Pathetic in pinstripes: NY needy, Roger greedy  —  It is sad, really.  Even during their current seven-year championship drought, even while they were losing four straight to the Red Sox [team stats] in 2004 or flopping in the first round of the playoffs to the Tigers last year, the Yankees at least were interesting.

Disappointing night for Perez in opener  —  Left-hander solid until allowing eight — two earned — in fifth  —  SAN FRANCISCO — What Barry Bonds did was of no consequence, and, in relative terms, what Barry Zito did hardly mattered.  The latest installment of Mets 2007 had little …

OH MO!  PEN NOT DESALVO'S PAL  —  ROOKIE PROVES READY, BUT M'S STEAL VICTORY  —  Mariano Rivera giving up the game-winning homer in the ninth cut to the bone.  Umpire Gerry Davis blowing a call in the eighth didn't help.  And two bloop singles off Kyle Farnsworth were lethal.

ESPN2 to televise MLB's 2007 First-Year Player Draft  —  Draft, to be held in Orlando, will be aired on television for the first time  —  Major League Baseball's 2007 First-Year Player Draft will be carried live by ESPN2 from 2:00-6:00 p.m. (EDT) on Thursday, June 7th, marking the first time that the Draft will be telecast.

No Ordinary Joe Smith  —  Every time I look at a New York Mets' box score, rookie reliever Joe Smith's name seems to be present.  The 2006 third round draft pick - and 94th overall - out of Wright State appeared in 17 games during the Mets' first 29 games of the 2007 season.

Zumaya to have surgery, miss 12 weeks  —  Tigers reliever ruptured tendon in right middle finger Saturday  —  Tigers reliever Joel Zumaya will undergo surgery to repair a ruptured tendon in his right middle finger, forcing him out of action for 12 weeks.  —  The news came from the club following …

Notes: Westbrook placed on DL  —  Carmona, Mujica recalled from Triple-A Buffalo  —  BALTIMORE — The Indians made several moves Monday, putting starter Jake Westbrook on the 15-day disabled list, recalling fellow right-handers Fausto Carmona and Edward Mujica from Triple-A Buffalo …

Notes: Glavine holds esteem for Bonds  —  Mets southpaw views slugger as 'greatest player of our era'  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Tom Glavine, the Mets' starting pitcher Tuesday night against the Giants — and Barry Bonds — answered some questions about Bonds on Monday:

Boohoo: Alou looks back with sigh  —  In his return to AT&T Park, Mets' Moises reflects on Giant disappointment  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Back at AT&T Park for the first time as a member of the New York Mets, Moises Alou revealed Monday that he looks back with regret on his two seasons with the Giants.

Notes: Cordero admits to distraction  —  Closer trying to stay focused with grandmother in poor health  —  MILWAUKEE — A day after giving up the game-tying run in the ninth inning against the Cubs, Nationals closer Chad Cordero acknowledged that his grandmother's illness weighed heavily on his mind while he was on the mound.

Ex-Tigers player LeFlore jailed over child support  —  Ron LeFlore's journey took him from prison in the 1970s to Major League Baseball, where he became an All Star with the Detroit Tigers.  —  Today, he went back behind bars at age 58 for $73,000 in unpaid child support.

Baseball Ignores a Problem More Deadly Than Steroids  —  Alcohol last week killed one more major league baseball player than steroids ever have.  —  I repeat: Alcohol last week killed one more baseball player than steroids ever have.  —  Yet Major League Baseball and George J. Mitchell …