Baseball PAC gave to 65 candidates

Washington — Major League Baseball’s political action committee contributed $108,000 to 65 congressional candidates last year, much of it to incumbents who sit on committees of strategic interest to the sport.

Federal Election Commission reports show that the PAC gave to 40 House candidates and 25 Senate candidates, about 60 percent to Democrats and 40 percent to Republicans. Baseball also contributed $170,000 in unregulated “soft money” to the national parties in the last election, $95,000 to the Democrats, $75,000 to the GOP.

Baseball, the only sport with a PAC, formed the committee last year, when the House and Senate judiciary committees were considering legislation that would partially rescind the sport’s antitrust exemption. Among other things, that exemption has given baseball the authority to prevent teams from moving from city to city, as has happened in other sports.

Ozzie Canseco jailed

Miami — Former major leaguer Ozzie Canseco received at least seven weeks in jail Tuesday on charges he violated probation during a traffic stop. Canseco, the twin brother of former slugger Jose Canseco, was ordered held until a June 30 hearing. He could then be released or sent back to jail. The judge denied a request for bond. Ozzie Canseco is on probation stemming from a 2001 nightclub brawl in Miami Beach that also resulted in charges against his brother.

Hargrove’s mother dies

Chicago — Baltimore Orioles manager Mike Hargrove is expected to miss at least three more games following the death of his mother. Rita Ann Hargrove died after a long illness Monday in Amarillo, Texas, where she had been hospitalized after undergoing several surgeries in April. She was 73.

Mike Hargrove, who left the team Saturday to be with his mother, will remain in Texas until at least Friday and might not return to the bench until Saturday, said bench coach Sam Perlozzo, who has managed the club in his absence.