Where are the contenders for Tex?  —  I am a simpleton.  —  I did not play baseball beyond little league.  I did not graduate with honors in finance, economics, business administration or sports management.  I do not have a law degree.  —  So, this is my simpleton understanding …

NY Yankees 3, Toronto 2, 10 innings  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Late comebacks, close wins.  The New York Yankees are beginning to resemble the team everyone became familiar with for the past decade.  —  Robinson Cano hit a game-winning single in the 10th inning after Toronto closer Jeremy Accardo balked home …

Notes: Dye's negotiations in focus  —  Outfielder subject of scrutiny after Buehrle's contract extension  —  CLEVELAND — For the White Sox, a team sitting nine games under .500 and 12 1/2 games out of a playoff spot after 91 games, media coverage tends to not completely focus on the on-field action.

Is Bonds boycotting ESPN?  —  Tuesday, July 17th, 2007 at 5:03 pm in Giants, Radio/TV.  —  I have been thinking about this for a long time now — specifically since May 29, when Barry Bonds ignored pleas to play in that Mets game a.k.a. Armando's Last Stand — and on Monday night …

Saltalamacchia gets a starting chance  —  Jarrod Saltalamacchia may get that every day job after all.  —  Bobby Cox started the rookie at first base Tuesday against Reds right-hander Bronson Arroyo, giving "Salty" his first start in something other than a platoon role with Scott Thorman or backing up Brian McCann at catcher.

PIRATES  —  PITTSBURGH (AP) -Colorado had never won a series in PNC Park.  To break that streak, the Rockies turned to the stadium's career wins leader.  —  Josh Fogg scattered five hits over seven innings as Colorado beat Pittsburgh 6-2 on Tuesday night, handing the Pirates their fifth consecutive loss.

El Duque outpitches Peavy, Mets rip Pads  —  SAN DIEGO (AP) — El Duque did it all for the Mets.  —  Orlando Hernandez outpitched All-Star Jake Peavy and outscored San Diego all by himself in leading New York to a 7-0 win over the Padres on Tuesday night.  —  El Duque and relievers Pedro Feliciano …

Hard to believe, but Dodgers lose 26-hitter  —  Phillies roll to a 15-3 victory, tying the 49-year-old L.A. record for most hits by an opponent.  —  Dodgers Manager Grady Little could have rested his weary pitching staff Tuesday night and installed a pitching machine on the Dodger Stadium mound.

Robertson pitches Tigers past Twins 1-0  —  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Start by start, pitch by pitch, Nate Robertson is gradually waking up his tired pitching arm.  —  The bespectacled left-hander allowed three hits in seven innings to outpitch Matt Garza in Detroit's 1-0 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Tuesday night.

Trade Winds: Market remains cool  —  Clubs are making fewer moves in July than usual  —  With 15 days remaining until the deadline to make trades without going through the waiver process, normally this would be the time of year when activity on the trade front would start to pick up.

Bucs come to terms with first-round pick  —  Right-handed Moskos agrees to join the Pirates  —  PITTSBURGH — With camera flashes popping, his parents smiling and the news cameras catching each of his ear-to-ear grins on tape, Pirates first-round pick Daniel Moskos took a No. 7 jersey …

Royals notebook: Dodgers showing interest in Dotel  —  It appears the Los Angeles Dodgers have emerged as the most serious party yet in the Royals' effort to seek an impact return by offering veteran closer Octavio Dotel before the July 31 nonwaiver trading deadline.