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 …

Giambi stars in tie with Phillies  —  Pettitte fires two scoreless innings in Grapefruit debut  —  PHILLIES 7, YANKEES 7 (9 innings)  —  Phillies at the plate: Philadelphia strung three consecutive hits together in the third inning, bringing in its first run.

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.

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 …

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 …

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 …

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.

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 …

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.

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.

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.