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 …

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 …

Sources: Schoeneweis, Sosa being shopped  —  VERO BEACH, Fla. - Mets GM Omar Minaya has let teams know that relievers Scott Schoeneweis and Jorge Sosa can be obtained in trades, according to sources briefed on the players' availability.  Schoeneweis has two years and $7.2 million left on his original three-year deal.

Cole Hamels is out of line  —  CLEARWATER, Fla. - Cry no tears for Cole Hamels.  —  This isn't Ryan Howard all over again.  —  Not even close.  —  Hamels is bent out of shape over having his contract renewed yesterday.  Howard was in a similar mood after having his deal renewed a year ago.

ELEVEN MEN OUT  —  NO-NAMES TAKE FIELD AS METS' INFIRMARY FILLS  —  VERO BEACH, Fla. - The bumps, bruises and strains keep piling up so fast that the Mets are already resorting to black humor.  —  Bullpen coach Guy Conti took one look at the lineup of nobodies the injury-ravaged Amazin's brought …

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.

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 …

Notes: McPherson to return on Monday  —  Newly acquired slugger hopes to fill vacancy at third base  —  JUPITER, Fla. — Dallas McPherson, out since Thursday with a strained right side, will be available to play Monday against the Boston Red Sox.  —  Manger Fredi Gonzalez said McPherson …

If Sam Zell is so rich, how come he's not smart?  —  Vida Blue was ahead of his time, or else hopelessly behind, depending on your view of the naming-rights debate currently swirling around Wrigley Field.  —  The promising young left-hander was just starting to make his mark in Oakland …

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 …

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.

Baseball America's John Manuel Sits Down With Rays Anatomy  —  As of yesterday, we turn the calendar to March and the baseball season is that much closer.  Spring training games have begun, and battles are being waged to decide who'll don the Rays jersey against Baltimore at the end of the month.