Pedro fires 'home': Ex-Sox ace expects warm Fenway welcome  —  NEW YORK — Pedro Martinez still calls Boston home.  —  Technically, he's right, since he still, for now, owns a house here and certainly visits often enough, more frequently than people think.

Guillen criticized by Cards coach  —  Manager, Riske suspended following game vs. Cards  —  CHICAGO — On a day when a possible feud between Ozzie Guillen and Houston manager Phil Garner ended before it got started, the White Sox manager apparently found a new sparring partner in St. Louis pitching coach Dave Duncan.

Short Hops: Time to break glass for Ozzie  —  During one of those "Ozzie being Ozzie" conversations last summer, while we were standing in a dugout somewhere, Chicago White Sox general manager Kenny Williams told me that he keeps a letter of apology in a file in his office.

Danks promoted to Triple-A  —  ARLINGTON - Left-handed starter John Danks took what general manager Jon Daniels described as a "big step" Thursday.  He was promoted to Oklahoma and will make his first career Triple-A start Saturday.  —  "John's commanding his three pitches well now …

Carroll bandwagon gaining passengers  —  Greg Reynolds, a pitcher from Stanford who was the Rockies first-round pick in this month s draft, met the media Wednesday at Coors Field.  Reynolds plans to sign a contract Friday and then make a brief appearance with the Single-A short-season Tri-City Dust Devils …

Robinson proud of his work with Nats  —  Skipper unsure of his future under new ownership group … MLB.com: Ever since Major League Baseball named the Lerner group as the new owners of the Nationals, there has been non-stop speculation about your future with the club.  What is your take on your future with this team?

Notes: Jays cautious about Burnett  —  Toronto quietly hoping righty's return solidifies starting rotation  —  ATLANTA — Aside from two starts in April, A.J. Burnett has been practically invisible.  Sure, he's been in Toronto's clubhouse, in the trainer's room and on the field plenty of times …

Wells looks shaky in season debut  —  Bucs offense gets off to a hot start, but cools quickly  —  KANSAS CITY — After a long layoff, Pirates right-hander Kip Wells is going to have to find a way to become reacquainted with the strike zone.  —  Wells, making his first big league appearance …

Source revealed  —  Feds seize reporters' communications in BALCO probe  —  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — E-mails seized by federal authorities identify the convicted founder of the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative as a source in the San Francisco Chronicle's reporting on the steroids scandal …

Melvin optimistic about second half  —  General manager chats with fans online … Doug Melvin: It's great to see that even on an off-day Brewers fans want to talk Brewers baseball!  I am looking forward to spending the next hour with you all.  Let's get started.  —  bdsoccer: Doug, what will you do with Carlos Lee?

Padres-Rangers Preview  —  The Texas Rangers ' current stretch of interleague games started off promising, but now the team is hoping to stave off a slump.  —  The Rangers look to avoid being swept for the second time overall this season when they wrap up their three-game series …

Notes: Green's work in progress  —  Daigle optioned to Triple-A; Gonzalez gets an off-day  —  ST. PETERSBURG — For Shawn Green, it's a constant battle to stay balanced and to keep his swing consistent.  —  After struggling for the first few weeks of the season and watching his average drop …