As wife packs up, is A-Rod out at home?  —  Rodriguez says his off-field antics won't 'be a distraction' to team  —  Yankees superstar Alex Rodriguez vowed yesterday that revelations about his off-the-field antics wouldn't affect his play for the slumping Bombers.

What we've learned from May … It's almost June.  So is all this really happening?  —  Do the Yankees really have the same record as the Devil Rays?  Are the Cardinals really eight games under .500?  —  Does J.J. Hardy really have more home runs than Albert Pujols and Alfonso Soriano combined?

Breaking news: Giambi to DL  —  Jason Giambi was seen by foot and ankle specialist Dr. William Hamilton today and found to have a tear of the plantar fascia in his left foot.  That is the tissue that connects the heel to the base of the toes.  —  He will go on the disabled list today.

Ozzie goes off on Ozzie ... again  —  MINNEAPOLIS — Wednesday was not the first time White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen put his own job security on the line.  —  It wasn't even the first time this season.  —  Back on Opening Day, Guillen told the Sun-Times: ''If [chairman] Jerry Reinsdorf or …

Notes: Setback for injured Hill  —  Nationals right-hander to get second opinion on elbow  —  WASHINGTON — Nationals right-hander Shawn Hill will go to the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio on Thursday and have a second opinion on his sore elbow.  Dr. Mark Schickendantz will look at the elbow.

Yankees' Hughes sprains ankle  —  Pitcher won't be allowed on mound for four to six weeks  —  TORONTO — Phil Hughes, one of baseball's top pitching prospects, has a Grade 3 sprain of the left ankle that is expected to set the hurler back an additional four to six weeks in his efforts to rejoin the Yankees' Major League roster.

Lies, Damned Lies  —  Look Sharp  —  There are two ways to build a winning baseball team.  One way is to have a few players who are extraordinarily good.  Alternatively, you can have few players who are extraordinarily bad.  Conversely, there are two reasons that baseball clubs fail.

Wife of Dukes gets protective order, seeks divorce  —  Tampa Bay rookie outfielder Elijah Dukes has been barred from contacting his wife for a year, and a judge also offered to order Dukes to undergo a psychiatric evaluation before he's allowed to see the couple's two young children.

Weaver will return to Seattle rotation next week.  —  The Mariners have made a bit of an about-face and will not send disabled pitcher Jeff Weaver out on an injury rehabilitation assignment.  —  Tuesday, manager Mike Hargrove said he wanted Weaver to face some live batters in game competition.

Physics on Display  —  "All science is either physics or stamp collecting."  —Ernest Rutherford (1871 - 1937)  —  In last week's column, we started to explore the PITCHf/x data captured by MLBAM's Gameday application by looking at some basic velocity and strike-zone data.

Dark Times for a Baseball Man  —  Only seven months after a World Series triumph that sealed his place among the greats, Cardinals manager Tony La Russa is calling on all his smarts to cope with crises on and off the field  —  He was the boy wonder once, and if Tony La Russa hated that perception …

Glavine solid, but Mets fall to Giants  —  Lefty allows three runs, but New York shut out for first time  —  NEW YORK — Tom Glavine's consistency has become almost uncanny.  Every time the 41-year-old lefty takes the mound, he gives the Mets a chance to win — nothing more, nothing less.

Scott Boras Wants You To Like Him  —  Journalists love to write about baseball superagent Scott Boras.  First, because fans generally hate him, it's a chance to flex their "let me tell you something you don't believe" muscles.  Second, because front office people generally hate him …