‘Round the Bases …
* Braves’ pitcher, Mike Hampton is hurt — again! According to news outlets, Hampton, 35, strained his right hamstring while pitching in the Mexican Winter League last Thursday.
* Cleveland Indians reliever Juan Lara remaines hospitalized in critical condition on Monday with a head injury sustained in a fatal accident that killed two people on a motorcycle in the Dominican Republic.
* Tim Raines and David Justice head 11 first-time candidates on the baseball writers’ 2008 Hall of Fame ballot, joining Mark McGwire, Rich Gossage, Jim Rice and 11 other holdovers. According to the AP, Brady Anderson, Rod Beck, Shawon Dunston, Chuck Finley, Travis Fryman, Chuck Knoblauch, Robb Nen, Jose Rijo, the late Rod Beck and Todd Stottlemyre also are first-time candidates. Other holdovers (with their 2007 vote percentages) include Andre Dawson (56.7), Bert Blyleven (47.7), Lee Smith (39.8), Jack Morris 202 (37.1), Tommy John (22.9), Dave Concepcion (13.6), Alan Trammell (13.4), Dave Parker (11.4), Don Mattingly (9.9), Dale Murphy (9.2) and Harold Baines (5.3).

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