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SEATTLE -- The Seattle Mariners bolstered their bullpen by acquiring right-hander Arquimedes Caminero from Pittsburgh and switch-pitcher Pat Venditte from Toronto in a pair of trades Saturday.Both deals Seattle made were for players to be named later. Seattle will be sending two players to Pittsburgh for Caminero and one to Toronto for Venditte. The Mariners announced Venditte would report to Triple-A Tacoma, while Caminero will report to Seattle.Caminero is 1-2 with a 3.51 ERA in 39 appearances for the Pirates. Hes struggled with control, walking 22 batters in 41 innings pitched, but throws in the upper 90s. Caminero appeared in 73 games last season for Pittsburgh and also pitched parts of two seasons with Miami.Caminero is expected to join the Mariners on Monday. He pitched against Seattle recently giving up two hits and striking out one in one inning against the Mariners on July 26.Actually had pretty good success. He got off to a rough start, April and May were bad this year, Seattle manager Scott Servais said of Caminero. Hes been around a little bit, hes got a couple of years in the league and he should be able to help us out.Venditte rose to stardom last season with Oakland because of his ability to pitch with both arms. He appeared in eight games this year with Toronto and had a 5.19 ERA in his limited appearances.To clear spots on the 40-man roster, the Mariners designated for assignment pitchers Donn Roach and Blake Parker. Both Roach and Parker pitched in relief for Seattle earlier this week. Air Force 1 Nz Cheap Outlet . They hope to persuade the other team owners and commissioner Roger Goodell to put pressure on Redskins owner Daniel Snyder to drop the nickname they find offensive. "Given the way the meeting transpired," Ray Halbritter, an Oneida representative and leader of the "Change the Mascot Campaign," said Wednesday, "it became somewhat evident they were defending the continued use of the name. Air Force 1 Nz . -- Catcher Brett Hayes has agreed to a $630,000, one-year contract with the Kansas City Royals, avoiding salary arbitration. http://www.airforce1nz.com/ . -- Charlie Graham stopped 67 shots as the Belleville Bulls edged the visiting Guelph Storm 6-5 on Saturday in Ontario Hockey League action. Air Force Ones Nz . Galatasaray said in a statement on its website Monday that Mancini signed a three-year contract and will be paid 3.5 million euros for the upcoming season, with his salary upped to 4. Air Force 1 Nz Cheap . -- PGA TOUR Canada member Steve Saunders took a three-stroke lead Saturday in the Web. The Big Ten placed three teams in the top five of The Associated Press college football poll for the first time in 56 years, setting up a No. 2 vs. No. 3 matchup for Ohio State and Michigan.Alabama was a unanimous No. 1 in the poll released Sunday. The Buckeyes were No. 2 and Wolverines No. 3. They meet in Columbus, Ohio, on Saturday in a game with Big Ten and national championship implications.Clemson is No. 4, and No. 5 Wisconsin gives the Big Ten three of the first five for the first time since Nov. 7, 1960, when Minnesota was No. 1, Ohio State was No. 3 and Iowa was No. 5.Louisville dropped eight spots to No. 11 after getting trounced by Houston, which jumped in at No. 18.The 113th meeting of Michigan and Ohio State will mark the 11th time the rivals will both be ranked in the top five and the first since 2006, when they had their only 1-2 matchup. The Buckeyes won that game 42-39 in Columbus to earn a spot in the BCS title game.Alabamas Nick Saban won his 41st game while coaching a No. 1 team, passing Ohio States Woody Hayes and Florida States Bobby Bowden for the most victories with a top-ranked squad.Houston began the season ranked No. 15 and made its way to No.dddddddddddd 6 as it started 5-0. Losses to Navy and SMU knocked the Cougars from the rankings, but they surged back in after beating the Cardinals 36-10 at home. Those conference losses will keep Houston out of the American Athletic Conference championship game, but the Cougars are the AACs only ranked team this week.Tennessee moved back in at No. 24.While Houston and Tennessee moved back into the poll, Troy dropped out after losing to Arkansas State after making its?first appearance in the rankings last week.?San Diego State again spent just one week in rankings. Since 1977, the Aztecs are 0-4 as a ranked team.Elsewhere, No. 13 Florida moved up eight spots after narrowly slipping past LSU with a late goal-line stand.No. 9 Colorado, No. 10 Oklahoma State and No. 12 USC all moved up three spots.Meanwhile, No. 19 West Virginia fell nine spots after losing to Oklahoma. And?No. 21 Utah dropped 10 spots after a last-second loss to Oregon.Information from The Associated Press was used in this poll. ' ' '