Jose Canseco Reviewed: With Spoilers  —  There I was, wandering through a quaint Cambridge bookstore on Monday, when I noticed a copy of Jose Canseco's new book “Vindicated: Big Names, Big Liars, and The Battle to Save Baseball” in their tiny sports section.  That's odd, I thought.

Manny, Moss make it grand opening  —  Red Sox beat A's 6-5 … TOKYO - Red Sox [team stats] fans around the world - as well as local guy Daisuke Matsuzaka - owe Brandon Moss and Manny Ramirez [stats] a major-league arrigato.  —  Moss, a surprise starter in place of J.D. Drew [stats] …

Hughes, Yanks happy with latest effort  —  Young right-hander rebounds from rocky spring outings  —  TAMPA, Fla. — Phil Hughes thought his latest outing was “one thousand times better,” and Yankees manager Joe Girardi wasn't about to question those mathematics.

Blue Jays close to locking up OF Rios  —  Ken Rosenthal has been the senior baseball writer for FOXSports.com since Aug. 2005.  He appears weekly on the FSN Baseball Report and MLB on FOX.  —  add this  —  Just over a year ago, the Blue Jays signed center fielder Vernon Wells through 2014.

Maine continues to pitch well for Mets  —  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - One week from now, every player's spring training statistics will be irrelevant, and that's a shame for John Maine.  —  The righthander has dominated the Grapefruit League this month, and that continued yesterday in the Mets' 1-0 win over the Orioles.

Harper: A-Rod regrets saying no to Mets  —  During spring training, Alex Rodriguez has mostly avoided discussion of his messy contract opt-out and offseason return to the Yankees, but apparently only because he didn't want to say something that might prove controversial, as is often his habit.

DirecTV, out?  —  I've been getting emails from DirecTV customers, who've said that their packages (ESPN2 and NESN) are out.  Not sure if this is affecting all customers, or just some, but apparently there are some very unhappy early risers.  —  Sorry about that.

Balentien out of mix in Mariners' outfield puzzle  —  Reed drawing interest from Padres, Rays  —  PEORIA, Ariz. — One piece was taken out of the Mariners' outfield puzzle Monday morning when rookie Wladimir Balentien was sent down to Triple-A Tacoma.  —  Although maybe it shouldn't have, the news came as a major blow to Balentien.

Mets Commit to 5-Man Rotation, No Matter What  —  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The Mets will not need a fifth starter until April 12.  The two candidates for that role, Orlando Hernández and Mike Pelfrey, imploded during their outings Sunday.  So, common sense says the Mets …

Baseball's sold its soul  —  Good morning.  You just missed Opening Day.  —  The Boston Red Sox and the Oakland Athletics played the first game of the major league season Tuesday morning (normal baseball earth time) in Tokyo.  I imagine Japan will reciprocate this breach of tradition by opening the sumo season at Fenway Park.

When he's not taking care of Nationals' NCAA pool, Lo Duca can't wait for opener  —  VIERA, Fla. (AP) -Paul Lo Duca spent a good chunk of his Monday meticulously updating the NCAA tournament pool charts hanging in the home clubhouse at Space Coast Stadium.  —  There he was in the morning …

Measuring defense for players back to 1956 (Part 2)  —  In January, I introduced the TotalZone system.  Using data available from Retrosheet, I was able to create quasi-play-by-play defensive ratings for all players from 1956 on.  —  To measure a player's defensive performance …

Will Edgar Martinez head to Hall of Fame?  —  PEORIA, Ariz. — Seattle's love for Edgar Martinez is unquestioned.  —  The former Mariners designated hitter brought the city some of its most cherished sports memories, including the 1995 double that might have saved baseball in Seattle.