It was announced on Saturday that Arkansas Native Dustin Moseley will be put on the Los Angeles Angels’ 15-day Disabled List due to a right elbow tightness.

Moseley, who was born and went to high school in Texarkana, AR, started the season for the Angels as a starting pitcher and went 1-0 with a 4.30 ERA in 3 games before being disabled.

Also heading to the disabled list is veteran outfielder Vladimir Guerrero, who is out with a torn right pectoral muscle. To replace the two players, the Angels have called up Daniel Davidson and Rich Thompson, both of who are former pitchers for the Arkansas Travelers.

Cliff Lee made history on Thursday by being the first ever pitcher to receive a win at the new Yankee Stadium. Lee, a native of Benton, AR, pitched 6 innings for the Cleveland Indians as they won 10-2. He allowed only 1 run on seven hits.

Among his not-so-attractive firsts, Lee also allowed the first ever hit at the new stadium (Johnny Damon, 1st inning), hit the first batter (Mark Teixeira, 1st inning) and surrendered the first homerun to Jorge Posada in the 5th innings.

Lee is now 1-2 on the season with a 3.75 ERA.

Cliff Lee will be the starter for the Cleveland Indians on April 16th when they play the New York Yankees in the first ever game at the new Yankee Stadium.

Lee, a native of Benton, AR, is 0-2 on the season.

Pine Bluff, AR native and Los Angeles Angels’ outfielder Torii Hunter has been fined an undisclosed amount of money after he was involved in an on-field accident at Angels Stadium on Sunday. He was one of 6 players to be disciplined.

Hunter is 4 for 18 on the season with a homerun.

The #1 ranked Arkansas Razorbacks set a new attendance record on Wednesday at Baum Stadium against Arizona State, who are also ranked #1 is many poles. A reported 11,014 fans showed up to see the Razorbacks beat the Sun Devils, 8-7.

11,434 tickets were sold, topping the previous record of 10,727 tickets and 10,581 in actual attendance on May 5th, 2007. The attendance is likely the most ever for amatuer baseball game in the state.

The Collegiate Baseball Newspaper ranked the Arkansas Razorbacks the #1 team in the nation in their latest publication, which came out on Monday. This is the Razorbacks first ever appearance at #1.

#2 on the list is Arizona State, who Arkansas will play on Tuesday and Wednesday. If Arkansas can beat them, they may be #1 in other polls next week.

Other college baseball publications ranked Arkansas at #4, #5, #7, #9 and #12, respectively.

Spring Training is officially over and the 2009 season starts tonight. Total, 8 different Arkansas natives spent some time in the Grapefruit or Cactus leagues this spring. If this season is even half as good as it was last year, Arkansas is set for another great year.

The reigning AL Cy Young Award winner, Cliff Lee, was likely the most watched Arkansan in baseball this spring, and he did not fail to make the news, but not in a good way. He struggled in all 6 of his starts, allowing a total of 33 runs in 21.2 innings. The good news is he only walked 2 batters all spring. Despite is bad spring, Lee is scheduled to be the opening day starter for Cleveland on April 6^th.

Unlike Lee, A.J. Burnett put together quite a good spring. Playing for his new team for the first time after signing his new 6-year $82.5 million dollar contract, Burnett started 5 games and went 3-0 with a 3.09 ERA, striking out 15 in 32.1 innings. His first start in 2009 will be on April 9 against the Orioles.

Dustin Moseley, a native of Texarkana, AR, earned a spot in the Las Angeles Angels starting rotation this spring after going 3-1 with 3.75 ERA. He likely won’t spend the whole season there, seeing that he is only in the rotation due to injuries to LA’s other starting pitchers. Cardinals’ Ryan Franklin is now the only Arkansas-born reliever in baseball. He pitched 11.1 innings for St. Louis and finished with 12 Ks and a 4.76 ERA.

Only two hitters will represent Arkansas in the upcoming season: Torii Hunter and Pat Burrell. Hunter had a very impressive Cactus League season, hitting .306 and hitting 5 homeruns. Burrell, who will likely serve as the Tampa Bay Rays DH, went 16 for 55, collection 15 RBIs.

Non-major leaguers Cody Clark and Craig Gentry also got a little time with their big league club this spring. Clark, a native of Fayetteville, AR, went 1 for 3 with Kansas City Royals. Gentry, born in Van Buren, AR, got a dozen at bats in with the Texas Rangers, going 5 for 12 with 5 runs scored. Neither of them will start the season on a major league roster.

Cliff Lee has been announced the 2009 Opening Day starter for the Cleveland Indians. The game will be on April 6th, starting at 2:05, against the Texas Ranger at the Ballpark in Arlington.

Lee, a native of Benton, AR is the reigning 2008 AL Cy Young Award Winner. He has struggled in spring outing thus far, but has only walked two batters.

Already the headquarters of the Texarkana Gunslingers, Texarkana, AR/TX is quickly becoming a professional baseball town, especially after it was announced that the Continental Baseball League’s Texas Mariners will be based out of Texarkana.

To be clear, the Mariners will not be represent by Texarkana, nor play in Texarkana. The team is to be a travel team and not have a home ballpark.

Arkansas now the headquarters of 4 professional teams: The Arkansas Travelers, the Northwest Arkansas Naturals, the Texarkana Gunslings and the Texas Mariners.