Giants will honor Bonds if he passes Ruth

The San Francisco Giants will celebrate if Barry Bonds passes Babe Ruth on the career home run list.

Team owner Peter Magowan and executive vice president Larry Baer vowed yesterday to honor the organization's star player while also reiterating their commitment to cooperate with the commissioner's office on any investigation into Bonds's alleged use of steroids.

The Giants brass is brainstorming what to do if Bonds ties Ruth for second place on career list with 714 homers, and then how to honor him if he passes the Babe.

Bonds begins the season with 708 home runs, and he connected for his second spring homer yesterday in Scottsdale, Ariz., against 20-year-old Texas lefty John Danks.

Chicago Cubs pitcher Mark Prior will see a specialist in Los Angeles today after cutting short a throwing session in Mesa, Ariz., because of soreness in his right shoulder . . . Arizona pitcher Orlando Hernández had tightness in his neck and back, leaving after one inning in the Diamondbacks' 12-5 victory over the White Sox in Tucson . . . Colorado infielder Josh Wilson is out 4-6 weeks after breaking his left big toe when he fouled a pitch off his foot . . . Mets pitcher Pedro Martínez told Newsday the sore toe that is hindering his spring training messed up his mechanics in 2005. ''Towards the end of the season, I was throwing funny," he said.

Designs for a 41,000-seat ballpark for the Washington Nationals were unveiled by District of Columbia officials, a glass-and-steel structure clad in pale stone chosen to complement the world famous skyline of the nation's capital . . . The Nationals are keeping their nickname. Major League Baseball has settled a lawsuit with a company that said it owned the trademark rights to the name . . . Former baseball star Dwight Gooden was arrested in Tampa on charges of violating the terms of his probation. The 41-year-old pleaded guilty in November to speeding away from police after a DUI traffic stop in August 2005 and was sentenced to three years probation. Yesterday he went to a regular meeting with a probation officer, where he admitted to using cocaine, according to a Department of Corrections spokeswoman. He was tested and arrested and taken to the Hillsborough County Jail, where he is being held without bond.