and…