Notes: Giambi on comeback trail  —  Slugger determined to have bounce-back season in '08  —  TAMPA, Fla. — Legends Field's right-field party deck had its first souvenir delivered by Jason Giambi, who mashed an inviting fastball into a crowd of assorted sunbathers early in Sunday's 7-7 tie with the Phillies.

Hank Brings Back Bluster  —  CLEARWATER, Fla. - Long before it became fashionable in baseball, George Steinbrenner talked about the importance of the brand name.  —  That's what he bought in 1973: a team with pedestrian talent in the big leagues and the minors, a crumbling stadium …

Brewers renew Fielder's contract, and slugger ‘not happy about it at all’  —  CBSSports.com wire reports  —  PHOENIX — Prince Fielder is frustrated about his contract.  —  The Milwaukee Brewers renewed the slugger's deal for $670,000 on Sunday after finishing third in NL MVP voting last season.

Pettitte throws 2 scoreless innings  —  TAMPA, Fla. (AP)—Andy Pettitte has spent the past few months answering questions about performance-enhancing drugs.  He hardly looked distracted during his first spring training start.  —  With owner George Steinbrenner and his son …

First cuts made  —  The Yankees reassigned four players to the minor-league camp:  —  1B Eric Duncan  —  C Jesus Montero  —  INF Eduardo Nunez  —  C Austin Romine  —  The Yankees started camp with 69 players and now that the games have started there's just not enough time and at-bats for everybody.

Bowie solid in relief against Mexico  —  Nice effort goes for naught in loss to national team  —  MEXICO NATIONAL TEAM 2, ROCKIES (SS) 1  —  Rockies at the plate: Second baseman Clint Barmes hit an RBI double in the bottom of the seventh inning, driving in third baseman Christian Colonel.

Disappointment aside, Hoffman still stands tall  —  PEORIA, Ariz. — Trevor Hoffman, sitting half-dressed, his tanned, muscular body leaning against his locker, looked as if his last stressful moment was deciding which fraternity to join.  —  He teases his teammates walking …

Chipper tweaks hamstring during BP  —  Braves third baseman doesn't expect to miss significant time  —  LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Less than four games into the Grapefruit League season, Chipper Jones once again has reason to wonder when his injury woes will cease.

Hamels irked over money matters  —  Ace lefty ‘surprised’ by team's decision to renew contract  —  TAMPA, Fla. — The Phillies had one disappointed pitcher Sunday afternoon, and it had nothing to do with getting knocked around at Legends Field.  —  Cole Hamels was surprised …

Hamels: Phillies contract is “low blow”  —  Cole Hamels has one hope: that Phillies fans don't wake up tomorrow thinking he is greedy.  —  That said, the left-hander made it very clear today that he feels disrespected with the $500,000 salary the Phillies renewed his contract at today.

For Sabathia, Big Plans and Yet an Uncertain Future  —  WINTER HAVEN, Fla. — Johan Santana and C. C. Sabathia are left-handed pitching stars who recently won American League's Cy Young awards in midmarket cities in Midwestern states.  But they are different in one major detail.

2007's Most Historic and Impressive Team Splits  —  Over the last several months, I've raided the team splits information over at Baseball-Reference.  For whatever sick and sorry reasons of my own, I decided to find team splits that interested me and download them into excel for every single team …