Utley's hit helps Phillies sweep Mets  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Pat Burrell snapped out of a slump by doing what he does best — breaking the hearts of the New York Mets.  —  Burrell hit a game-tying home run in the ninth off New York closer Billy Wagner, Chase Utley and Jimmy Rollins combined …

Brewers get slugger in first round  —  First baseman LaPorta selected from University of Florida  —  MILWAUKEE — The Brewers injected some early drama to the first televised draft in Major League history, taking University of Florida first baseman Matt LaPorta seventh overall …

Nats stick with pitching at top of Draft  —  Washington takes Missouri St. lefty Detwiler with No. 6 pick  —  WASHINGTON — The Nationals decided to go with pitching with the sixth overall pick in the 2007 First-Year Player Draft, selecting Missouri State left-hander Ross Detwiler.

Schilling falls one out shy of no-hitter  —  OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Maybe the next time a Boston pitcher takes a no-hit bid into the ninth inning, he'll listen to catcher Jason Varitek.  —  Curt Schilling came within one out of his first career no-hitter Thursday, losing his bid …

Teixeira heads early deadline shopping list … There are 54 shopping days left until the trade deadline.  So it's time to make out those shopping lists.  —  Now unfortunately, the Psychics Hotline didn't return our calls, so we don't know for sure yet who's going to be buying and who's going to be selling.

Starter market is a dry one  —  Kip Wells tonight attempts to reverse the course of a 2-10 season that has him on pace to become the second pitcher to lose 20 games since Brian Kingman did so with the 1980 Oakland A's.  —  Todd Wellemeyer on Sunday makes his third major-league start …

Detroit EDC OKs plan to tear down Tiger Stadium  —  The Detroit Economic Development Corp.'s board approved a plan Thursday to demolish Tiger Stadium.  —  The board approved the project pending approval from the Detroit City Council.  The EDC plans to present its plan to the council in July.

Ep.  176: The Finals Preview Podcast  —  Capitalized correctly and ready to rock!  —  The Basketball Jones 'NBA Finals Preview Show' — Episode 176 (.mp3)  —  On today's show, Tas and I are joined by Sports Illustrated's Kelly Dwyer to breakdown the Cleveland-San Antonio NBA Finals.

Gameday Triple Play  —  "Plate discipline though is difficult to measure.  Good plate discipline can mean swinging at the first pitch, fouling off the fifth, taking the tenth; it's about hitting when it's possible to do so and walking when not.  If it's possible to hit, a walk is a relative failure.

Philippe Aumont … With the 11th pick in the first round pick, the M's selected Philipee Aumont, an 18-year-old 6′7 RHP from Quebec.  Here's a video of Aumont from the MLB Scouting Bureau, and there's a brief scouting report on him from the MLB.com draft tracker page.

Mills set for draft party  —  OAKLAND, Calif. — The plan, at least, is that by the time the game between the Red Sox and A's starts this afternoon, Beau Mills will know his fate.  —  If that's the case, and just about everyone in the Red Sox dugout hopes it is, there will be quite …

Video: Heckling the wild and crazy Julian Tavarez  —  It is well documented that not only is Julian Tavarez not the biggest student of the game, he's a bit... hmm... crazy?  —  It is interesting, then, that out of all the players on the Red Sox, the hecklers who shot this video below decided to pick Tavarez as their target.