Posada Likely Headed for Disabled List  —  CLEVELAND — The Yankees' injury troubles took another discouraging turn Sunday when Jorge Posada was a late scratch from the lineup with a recurrence of the shoulder problem that bothered him early this month.  This time, the injury seems serious.

Pirates release struggling right-hander Morris  —  PITTSBURGH — Matt Morris, the veteran right-hander added by the Pittsburgh Pirates late last season to stabilize a young rotation, was released Sunday after failing to pitch past the second inning in his latest start.

THE EYES HAVE IT  —  EXPERTS WHO'VE SEEN HIM PEG JOBA AS A TOP STARTER  —  WE HAD the stupid moment again in New York sports this week when people spoke en masse about a subject they truly knew nothing about and it wasn't even the NFL Draft.  Though I remain enthralled that folks …

Count on it  —  ST. LOUIS - Adam Wainwright just had thrown 126 pitches, and his right arm did not fall off.  It hung unencumbered, Wainwright eschewing standard postgame procedure where starting pitchers mummify their throwing arms in ice packs.  He prefers going au natural with his appendage …

Davey Johnson tells of Mets days, steroids and Olympic dreams  —  The manager of the U.S. Olympic baseball team is a familiar, craggy-faced man whose life has known soaring triumph and unspeakable tragedy and who, across five decades in locales ranging from Baltimore to Atlanta, Tokyo to Flushing, has had a diamond life like few others.

Baseball beat: Hall of Famer Palmer a big fan of Yankees' young pitchers  —  in focus, by peter abraham  —  Jim Palmer was 19 when the Orioles called him up to the majors in 1965, and he became a full-time starter a season later.  He can relate to the experiences Phil Hughes and Ian Kennedy …

Mets' Molina not related to catching's 1st family  —  Gustavo Molina, who made his Mets debut yesterday, is not one of the catching Molina brothers.  —  Please stop asking.  —  “Everywhere I go, I get that question,” Molina said before going 1-for-3 with a walk in the Mets' 4-3 win over the Braves.

Tribe's cash flow better under Dolans  —  Forbes values franchise 15th in major leagues  —  Forbes Magazine has calculated that the Indians are worth $417 million, making the franchise the 15th most valuable in the major leagues.  —  So what?  Why should a fan in Stow or Wooster or Medina care?

The man behind Manny  —  Agent Boras discusses the change in Ramírez  —  We start our report this week with a few questions for agent Scott Boras regarding the change in Manny Ramírez's personality, his conditioning, his desire to play at least four more years …