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SATURDAY, JAN. 13, 2007 ASBURY PARK PRESS SPORTS www.app.com page cs SPORTS SHORTS Barbaro's Mte sign postseason hero Perez mm I iirm. MfhMiaiMted pitcher Jorff Nelson, shown horo In April of 2000, slfnod a minor loaf uo contract with tho Yankooo on Friday and than announced his retirement im photo) got a $3.6 million deal, an increase from the $2,525,000 he made last year. Marlins ink Rodriguez Reliever Felix Rodriguez agreed Friday to a minor league contract Friday with the Florida Marlins, who invited him to spring training. Padres re-sign Greene The Padres avoided arbitration with shortstop Khalil Greene, agreeing to a $2.25 million, one-year contract.

Greene hit .245 with 15 homers and 55 RBI last year, when the Padres repeated as NL West champions before losing to St. Louis in the playoffs. Hidalgo returns to Astros Former Astros outfielder Richard Hidalgo and Houston agreed to a minor league contract. The 31-year-old attended spring training with the Baltimore Orioles in 2006 but did not appear in a big league game last season. Around the horn The St.

Louis Cardinals, coming off their first World Series championship in 24 years, will travel to the White House to meet with President Bush next Tuesday. The Cards and relief pitcher Randy Flores avoided arbitration, agreeing to a $1.8 million, two-year contract. Right-hander Jerome Williams and left-hander Brandon Claus-sen agreed to terms with the Washington Nationals, who are desperate for pitching depth. oles for minor league righthanders Jim Miller and Jason Burch. Lopez was 9-18 with a 5.90 ERA last season in 29 starts and seven relief appearances.

His 18 losses were the most in the majors and matched the second-highest in club history. In five seasons with the Orioles, Lopez was 60-58 with a 4.72 ERA and made three opening-day starts. He made $3.75 million last year and is eligible for salary arbitration. D-Backs sign Julio, Cruz Right-handers Jorge Julio and Juan Cruz agreed to one-year contracts with the Arizona Diamondbacks. Cruz agreed at $1,437,500, up from $575,000 last season.

Julio condition improving THE ASSOCIATED PRESS KENNETT SQUARE, Pa. -Barbara shows no sign of infection in either of his hind legs, and the Kentucky Derby Winner has more healthy tissue on his diseased left hind hoof than he did in July when was first stricken with la-minitis. do not believe that this setback puts him all the way back to where he was in July," chief surgeon Dean Richardson said on Friday in an update issued by the University of Pennsylvania's Nfew Bolton Center. S- Richardson said that it was "Very disappointing" to suffer a setback so "He was icing good the cast It was the best I've wen him idkinthe foe he was (Sere." II co-owner f. Gretchen Jackson close to when Barbara was set to leave the hospital, but the colt now looks bright and has a strong appetite, and was Barbaro is spending hours in his protective sling, needed to deter sudden movement and make the colt comfortable as he fights back from his latest setback from laminitis.

He spent part of the summer in his sling in his ICU stall at New Bolton. Barbaro has been rehabilitating at the center since shattering three bones in his right hind leg just a few strides into the Preakness on May 20. Barbaro had become uncomfortable on his left hind foot in recent days a week after a new cast was put on the foot. The cast was removed after some new separation on the inside portion of his hoof was found. my opinion, nobody knows why this happened," co-owner Gretchen Jackson said.

"He was doing good in the cast. It was the best I've seen him walk in the time he was there." After his injury in the Preakness, Barbaro developed severe laminitis, caused by uneven weight distribution in the limbs. The result was that 80 percent of his left hind hoof was removed in mid July. The disease, called laminitis or founder, involves inflammation and structural damage to tissue that bonds the horse's bone to the inner wall of the hoof. minor league contract with catcher Todd Pratt, who hit .207 in 135 at-bats last season for Atlanta.

Filing time Batting champions Joe Mauer and Freddy Sanchez and AL MVP Justin Morneau were among 106 players who filed Friday for salary arbitration, set to get big raises for next season. Florida's Dontrelle Willis and Miguel Cabrera also filed, as did Joe Crede of the Chicago White Sox. Rockies deal for Lopez The Colorado Rockies obtained right-hander Rodrigo Lopez from the Baltimore Ori points, nearly 14 points ahead of second-place finisher Erin Reed from the University of Utah. Skating to music from the "Pirates of the Caribbean" for her free skate, Roth landed a triple toe early, then nailed two more triples and a double Axel near the end. "I just felt it," Roth said.

"You can feel it from the start when the music takes over and you can trust everything." Prior to the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, Roth had never skated better. She won the 2006 Eastern Sectional Championships in Bethlehem, as well as the 2006 North Atlantic Regional Championships in Lake Placid, N.Y. Both events took place in late 2005. Yet Roth, who has skated since she was 4, has had a history of back problems, and she was barely able to perform at the U.S.

Figure Skating Championships. "That's probably when the disc fully ruptured," Roth said. "I was incapable of any jumps, and I skated against most people's wishes. I had fun but it stunk at the same time. If I had been healthy, I probably would have finished 11th or 12th.

