SAN DIEGO — Baseball’s all-time saves leader Trevor Hoffman has thrown his final changeup, deciding at age 43 on Tuesday to retire and return to the San Diego Padres in a front office job after compiling 601 saves over 18 seasons.
“What I’ll take away from it is I’ll have no regrets,” said Hoffman, who spent the final two of his 18 seasons with the Milwaukee Brewers. “I went at the game 100 percent and didn’t leave myself with any questions. I got the most out of what I was given.”
• AL MVP Josh Hamilton has been hospitalized with pneumonia. The Texas Rangers said the outfielder was diagnosed with an early case Monday and they expect the hospital to release him by today.
• Right-hander Brad Penny agreed to a $3 million, one-year contract with the Detroit Tigers after an abbreviated season with the St. Louis Cardinals because of an upper back strain.
• Infielder Alberto Callaspo and the Los Angeles Angels agreed to a $2 million, one-year contract that avoided salary arbitration.
Riesch, Poutiainen share win
FLACHAU, Austria — Germany’s Maria Riesch and Finland’s Tanja Poutiainen shared a slalom victory at a World Cup slalom run at night.
Vail’s Lindsey Vonn, the three- time overall champion, straddled a gate and failed to finish her first run for the fourth straight race. Riesch extended her lead over Vonn in the overall standings to 196 points.
Barnes out after knee surgery
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Los Angeles Lakers forward Matt Barnes underwent surgery on a torn lateral meniscus in his right knee and is expected to be out about eight weeks.
• Sacramento Kings guard Tyreke Evans, the team’s leading scorer at 17.2 points a game, is day to day with a sprained left ankle.
• Golden State Warriors shooting guard Monta Ellis is recovering from flulike symptoms and will be a game-time decision tonight against the Lakers.
Footnotes.
Detroit Red Wings goalie Chris Osgood is expected to be sidelined six to eight weeks after surgery for a hernia.
• U.S. and International Olympic officials opened talks on a revenue- sharing agreement that could resolve their long-running financial rift.
• The Indy Racing League is ditching its name in favor of IndyCars, and announced next season’s oval races will include double-file restarts.
• NASCAR’s competition applications for 2011 require drivers to select which series they will race for a championship.
• Kansas senior forward Mario Little, who missed six games after being charged in a fight last month, has been cleared to play.
• The International Ski Federation banned Russian cross country skier Nikolay Pankratov after he was caught with equipment to inject drugs.
• Sophomore right-hander Ethan Carter, who was 3-0 with two saves in 24 appearances for College World Series champion South Carolina last season, was dismissed from the baseball team for undisclosed violation of rules.
• Vitali Klitschko (41-2, 38 KOs) will defend his World Boxing Council heavyweight title against Odlanier Solis (17-0, 12 KOs) on March 19 in Cologne, Germany.
