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BASEBALL / DAILY REPORT : DODGERS : Strawberry Eyes Return in Atlanta

By BILL PLASCHKE
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Darryl Strawberry has still targeted the two-game series in Atlanta on Sept. 7-8 for his return to the lineup, despite missing a week with an upper respiratory infection.

Strawberry, who rejoined the Dodgers on Sunday in St. Louis, said that before the infection he had revised his plans and hoped to begin playing this week in Chicago.

When Strawberry returns, he will be more careful than he was during his previous comeback attempt from back problems.

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“The doctors are saying I could play two days, take one day off, something like that,” Strawberry said. “I’m going to be careful and see how much effect this has on my body.”

Shortstop Jose Offerman, suffering from a strained left groin muscle, could miss the remaining eight games of this trip.

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Bill Plaschke

Bill Plaschke, an L.A. Times sports columnist since 1996, is a member of the National Sports Media Hall of Fame and California Sports Hall of Fame. He has been named national Sports Columnist of the Year nine times by the Associated Press, and twice by the Society of Professional Journalists and National Headliner Awards. He is the author of six books, including a collection of his columns entitled “Plaschke: Good Sports, Spoilsports, Foul Balls and Oddballs.” Plaschke is also a panelist on the popular ESPN daily talk show, “Around the Horn.” He is in the national Big Brothers/Big Sisters Alumni Hall of Fame and has been named Man of the Year by the Los Angeles Big Brothers/Big Sisters as well as receiving a Pursuit of Justice Award from the California Women’s Law Center. Plaschke has appeared in a movie (“Ali”), a dramatic HBO series (“Luck”) and, in a crowning cultural moment he still does not quite understand, his name can be found in a rap song “Females Welcome” by Asher Roth.

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