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16 Mar

--RHP Bobby Cassevah, a Rule 5 draft pick who had been in camp with the A's, was returned to the Angels. Cassevah, a 24-year-old sinkerballer, has allowed six homers and induced 41 double-play grounders in six minor league seasons. --DH Hideki Matsui made his Cactus League debut with the Angels and went 1-for-2 in his first game and 0-for-2 in his second. "Obviously, it's going to take time for him to get his timing," manager Mike Scioscia said. "But he looked good. He broke out of the box well." Scioscia said there is still no timetable for when Matsui might see action in the outfield. He continues to work in defensive drills with the Angels' other outfielders. --RHP Joel Pineiro had to be scratched from a scheduled start when he bit into a bagel -- and one of his teeth fell out. Pineiro went to the dentist, where he was told that the dentist who performed a root canal six months ago failed to put in a post to hold the tooth in place. Pineiro will make two more visits to the Arizona dentist to deal with the problem, but he does not expect it to throw off his preparations for the regular season. --RHP Scot Shields made his Cactus League debut on March 12. It was Shields' first game action since last May, when he succumbed to pain his left knee and underwent surgery in June to repair the patellar tendon in his left knee. --CF Torii Hunter, while running out a double against the Rockies in the first week of Cactus League games, felt discomfort in the area of his groin where he underwent surgery to repair a sports hernia in November. After an examination by the team's medical staff, Hunter was told the pain was a result of scar tissue from the surgery breaking apart. As a precautionary measure, however, Hunter was held out of games for a week. --OF Chris Pettit was scheduled to undergo season-ending surgery to repair a torn labrum in his right shoulder. Pettit, 25, injured the shoulder on a play at home plate during a Nov. 9 winter ball game in the Dominican Republic. Pettit spent months trying to heal the injury with rehab and physical therapy but was unable to avoid surgery. This is the third serious injury to set back the prospect's development -- he also has lost time to a fractured hamate bone in his wrist and a broken bone in his foot. BY THE NUMBERS: .654 -- Jered Weaver's win percentage (51-27). It is the highest among active AL starters with at least 50 career victories. QUOTE TO NOTE: "I'm not going to sit here and plead my case and say, 'Oh, I'm not a racist' and beg. I'm not begging to anybody and explaining why I'm not a racist. Forget you. You can think what you want. I do great things. I'm not going to sit here like somebody who's guilty and apologize because I'm not guilty of nothing." -- CF Torii Hunter reacting to criticism of his remarks in USA Today regarding African-American and Dominican players in baseball.