They might have even shown me on TV." For Roth, who also teaches skating at the Wall Sports KcudTs USrocca drafted by KLS' Colorado Rapids Former Rutgers men's soccer player Nick LaBrocca, who starred at Howell High School, was drafted by the Colorado Rapids of Major League Soccer. La-Brooca was the ninth pick of the third round, the 35th overall pick. Labrocca becomes the fifth Rutgers player in six years to be drafted by an MLS team, Joining former Rutgers standouts Chris Karcz, Josh Gros, Guy Abra-hamson and Dennis Ludwig. "We've had a lot of former players play professional ball in the past and many for MLS teams," Rutgers head coach Bob Reasso said. "Nick really deserves this.

He's done so much for the program and I'm delighted he gets the opportunity to play out a childhood dream." LaBrocca finished his career at Rutgers with 10 goals and eight assists, missing just one start in 78 career games. In 2006, he started all 19 of the Scarlet Knights' games and scored three goals, including Rutgers' lone goal against No. 24 Rhode Island in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Nov. 11. With the team's first pick and 19th overall the Red Bulls selected forward midfielder Dane Richards from Clemson University, and with its second pick in the third round (33rd overall), the team took Si-nisa Ubiparipovic from the University of Akron during Friday's MLS SuperDraft.

The Red Bulls also traded forward David Ar-vizu to Chivas USA for a fourth-round supplemental draft pick. FOOTBALL: Red Bank Catholic senior Harry Flaherty has committed to continue his football career at Princeton University. The 6-fooH 230-pound tight end caught 20 passes for 351 yards and four touchdowns and helped the Caseys reach the NJSIAA Non-Public A playoffs. Flaherty was a second-team All-Shore selection and was also being recruited by Rutgers, Army and Harvard. CYCLING: Tour de France winner Floyd Landis has been called to a hearing by the French anti-doping agency to determine whether he can race again in France.

Landis, who tested positive for elevated testosterone levels during last year's Tour, did not immediately say whether he would attend the hearing in Paris on Feb. 8, officials of the French Agency Against Doping said Friday. The American cyclist, who has consistently denied allegations he used a banned substance, was informed of the summons Thursday but has not yet responded, said Philippe Dautry, the agency's secretary general. He was confirming a report in the daily Le Monde. Landis is being asked to appear before a nine-member panel of the agency but can be represented by a lawyer if he chooses, Dautry said.

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"I couldn't walk. I teach figure skating, and it was very painful. It was worth the risk because my life was so inhibited. I was scared, but anything was better than the position I was in." Roth returned to the ice the following St. Patrick's Day, and wasn't able to attempt any jumps for another month.

Not surprisingly, Roth had her moments of doubt as to whether she would be able to regain her competitive form. "I had a lot of doubt," Roth said. "Steve put me in a training harness that's used for skaters learning how to jump, so I was basically re-learning. It was very hard. One day I'd do everything and the next day it was like I lost it ail." "It took a while, probably six weeks," Rice said.

"It was more or less getting her timing back. For about a month she couldn't do a double Axel. She'd get frustrated and she didn't think she'd make it back." Finally, on a Friday in late May, it all began to click for Roth. "I felt good that whole day," Roth said. "I felt I was back and I just wanted to keep that mentality." Roth rode that wave of emo THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Postseason savior Oliver Perez and the Mets agreed Friday to a one-year contract worth $2,325,000.

BASEBALL NOTES Acquired July 31 from Pittsburgh with reliever Roberto Hernandez for Xavier Nady, Perez was 1-3 with a 6.38 ERA in seven regular-season starts with the Mets and 3-13 with a 6.55 ERA in 22 major league starts overall. Following injuries to Pedro Martinez and Orlando Hernandez, the 25-year-old left-hander became only the second pitcher with a regular-season record 10 games under .500 to start a postseason game, following Albie Lopez (9-19) for Arizona in 2001. Perez made $1.9 million last season. In addition to his salary this year, he could earn $12,500 each for 15 and 25 starts, and $25,000 each for 155, 165, 175, 185 and 195 innings. Nelson retires Jeff Nelson wanted to retire as a member of the New York Yankees, so he agreed to a minor league contract and then said he wouldn't play anymore.

"I enjoyed a fulfilling 15-year major league career, and each season brought experiences and friends that I will cherish forever," the 40-year-old relief pitcher said in a statement released by the Yankees. New York also agreed to a Roth FROM PAGE CI making her victory at the U.S. Collegiate Championships all the more remarkable. "I ruptured a disc and kind of tore a ligament in my back," said Roth, one of just four community college students from the U.S. who will take part in the University Games.

"The spinal casing had to be repaired. When I came back, my goal was to be ready for the Collegiate Championships. I knew that a spot for the World University Games was at stake, and I wanted to put forth the best effort that I could. It was very satisfying to win that six months after having surgery." "If anybody could do it, it was Stephanie," said Steven Rice, Roth's longtime skating coach. "She's probably the most determined kid and one of the hardest workers I've ever taught" Roth, who had finished second at the U.S.

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