A healthy A.J. Burnett may be what the Jays need  —  A healthy A.J. Burnett may be piece to puzzle Jays need to finally overtake N.Y., Boston  —  Nine long years have passed since the American League East last sent any team to the playoffs besides the Yankees or Red Sox.

Phillies should have stopped Myers's start  —  Here's a toast to the fans who filled Fenway Park yesterday afternoon.  David Ortiz rewarded the throng with yet another walkoff wonder, but this crowd did itself proud long before Big Papi unloaded his latest game-winning thunderbolt.

Injury-depleted Cubs summon Lee for Sunday's game  —  CBS SportsLine.com wire reports  —  DES MOINES, Iowa — Derrek Lee will be back with the Chicago Cubs for Sunday's game at Minnesota after just one minor league rehab appearance.  —  The move to activate Lee from the disabled list …

Pirates Notebook: No 'low point' for Littlefield  —  LOS ANGELES — The Pirates, quite obviously, have taken a decisive step backward from the modest progress made earlier in the month.  —  They have gone from feeling good in taking three of four in San Francisco ... to losing a few …

Unexplained in Oakland: The Annual About-Face  —  Oakland players after beating the Dodgers in the 17th inning on June 17 for their 10th straight victory.  The Athletics, keeping with tradition, have won 17 of their last 22 games.  —  THE Oakland Athletics need not be students of history to avoid panic.

Cone, Strawberry make Old-Timers debut  —  Former Yankees reminisce on their days in pinstripes  —  NEW YORK — Their belt sizes are a bit bigger and steps a little slower, but before Saturday's 60th Yankees Old-Timers' Day, the question was still the same.  —  You ready to go?

O's set to sign starter Ortiz … Free-agent starter Russ Ortiz flew to Baltimore yesterday evening to sign a contract with the Orioles.  —  Ortiz will make a prorated portion of the minimum major league salary, $327,000, and is expected to start for the Orioles immediately.

Dodgers team up vs. Pirates  —  Ethier's four RBIs set the tone for third straight win  —  LOS ANGELES — The Pirates are on pace to lose 106 games and the Dodgers are doing what they can this weekend to make it happen.  —  After a six-run whipping Friday night, four Dodgers pitchers threw …

As Upton waits, trading Lugo makes sense  —  ST. PETERSBURG - Within the next five weeks, the Devil Rays must make two decisions that could have a major impact on the team's short- and long-term future.  —  One is whether to trade shortstop Julio Lugo.  The other is whether to promote shortstop B.J. Upton from Triple A.

Better shop around: Rangers to trade lefty  —  Club says there is interest around league in 21-year-old reliever  —  DENVER - Unable to balance having an unproven reliever in the bullpen of a team with division championship aspirations, the Rangers will try to extract some help from Fabio Castro in another manner.

Abercrombie gets tutoring  —  NEW YORK — Outfielder Reggie Abercrombie had no problem finding his way to Yankee Stadium on Saturday.  —  He made sure he didn't get lost like he did Friday when he took the wrong train and wound up at Shea Stadium in Queens before finding his way to the Bronx.

Notes: Tightness culprit for White  —  Liriano fine, despite reports; Guerrier hopes to throw next week  —  MINNEAPOLIS — All season long, Rondell White has been puzzled as to the reason behind his continued struggles at the plate.  —  But now, both he and the Twins hope that the answer has been found.

For Rocker, it's been there, done that  —  John Rocker walked into the room to meet the man assigned to conduct his Major League Baseball-mandated sensitivity training six years ago and walked out shortly thereafter with the discussion delving no deeper than the weather.