Indians 7, Twins 3  —  Note: I'm still recovering from a busy weekend that included riding in a 15-person stretch limousine and eating a $125 "silver butter knife steak" at Murray's in downtown Minneapolis—trust me, the whole thing sounds more intriguing if I leave out some details …

Top prospect Hughes to pitch for Yanks Thursday  —  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — A day after getting swept by the Boston Red Sox, the New York Yankees said Monday they plan on having top pitching prospect Phil Hughes make his major league debut Thursday against Toronto.

Surgery finally here for Prior  —  Will have scope of his problematic shoulder on Tuesday  —  After being demoted to Triple-A Iowa at the end of March, Mark Prior said he felt fine and insisted he still could get major-league hitters out.  —  He didn't look at the decision by the Cubs as a crossroads in his star-crossed career.

Under The Knife: No Excuses by Will Carroll  —  No Excuses  —  Injuries are never an excuse.  Yes, they're often used that way, whether it's a GM shrugging his shoulders and saying it's a "part of the game," or if it's the guy in your fantasy league saying he would have won …

Pulitzer Prize winner Halberstam killed in car crash  —  SAN FRANCISCO — David Halberstam, a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer who chronicled the Vietnam War generation, civil rights and the world of sports, was killed in a car crash Monday, his wife and local authorities said.  He was 73.

A's place Harden, Bradley on 15-day disabled list  —  OAKLAND, Calif. — Just when Rich Harden was hoping for a healthy, full season, he got hurt again.  —  The Oakland Athletics placed their ace right-hander on the 15-day disabled list Monday with a strained right shoulder and also put center fielder Milton Bradley on the DL.

Furious Halsey rips A's  —  Pitcher says team worried only about money, not players  —  (04-23) 04:00 PDT Arlington, Texas — Brad Halsey figured when he was held out of his start at Triple-A Sacramento on Saturday that he was coming up to start for Rich Harden on Tuesday.

Fenway's home run derby: Property owners swing for fences  —  How much is a tiny gas station next door to Fenway Park [map] worth?  —  According to one of its owners, Charlie Giannakopoulos, its true value is more than $10 million.  —  The Shell station at the corner of Boylston …

Rangers put closer Gagne on DL with hip injury  —  ARLINGTON, Texas — The Texas Rangers put closer Eric Gagne on the 15-day disabled list Monday, a day after the oft-injured right-hander left the game in the middle of just his second save situation for his new team.

Neshek is king of eBay and the mound  —  Pat Neshek is a hard-core collector of baseball and hockey cards, a huge fan of "The Simpsons" and one of the most entertaining bloggers around.  He also happens to be one of the most dominant relief pitchers in baseball.

2008 Club Options  —  Instead of rehashing the usual Jacque Jones/Jose Capellan trade rumors, let's take a stab at predicting whether teams will exercise their 2008 options.  —  Ivan Rodriguez - $13MM with $3MM buyout.  Pudge will be 36 in 2008, but his defensive value and continued pop seem to justify the $10MM difference.