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ST. LOUIS -- With the St. Louis Cardinals bullpen already in flux, the team put left-handed reliever Kevin Siegrist on the 15-day disabled list Friday due to mononucleosis.The Cardinals removed Trevor Rosenthal from the closer role June 25, and Siegrist was in the mix to pitch in save situations along with Seung Hwan Oh and Jonathan Broxton.The team promoted Sam Tuivailala from Triple-A Memphis to fill Siegrists spot on the roster.Siegrist, who led the majors with 81 appearances last year, is 5-2 with a 2.78 ERA and 0.96 WHIP in 35 games this season. He had been feeling ill since June 16, but he only recently got the diagnosis that he has mono. The DL stint is retroactive to Thursday, and the team expects Siegrist to return shortly after the All-Star break.We sent him home, and the more he can relax and rest, the quicker hes going to get over this, manager Mike Matheny said. We just need him away from here and off his feet.Tuivailala, 23, is a converted infielder who was 2-1 with a 5.06 ERA for Memphis. Phil Esposito Bruins Jersey . -- Former San Diego Chargers safety Paul Oliver was found dead at his Atlanta-area home Tuesday night, and a medical examiner said Wednesday that the ex-player committed suicide. Charlie Coyle Jersey . -- The plastic that was taped across the lockers in Oaklands clubhouse came down and the champagne that was on ice went back into the cooler. http://www.thebostonbruinshockey.com/ray-bourque-hockey-jersey/ . At a news conference Tuesday where it was thought that the fiery Schallibaum may be shown the door after a dismal finish to the Major League Soccer season, team president Joey Saputo said no decision has been made on whether the Swiss Volcano will be back in 2014. Phil Esposito Jersey . The phone hearing is scheduled for 4:30pm et/1:30pm pt. Winchester, who was not penalized for the hit, appeared to make contact with Kellys head early in the first period of Thursdays game in Boston. David Krejci Jersey . Louis Blues. Shane Hnidy joins Brian Munz for the broadcast on TSN 1290 Radio at 7pm ct. NEW YORK -- Baseball owners and players have ratified the sports new five-year collective bargaining agreement, extending their labor peace to 26 years through 2021.The sides announced their approvals Wednesday, a day after holding votes in separate telephone meetings.This agreement allows us to build on the positive momentum from last season and promote a generation of young players, baseball commissioner Rob Manfred said in a statement.After eight work stoppages from 1972 to 1995, the sides have negotiated deals without a strike or lockout in 2002, 2006, 2011 and this year. The new deal expires Dec. 1, 2021.Teams voted 29-1 to approve, and Tampa Bay Rays managing general partner Stuart Sternberg was the lone dissenting vote, a person familiar with that meeting told The Associated Press. The person spoke to the AP on the condition of anonymity because the vote breakdown was not announced.While Sternberg declined to comment on the vote, he did express his views on the deal.I am thankful for the hard work, leadership, and spirit of compromise that were essential to this agreement coming together, he said in an email to the AP. However, twice a decade, the bargaining process provides an opportunity to address the extraordinary and widening competitive gap that exists on-field between higher and lower revenue clubs.dddddddddddd. I feel that opportunity was missed here.The union said its executive board unanimously ratified the Basic Agreement, Benefit Plan Agreement, Joint Drug Agreement and Joint Policy on Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault and Child Abuse.Former All-Star first baseman Tony Clark led the unions negotiations for the first time. He took over as executive director of the MLB Players Association after the death of Michael Weiner in November 2013.The players involvement during negotiations was both essential and unprecedented, and todays unanimous vote was the culmination of those efforts, Clark said in a statement. This was a team effort from beginning to end.Negotiators reached an agreement Nov. 30 in Irving, Texas, about three hours before the expiration of the previous contract.The deal raises the luxury tax thresholds, increases some of the tax rates, imposes a hard cap on signing bonuses for international amateurs and bans smokeless tobacco for players who do not already have major league service.It also eliminates the provision that gave World Series home-field advantage to the All-Star winner and bans rookie hazing that includes costumes as women. ' ' '