LOS ANGELES (AP) – Buzzie Bavasi, who built Dodgers teams that won the four World Series titles in Brooklyn and Los Angeles, died Thursday. He was 93.

His death was announced by the Seattle Mariners, whose general manager is Bill Bavasi, a son of the former Dodgers GM.

“Buzzie was one of the game’s greatest front office executives during a period that spanned parts of six different decades,” baseball commissioner Bud Selig said. “He loved the game, and he loved talking about it.”

Emil Joseph Bavasi’s Dodgers teams included future Hall of Famers Jackie Robinson, Duke Snider, Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale. Bavasi later was part owner and president of the San Diego Padres, then became executive vice president of the California Angels.

With the Dodgers, he played a role in Jackie Robinson’s becoming the first African-American to play in the major leagues.

Bavasi spent 44 years working in baseball, including 34 in the major leagues.

Sox may leave Ft. Myers

BOSTON (AP) – The Boston Red Sox have spoken with officials in Sarasota, Fla., about relocating their spring training home from Fort Myers to the facility that will become vacant when the Cincinnati Reds move to Arizona in two years.

Red Sox spokesman John Blake called the talks preliminary.

“Lee County has been exemplary in the way they’ve maintained the facility, but the Red Sox needs have changed since 1993,” Blake said.

The Red Sox moved in 1993 from Winter Haven to Fort Myers, where they have played in the 7,290-seat City of Palms Park, selling out 73 straight games since March 16, 2003. The team can buy its way out of its Fort Myers deal in 2010.

Training in Fort Myers also poses a problem because, other than for the Minnesota Twins across town, road games require a long bus trip north toward Tampa or across the state to a cluster of teams that play in the West Palm Beach area.

Rib sidelines Hughes

NEW YORK (AP) – Phil Hughes has a stress fracture in one of his ribs, and the New York Yankees’ pitcher is expected to be sidelined until at least July.

Hughes, placed on the 15-day disabled list Thursday, had an MRI exam that revealed the stress fracture in the ninth rib on his right side. He will be shut down for four weeks and then re-evaluated. General manager Brian Cashman said the team probably can’t expect the 21-year-old right-hander to return before July.

Hughes is 0-4 with a 9.00 ERA in six starts this year.

Agent: Rockies SS out

DENVER (AP) – Colorado Rockies star shortstop Troy Tulowitzki tore a tendon in his left quadriceps and could be out until the All-Star break, if not longer.

“Best case scenario is six weeks. The realistic one is a few months,” agent Paul Cohen told The Associated Press on Thursday.

Cohen said team doctors will have a better feel for a timeline next week after “massive swelling and bleeding” subside. “It’s a non-surgical tear, which could be a good thing.”

Tulowitzki, the runner-up for NL Rookie of the Year last season, was injured while charging a grounder in the first inning at San Francisco Tuesday night, and he underwent an MRI exam on Wednesday, which found a complete tear of the tendon near his hip.

The injury is rare in baseball but is not uncommon in soccer players.

“He’s just so disappointed for his teammates and the fans,” Cohen said. “He just can’t believe it, really. It’s still sinking in.”

Fighting through a season-long slump, Tulowitzki wasn’t scheduled to play Tuesday night but was a late addition after second baseman Jeff Baker broke a blood vessel in the middle finger of his right hand during batting practice.

Following his sensational rookie season, Tulowitzki signed a $31 million, six-year deal, the largest contract ever signed by a non-Japanese or Cuban player with fewer than two years’ of major league service.

The Rockies’ first NL pennant was fueled by the 23-year-old star’s phenomenal performance in the field, at the plate and in the clubhouse. Tulowitzki became a respected leader among established veterans including Todd Helton and Matt Holliday despite having played barely a year in the minor leagues.

He led big league shortstops in fielding percentage, got to many more balls than anyone at his position and even turned an unassisted triple play, just the 13th in major league history. He also set an NL rookie record for home runs by a shortstop (24) and batted .291 with 99 RBIs as the Rockies surged to their first World Series.

The crowds at Coors Field began a rhythmic chant for Tulowitzki, and Colorado set a big league record for fielding percentage.

His October exposure, however, created a thick book on Tulowitzki, and he had a hard time in April adjusting to pitchers armed with new scouting reports who busted him high and inside with fastballs before getting him to chase pitches down and away.

He was hitting just .152 with one homer and 11 RBIs in 105 at-bats when he got hurt.

Clint Barmes, the Rockies’ starting shortstop in 2005 and ’06, will fill in until Tulowitzki’s return.