Steinbrenner ‘inducted’ into Red Sox Nation  —  After new Yankees boss Hank Steinbrenner lambasted the notion of Red Sox Nation, Boston principal owner John Henry has offered an olive branch to his American League East rival.  —  Henry has decided to make Steinbrenner the newest member of Red Sox Nation …

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.

Fielder: “I'm not happy about it”  —  Phoenix - As I suggested in an earlier blog, Prince Fielder is not happy about having his contract renewed for a second consecutive spring by the Brewers.  —  When the sides couldn't come to agreement on a deal, the club renewed Fielder at about $650,000.

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.

Atlanta vs. Houston  —  Braves' Hampton faces batters for first time in two years  —  CBSSports.com wire reports  —  KISSIMMEE, Fla. — A few minutes after one of the most important spring training outings of Mike Hampton's career, he faced one of his biggest media gatherings in years.

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.

Rocky outing for Zito, as well as everyone else  —  (03-02) 04:00 PST Scottsdale, Ariz. —  Barry Zito was shelled for eight runs in two-thirds of an inning in his Cactus League debut Saturday.  And now, the bad news for the Giants. ...  Oakland beat them 23-5, and even though …

Cubs' Soriano out with broken finger  —  MESA, Ariz. — Chicago Cubs outfielder Alfonso Soriano will miss up to five days after he fractured his right middle finger during practice on Sunday.  —  The team said the right-handed Soriano broke the finger while working on fly ball drills.

Bonds Before the Grand Jury  —  So I sat down yesterday and read the entire Barry Bonds grand jury testimony (what, you think I have a life?).  —  First observation: I can't believe that BALCO lawyer Troy Ellerman went to all that trouble — and now is in jail for over two years — to leak this to Lance Williams and Mark Fainaru-Wada.

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 …