Myth vs. reality with the Yankees  —  Myth: The Yankees should trade guys like Johnny Damon, Bobby Abreu and Jason Giambi and start rebuilding.  Maybe Josh Phelps can get something.  —  Reality: All three have blanket no-trade clauses in their contracts.  Abreu will be a free agent …

Throwin Heat - Hype  —  The hype surrounding Roger's return may be warranted, but I still think it's a joke.  A guy who's almost 45 years old and about to be added to the starting rotation of a major league club is newsworthy.  However, lengthy coverage and discussion of how he pitched …

Mets rally in 12th as Benitez melts down  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Jose Reyes juked, bluffed and faked a mad dash, anything to rattle Armando Benitez.  —  Surprisingly, it paid off — twice.  —  Moments after Reyes provoked the excitable reliever into his second balk of the 12th inning …

Mets dominate early NL All-Star vote  —  Beltran leads all position players on the Senior Circuit ballot  —  The Mets not only have the best record in the National League, they also lead the way in the NL All-Star balloting, according to the first results released on Tuesday by Major League Baseball.

Prospect Hot Sheet: May 29  —  Gallardo has been so good this season that it's hard not to see him pitching for the NL Central-leading Brewers at some point this year.  The 21-year-old leads the PCL in wins (7), strikeouts (84 in 60 innings) and ranks third with a 2.39 ERA.

A Roundtable with Three of the Country's Top Draft Experts  —  Baseball Analysts will devote the next two weeks to the draft, starting with today's roundtable discussion, followed by Q&A's with many of the top prospects, and culminating in live blogging the first day of the draft on June 7 for the third consecutive year.

Marlins' Tankersley says 'nothing wrong'  —  · Nothing's wrong physically.  Mentally, he's fine, too.  Nothing has gone haywire mechanically.  —  Unless Taylor Tankersley is going through a spiritual crisis, his struggles are tough to explain.  —  Monday, Tankersley opened the ninth inning with a 5-0 lead.

Baseball Prospectus aims to predict when Bonds will break record  —  CBS SportsLine.com wire reports  —  SAN FRANCISCO — For fans cheering against Barry Bonds as he approaches Hank Aaron's home run record, there is some hope.  For those wishing to be there in person if Bonds breaks the record, there is some help.

Melting in the Texas Heat  —  The Texas Rangers have the worst record in baseball.  They're worse than the Nationals, worse than the Devil Rays, worse than the Royals.  Given that I had them winning 89 games and the AL West, and being one of the top five teams in baseball, you could say that they've been a disappointment to me.

Bonds Update 5-29  —  Well, Bonds finally broke his three-week skid, homering for the first time since May 8 (and, incidentally, for the first time since I started doing this.)  His fifty-percent cumulative score improved by five dates as a result, moving back before the All-Star break.

City's in funk as Bombers bombing  —  The Yankees are in free fall, and they are taking the fortunes of many New Yorkers with them.  —  As the Los Angeles Angels finished their three-game sweep of the Bronx Bombers on Sunday, grim-faced fans streamed past rows of unsold Alex Rodriguez and Derek Jeter souvenir shirts.

Schilling lifts Sox past Indians  —  Right-hander breaks out of slump with dominant performance  —  BOSTON — If not for the Red Sox getting off to the second best start in club history after 50 games, Curt Schilling's recent slump would have been a far more prominent topic of conversation.

HYPOCRISY: BOOING BONDS AS MOTA RETURNS  —  THESE will be tricky times for Mets fans, these next couple of days.  It may not be the first priority on the fans' bill of rights to avoid hypocrisy at all costs, but the fact is that New Yorkers like to consider themselves baseball's conscience and its cognoscenti.