Jose Canseco: A-Rod got off hook  —  More than 80 players were named in one capacity or another in the Mitchell Report, but Jose Canseco was certain there would be at least one more name in the document: Alex Rodriguez.  —  Canseco, who was one of the players named by Sen. George Mitchell in the report …

TAINTED TITLES LOSE SOME JUICE  —  LIST TAKES BIG BITE OUT OF BIG APPLE  —  THEY were the dominant team of the baseball epoch that will be known forevermore as the Steroid Era, and so it is proper and it is fitting that there are no fewer than 22 men named in the Mitchell Report who played with the Yankees during that time.

Astros turn their focus to former Cub Prior  —  Twins pick up shortstop Everett with one-year deal  —  Astros general manager Ed Wade said Thursday the club has contacted the agent for righthander Mark Prior, who became a free agent when the Chicago Cubs chose to non-tender his contract Wednesday night.

Friday Happy Hour at the Elysian Fields Bar & Grill  —  Welcome to the Elysian Fields Bar & Grill, where we toast a real hero.  It was on this day in 1911 when Roald Amundsen and his team reached the South Pole for the first time.  —  * The Rangers were ready to trade Akinori Otsuka …

Vikings' Frazier familiar with Bears rivalry from both sidelines  —  Leslie Frazier, in his first year as Vikings defensive coordinator, recalled a big game for the Bears at the Metrodome during their 1985 title run.  —  Minnesota's first-year defensive coordinator, Leslie Frazier, is very familiar with the Vikings-Bears series.

Gutted Fish  —  Take heart Marlins fans—you have Larry Beinfest.  —  Right now, he is the only thing about the management side of the club that can be referred to as "major league."  As to the trade of Miguel Cabrera and Dontrelle Willis for outfielderCameron Maybin …

Some media blow it by targeting Pujols  —  What's more important, getting a story out or getting a story right?  —  That question surged to the forefront Thursday, when rumors that the Cardinals' Albert Pujols was on the list of those implicated in the Mitchell investigation of steroid use …

Phillies - Source: Phils have interest in Texas castoff Otsuka  —  The Phillies may have lost Aaron Rowand after he signed a 5-year deal with the San Francisco Giants, but they haven't lost sleep or focus on where their offseason priorities lie.  —  Improving the pitching.

Caminiti heads list from Padres' past  —  Old Padres hash was reheated on a white-hot stove yesterday when baseball issued its report on the sport's Steroid Era.  —  Recycled in the Mitchell Report, whose release drew expansive media coverage, were accounts of steroid use by Padres slugger Ken Caminiti …

ESPN keeps outed Fernando Vina off air  —  That video often seen on the Yankees Entertainment and Sports Network - you know, the one where Roger Clemens addresses pinstriped loyalists from on high, announcing his triumphant return to the Bronx for about $18 million - is now destined for private screenings only.