Bonds to Harper: steal more bases

Bonds, baseball’s intentional walk king, said too much was being made of Ryan Zimmerman’s struggles batting behind Harper as the Cubs swept the Nationals. “My kids used to tell me, ‘Daddy, I’m sorry they walk you all the time,’” said Bonds, who led baseball in intentional walks 12 times and tops the all-time list with 688. Harper has 43, and it’s an element that Bonds, now the Marlins’ hitting coach, says would make the 23-year-old a five-tool player. Joe Torre, Major League Baseball’s chief baseball officer, says disciplinary action is coming for those involved in Sunday’s melee between the Toronto Blue Jays and Texas Rangers. Torre said of the punch that the Rangers’ Rougned Odor connected with the jaw of Toronto’s Jose Bautista, “it certainly wasn’t pretty, and I hate seeing that stuff.” Torre said he would meet with Joe Garagiola Jr., MLB’s senior vice president of standards and on-field operations, and issue a statement “hopefully” by Tuesday. Angels pitcher Garrett Richards had a stem-cell injection in his damaged right elbow. The right-hander, on the disabled list since May 6, decided on the injection as a way to avoid surgery for the torn ligament in his arm, although it will be weeks before he knows whether it worked.