Yankees still eye Santana  —  Roger Clemens is dominating headlines these days, not Johan Santana.  Yet nearly two months after the Yankees first engaged in trade talks with the Twins over Santana, the Minnesota ace is not off the Yankees' radar.  —  “There's definitely still a possibility …

McGwire will likely wait in vain for Hall  —  Dayn Perry is a frequent contributor to FOXSports.com and author of the new book, “Winners: How Good Baseball Teams Become Great Ones” (Available now at Amazon.com).  —  Each round of Hall-of-Fame voting is mostly about the new inductee or inductees …

Looking like a high price for Roberts  —  On hold over much of the last month, the Brian Roberts talks are on again between the Cubs and Baltimore Orioles.  This deal is almost certainly going to happen — the only question is when and how much it is going to cost the Cubs.

The Clemens Defamation Lawsuit: Proving the Case  —  Contrary to what most legal experts believed, Roger Clemens has now filed a defamation lawsuit against his former trainer and friend Brian McNamee.  Lawyers for both sides had been posturing for weeks with McNamee's lawyers stating several times …

Buddy LeRoux; was part owner of Sox, real estate baron; at 77  —  Buddy LeRoux, who rose from team trainer to part owner of the Boston Red Sox in the 1970s and 1980s, died of natural causes Monday night.  He was 77.  —  Often a controversial figure in Boston sports - both with the Red Sox …

Braves considering Kotsay or Patterson for CF?  —  A couple of things to ponder while wondering who among you would've believed a few years ago that Marcus Giles would be reduced to signing a minor-league contract this winter at age 29.  —  Giles, who in 2003 had 49 doubles …

Neyer: Top 10 individual seasons … In the spirit of the occasion, below you'll find this writer's choices for the 10 best individual seasons in major league history.  One could make such a list and ignore just about everybody except Barry Bonds and Babe Ruth, and both figure prominently below.

No erasing empty feeling  —  This non-vote is not frivolous.  Instead, a blank Hall of Fame ballot sums up what the Steroid Era has done to my feelings about baseball  —  Ilook at my 2008 Hall of Fame ballot with sadness.  That's a photocopy of it on the right, and as you can see …

Mariners sign veteran IF Cairo to jump-start Lopez  —  SEATTLE — The Seattle Mariners signed veteran infielder Miguel Cairo to a one-year, major league contract on Tuesday, giving starting second baseman Jose Lopez more prodding to improve.  —  Cairo, 33, played 82 games for the New York Yankees …

Piazza shows metal maniac colors  —  All-star catcher enjoys pounding the skins to hard rock  —  Mike Piazza's vicious yet poetic right-handed swing at a baseball has led to the most home runs by a catcher in Major League history and a sure spot in the Hall of Fame.

Report: Rays won't seek state aid  —  New stadium would be located on St. Petersburg waterfront  —  ST. PETERSBURG — According to a report in Tuesday's St. Petersburg Times, the Rays will not seek state aid for their proposed $450-million stadium on the team's current Spring Training site …

Around the Horn: Corner infielders  —  With Wright, resurgent Delgado would give Mets strong tandem … NEW YORK — Carlos Delgado and David Wright will enter this season on opposite corners of the diamond and opposite sides of the superstar spectrum.  One is a former behemoth …