Henderson wants one more chance  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Roger Clemens' big announcement this week has Rickey Henderson hoping some club might give him one more chance to make a major league comeback.  —  Otherwise, he will call it a career — for good this time.

Notes: Wagner struggles, goes on DL  —  Simontacchi and Batista called up to the big-league club  —  MILWAUKEE — The Nationals purchased the contracts of right-hander Jason Simontacchi and infielder Tony Batista from Triple-A Columbus on Tuesday.  The team also placed reliever Ryan Wagner …

Sluggers Cited in Steroid Inquiry  —  Investigators of steroid use in baseball are seeking medical records from at least two of the game's premier sluggers over the past dozen years, Sammy Sosa and Rafael Palmeiro, along with records from dozens of other players suspected of using performance-enhancing drugs …

Report: Ortiz not sure if he took steroids  —  BOSTON (TICKER) — It appears Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz is not sure if he has taken steroids.  —  Ortiz told the Boston Herald that he could not say definitively if he had ever used performance-enhancing drugs in the past.

Missed call haunts Yankees  —  Disputed stolen base in eighth leads to game-tying run  —  NEW YORK — You could see the dirt, the outfield grass, and the disgust on the faces of Yankees fans.  You could see the beginning of a Mariners game-tying run.  And you could see what eventually doomed the Yankees on Monday night.

Pirates' pitchers need to be more like Maglie, Drysdale  —  At Don Drysdale's funeral, an emotional Bob Uecker began telling the assembled mourners about "the first time Don touched me."  Then, he interrupted himself.  —  "Well, here, I can just show ya," the former catcher said.  "See this mark right here?"

Notes: Mets un-locked on Tuesday  —  Starting with Wright, club changes it up with short haircuts  —  SAN FRANCISCO — The Mets conduct scouting meetings before the first games of all series, baseball versions of X's and O's.  What they had Tuesday before they engaged the Giants in the second …

Buzz cuts  —  This was a strange pregame.  —  Twenty-one out of the 25 Mets now have buzzed heads or shaved heads, with Carlos Beltran serving as the main barber in the clubhouse during pregame as most of the players on the club buzzed their heads.  Other people affiliated with the team …

Rangers' Wood starting to impress  —  rdurrett@dallasnews.com  —  ARLINGTON - Mike Wood will get another chance to do his best Kevin Millwood imitation.  But tonight, he'll take his act to the big stage at Yankee Stadium.  —  Wood filled in for Millwood, who is on the 15-day disabled list …

Baseball's Top 50 MVPs  —  Ranking the hottest properties in the game today  —  Baseball ratings are up by more than 20 percent this season, and I think I know the reason why.  Rarely has there been so much star talent accumulated on the diamond at any one time.

Tom Verducci: Top 10 players under the age of 25  —  Does it occur to you, too, that baseball has an '80s fixation?  That the coverage of the sport seems skewed toward guys who were playing when cool guys wore Members Only jackets and grooved to A Flock of Seagulls on their Walkman?

Smoltz-Maddux rivalry: Round 4  —  Former teammates haven't faced each other since 1992  —  Could it really be 17 years?  —  John Smoltz, then in his second full major league season, led the National League in walks in 1990.  Greg Maddux gave up more runs (116) than in any season in his life.

Turnbow answers fans questions  —  Pitcher takes time before Tuesday's game to chat … Derrick Turnbow: Hello everyone, sorry for the delay, let's get started.  —  jenksws05: Derrick, White Sox fan here, but I have been living with a Brewers fan for the past four months.

Cubs fall to Pirates in 15  —  The Cubs and Pittsburgh Pirates battled through 15 innings Tuesday night at Wrigley Field in a game that featured more twists and turns than an episode of "Lost."  —  After Ryan Dempster blew his first save this season in the ninth, Alfonso Soriano saved …

Notes: Anderson to miss two months  —  With elbow worse than thought, pinch-hitter to have surgery  —  MIAMI — Pinch-hitter Marlon Anderson has new bone chips and scar tissue in his right elbow and will have surgery for the third time Friday.  —  Anderson, placed on the disabled list Sunday, was operated on Oct. 10.

Angels place pitcher Justin Speier on 15-day disabled list  —  Club recalls infielder Kendry Morales from Triple-A Salt Lake  —  ANAHEIM — The Angels Tuesday placed right-handed pitcher Justin Speier on the 15-day disabled list (retroactive to April 30) due to a non-baseball related medical condition.