Crisp Wins Some Fans With a Leap and a Triple  —  Coco Crisp is in his second official season as part of the intense Yankees-Red Sox rivalry, but Crisp insisted that he had had insight into the Yankee-Red Sox rivalry for more than 15 years.  Crisp played for a team called the Yankees in Sportsmen's Little League in Inglewood, Calif.

No sign of Aybar, who stands up MLB  —  New York — Another day passed without a sighting of troubled infielder Willy Aybar.  He didn't report to Major League Baseball offices in New York or call to inform anyone of his whereabouts.  —  The suspended player's agent told The Journal-Constitution …

4/21/07 vs. NY  —  As much as not throwing well can feel in a game like tonight's, the win negates pretty much any negatives you might otherwise take away.  What a job by an entire cast of guys.  Kyle ending the 8th by keeping the bases loaded and not letting the game get out of hand was the first big moment.

Pirates Notebook: Nutting rejects Forbes report  —  LOS ANGELES — The Pirates have acknowledged making a profit in 2006, but they firmly rejected a Forbes magazine estimate that their operating income — earnings before interest, debt and taxes — was $25.3 million.

Duel turns wacky in wild loss to Cards  —  Lilly cruises until seventh, which kicks off Cubs' tough breaks  —  CHICAGO — The umpires made the right calls Friday.  You just won't see Lou Piniella picking up home-plate umpire Larry Young's tab at the same downtown Chicago restaurant this weekend.

Wrapping it up from Fenway Park  —  As a sportswriter, there are few things worse then having a nice 700-word story done in the 8th inning than watching the bullpen blow the lead.  —  I should post my "Yankees win" story, it wasn't bad.  But that would be bad mojo.

Rangers' bad start gets worse, 16-4  —  rdurrett@dallasnews.com  —  ARLINGTON - Several of Ron Washington's former players gave him a hearty greeting hours before Friday's game.  Then they showed no mercy to their ex-coach.  —  Oakland blistered the Rangers, 16-4, in a game that started badly for Texas and never got better.

Biggio's slam lifts Astros to fifth straight  —  Veteran collects third career grand slam  —  MILWAUKEE — A major contribution from the longest-tenured Astro proved to be just enough to avoid spoiling a big night from the shortest-tenured one.  —  Though Houston had to survive tense moments …

Lo Duca lashes out  —  Paul Lo Duca, who found himself in the gossip pages last year in stories about gambling and relationships with young women, is again getting unwanted attention for his off-the-field escapades.  —  Yesterday could have been a nice day for the Mets catcher after success …

Cleveland 4, Tampa Bay 3  —  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Travis Hafner and the Cleveland Indians didn't let a nightmare loss linger.  —  Hafner hit a two-run homer and drove in the go-ahead run on a ninth-inning single and the Indians beat the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 4-3 on Friday night.

Mets enjoy another rout of Marlins  —  El Duque fans 10, Wright extends streak in 16-hit barrage  —  MIAMI — The Mets thought they had assembled an offensive juggernaut when the season began.  Over the last two days, they proceeded to show the Marlins the sharp end of that buzzsaw.

Anatomy of a trade  —  An inside look at deal that sent Big Unit back to Arizona … PHOENIX — It started with a simple phone call, moved to a possible three-team deal, and wound up with Randy Johnson back in Arizona.  —  Diamondbacks general manager Josh Byrnes saw the Yankees had signed left-handers Andy Pettitte and Kei Igawa.

The Felix Affair  —  Boy, you take one day off to celebrate around here and the whole world seems to end.  Instead of lounging at the beach, I fielded call after call on Felix Hernandez Thursday, channeling handled the process well, making sure that Hernandez was seen in a timely manner in a way that could not be leaked.