HIGH'JINX' HITS YANKEES  —  CREW SABOTEUR  —  The new Yankee Stadium may be cursed!  —  A devilish Boston fan working on a concrete crew at the $1.3 billion stadium covertly buried a Red Sox T-shirt under what will become the visiting team's locker room to jinx the Yanks, two construction work ers told The Post yester day.

Mets Slide Past Phillies as Bullpen Holds Late  —  A good day for pitchers at Shea Stadium has been about as rare as a left-handed catcher lately.  But until about 9:30 p.m., Thursday seemed like one of those elusive days.  —  John Maine bounced back from his rough outing against the Atlanta Braves …

Myers vows to come out smokin' against Cubs  —  NEW YORK - Brett Myers hasn't been himself in his first two starts this season.  —  He hasn't shown his fastball as much.  He hasn't been his aggressive self.  —  “I'm closing for nine innings tomorrow,” said Myers, who will start tonight …

Rays pitcher Reyes slugged, Tased, arrested at Tampa bar  —  TAMPA — Tampa Police arrested Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Al Reyes early this morning, saying the reliever was drunk and disruptive after falling down, picking a fight and spitting blood at the patrons of a popular Hyde Park night spot …

Panic is too much, too soon for Mets  —  Events surrounding these early days of the Mets' 2008 season suggest cobwebs from the 2007 collapse have not cleared.  The memory lingers on.  It will continue to do so.  —  It's turning into a strange psychosis bordering on paranoia.

Pettitte, revamped lineup power Yanks  —  New No. 2 hitter Cabrera leads offensive charge in Kansas City  —  KANSAS CITY — It wasn't necessarily going to make or break the Yankees' season, but with the hype and drama of their first Fenway Park visit looming straight ahead, it sure beat the alternative.

Win-win situation: Texas Rangers above .500 after DH sweep  —  twills@dallasnews.com  —  ARLINGTON - The Rangers are over .500 for the first time in the Ron Washington era.  —  But that was the last thing the second-year manager wanted to talk about after the Rangers swept Thursday's doubleheader …

D-backs' Davis has surgery  —  PHOENIX—Left-hander Doug Davis had surgery for thyroid cancer Thursday, two days after pitching the Arizona Diamondbacks to a win over the Los Angeles Dodgers.  —  Davis had insisted on making his two scheduled starts before the operation to remove his thyroid gland.

Now Starting for the Mets: Nelson Figueroa, King of Quadruple-A  —  While Nelson Figueroa, scheduled to make his first start for the Mets on Friday night, may be unknown to most American fans, observers from Mexico to the Dominican Republic to Taiwan know the 33-year-old journeyman pitcher as an ace.

Piniella hints Hill's on thin ice  —  Skipper implies rotation shuffle would be option  —  PITTSBURGH — Cubs starter Rich Hill's three poor innings and reliever Jon Lieber's 4 1/3 scoreless innings Thursday against the Pittsburgh Pirates might be raising ideas about how to fix what's wrong with the pitching staff.

So many key players on the shelf … As far as we can tell, no team's superstar has gotten hurt in the last 30 seconds.  But never fear.  That'll probably change by the time you hit the pillow tonight.  —  The heck with Grady Sizemore's iron-man streak.  The 30 people in baseball …

Harden lands on disabled list  —  Oft-injured righty sidelined by strained muscle in shoulder  —  TORONTO — For the sixth time in less than four seasons Athletics starting pitcher Rich Harden has landed on the disabled list.  —  Oakland placed the hard-throwing right-hander on the 15 …

Injury bug bites infield  —  Lowell on DL; Cora hurts elbow … As of yesterday, the Sox had yet to place Kyle Snyder [stats] on waivers, and there were indications that they were looking to trade the right-hander.  Among the teams interested in Snyder, who was designated for assignment Sunday, are the Tigers, Rays and Phillies.

Crime Dog: Baseball's Lost Man  —  I remember an announcer once explaining why Fred McGriff wasn't an elite player.  He claimed McGriff was never dominant, citing that he had never won a home run title as evidence.  —  Of course, the announcer was wrong.  Fred McGriff won two home run titles (1989, 1992).

Better Alan Horne update, plus postgame notes … The final pitch was a fastball, and his arm knotted up so badly, “it pulled my whole side down.”  The tightness ran up and down his arm and even his fingers were tingling.  He went to the trainer's room where he said his arm loosened …