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.

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 …

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.

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 …

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.

Before Punishing Giambi, Selig Wants His Help  —  After Jason Giambi of the Yankees tacitly admitted last month to using steroids, Commissioner Bud Selig was placed in an awkward position.  Selig wants to show that he is tough on steroid users, but punishing Giambi is problematic because if he used steroids …

Robertson to DL with ``tired arm,'' Miller to start Sunday vs. Mets  —  ARLINGTON, Texas — Even though Nate Robertson says he's not hurt, the Tigers have put him on the disabled list with what they're describing as a ``tired arm.'' Andrew Miller will be called up from Double-A Erie and will start …