Fans 1, Selig -412  —  I was wrong.  —  Writing two weeks ago about the possibility that Barry Bonds would hit his 755th and 756th career home runs on the road, I concluded: … In fact, Barry Bonds hit career homer #755 at Petco Park in San Diego last night, and the moment was nothing like I feared it would be.

Cards 2B Miles fares well at on the mound  —  WASHINGTON (Ticker) - St. Louis Cardinals second baseman Aaron Miles had not pitched since he was a 14-year-old Babe Ruth Leaguer.  —  But that did not stop Cardinals manager Tony LaRussa from sending Miles to the mound to pitch …

Zambrano confident he'll stay with Cubs  —  Ace says 'my hand ready to sign deal'  —  Carlos Zambrano had to leave his start Friday with heat-related cramping in his right hand.  —  But Saturday morning, Zambrano said his right hand was feeling much better and he was available to sign …

Omar Minaya Trade Profile (Mets)  —  Omar Minaya's made so many trades in recent years that I decided to break up his trade profile into two posts.  I covered his 25 deals as the Expos' GM here.  Minaya jumped to the large-market Mets in 2004, and by my count has made another 25 trades.

Ex-teammate says 'hard to dispute' Bonds cheated  —  NEW YORK — Brian Johnson said it's "hard to dispute" that former teammate Barry Bonds cheated by using performance-enhancing drugs.  —  Johnson, appearing Sunday on ESPN's "Outside the Lines," recounted what he told the staff of baseball steroids investigator George Mitchell.

Brandon Moss to be promoted?  —  I'm not clear on all the details yet, but it appears that Brandon Moss will be summoned from Pawtucket to join the Sox in Anaheim, probably on a temporary basis.  I hope to have the roster permutations later Sunday on how the Sox are making this happen …

Baseball beat: Braves' GM swings for the fences  —  Bang, the Braves got Mark Teixeira and Ron Mahay.  —  Boom, the Braves got Octavio Dotel.  —  By the time the trade deadline had passed on Tuesday, the Mets were against the ropes and John Schuerholz was pounding them with everything he had.

Barry Who?  Time to Focus on A-Rod  —  It seemed only fitting yesterday that Alex Rodriguez became the youngest player in history to hit home run #500 (he beat Jimmie Foxx by 10 months) on the same day Barry Bonds hit home run #755, tying Henry Aaron's all-time home run mark.

Clemens hasn't paid off  —  Shooting from the Lip  —  Roger Clemens has started the same number of games and made the same number of appearances this season as Kei Igawa.  To this point Clemens has one more victory than Igawa to show for all that.  Look on the bright side, though.

Trading Places: Red Sox Have Become the Yankees  —  Name that team:  —  ¶  It signed a bunch of expensive free agents last winter.  —  ¶  It is accustomed to leading its division.  —  ¶  Last week, as the trading deadline approached, it spent some more money and traded …

ESPN screws up #755  —  This is the image ESPN ran on their Web site for about 5 minutes right after Bonds hit #755 tonight.  They got the text right but someone inserted the image with the wrong number above it, as you can tell by the line.  You'd think with how long it took Bonds to hit #755 …