Article: Tribe Places Sandy Alomar on DL

TOM WITHERS, AP Sports Writer
AP Online
04-20-2000
Tribe Places Sandy Alomar on DL

CLEVELAND (AP) -- Sandy Alomar, the Cleveland Indians catcher who spent nearly four months on the disabled list last season following knee surgery, was placed on the 15-day DL Thursday because of a pulled right hamstring.

Alomar played in a career-low 37 games in 1999 after having a bone spur removed from his left knee in May. The 33-year-old catcher lost 15 pounds over the winter and arrived at spring training in great shape hoping to catch 100 games this season.

But just 14 games into a new season, he's back on the DL for the eighth time in his career.

``It's never easy to deal with going on the DL,'' said ...

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