You might want to sit down ...  It looks like the Opening Day pitcher for the Yankees could be the Rajah of Rehab himself, Carl Anthony Pavano.  —  Mike Mussina pitched today and will start again on Thursday.  Joe Torre just said they would not start him on April 2 on three days' rest.

Nats' Ace Not Used to Being the One  —  Never mind, the Washington Nationals say, that John Patterson's pitches sailed in and out, up and down, in the fourth inning Friday afternoon.  Forget that he needed 30 pitches to get out of that inning, that he required 72 to get through his four-inning outing …

Notebook: Davies shuts down Phillies, eyes fifth spot  —  CLEARWATER, Fla. - The Atlanta Braves don't have too many roster decisions to make entering the regular season, but the one concerning their fifth starter - between Kyle Davies and Lance Cormier - is going to be a doozy.

Piniella puts light knock on Wood  —  Manager, pitcher disagree on roster  —  MESA, Ariz. — Kerry Wood and Mark Prior are ready to start the season with the Cubs.  At least they think so.  —  Whether manager Lou Piniella agrees remains to be seen.  One day after Prior returned from a 12 …

Rangers send Volquez to Class A  —  Decision made in hopes that prospect will fix his control issues  —  egrant@dallasnews.com  —  SURPRISE, Ariz. - In an attempt to resurrect the career of once-prized prospect Edinson Volquez, the Rangers are sending him all the way back to Class A.

Zito's complex diet plan is out-of-this-world fuel  —  SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - What fuels Barry Zito?  —  Is it his desire to excel?  Or the pressure of living up to a $126 million contract, the richest ever given to a pitcher?  —  Well, literally, what fuels Zito is a chocolate cherry muffin …

Royals send Berroa to Triple-A Omaha  —  SURPRISE, Ariz. (AP) — The Kansas City Royals optioned shortstop Angel Berroa, the 2003 American League Rookie of the Year, to Triple-A Omaha on Saturday.  —  The demotion came one day after the Royals acquired Tony Pena Jr. in a trade with the Atlanta Braves.

Millar answers...  Well I must say that Curt is right on with the curve ball talk.I have been ragging on his curve ball for a few years and today he called my bluff.  —  1st ab he shook 3 times and I had a feeling he was shaking to the curve ball but still didnt have the balls to sit 1st pitch curve ball on Schilling.

Rockies shake up roster  —  Sullivan, Barmes sent to Triple-A; Fogg No. 5 starter  —  TUCSON - The Rockies made a statement Friday that reinforced their belief that they upgraded their roster for the 2007 season.  —  Center fielder Cory Sullivan and shortstop Clint Barmes …

Take a journey with a baseball legend  —  Biographical accounts of Buck O'Neil a guaranteed page-turner  —  Truth be told, a thousand writers probably could have traveled across the country with Buck O'Neil over the period of a year and written a book about it.

Delayed start  —  Wang headed to disabled list after pulling hamstring  —  TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Yankees right-hander Chien-Ming Wang, a 19-game winner last season, will start the season on the disabled list with a right hamstring pull.  —  Wang, who had been under consideration to start opening …

Notes: Gross gets good news  —  GM Melvin says outfielder will be on Opening Day roster  —  SURPRISE, Ariz. — Brewers general manager Doug Melvin told Milwaukee radio station WSSP-AM 1250 on Thursday that outfielder Gabe Gross would be on the Opening Day roster.  Melvin reiterated that statement Friday.

O's Walker providing relief off field, too  —  FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. // A sign is taped to the back of a large glass beverage cabinet in the Orioles' clubhouse that faces reliever Jamie Walker's spring training locker.  He can't turn his head to the left without staring directly at it.

Mariners Notebook: Angels bring out devil in Guillen  —  Animosity remains for Mariners right fielder  —  PEORIA, Ariz. — Two teams and more than two years removed from his ugly departure from the Los Angeles Angels, you'd think Jose Guillen would be over it.  —  You'd be wrong.

Sox on low end of rain-shortened game  —  Danks tosses four scoreless innings; Floyd yields four runs  —  ROCKIES 5, WHITE SOX 3 (6 1/2 innings, rain)  —  White Sox at the plate: Toby Hall had three hits, including an RBI single.  —  Rockies at the plate: Garrett Atkins knocked a grand slam in the bottom of the sixth.