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 Matt Morris  —  Unfortunately, there's no surprise here.  ESPN reports the Pirates have released Matt Morris.  As Tim noted last night, the Pirates had little choice and eating $10MM seems their best option.  According to ESPN, … There shouldn't be much interest for Morris.

Duel Afternoon  —  While I was off at Easter dinner, major league starters took control of a number of games.  As mentioned in the previous post, Wang and Sabathia combined to allow one run in Cleveland, with the Yankees scoring the lone tally.  —  The Red Sox and Rays matched Beckett and Shields …

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 …

Yanks' Wang beats Indians' Sabathia 1-0  —  CLEVELAND (AP)—An April win with all the texture of one in October was quickly chilled for the New York Yankees.  —  Moments after beating the Cleveland Indians 1-0, the Yankees lost a shocker: Jorge Posada is headed to the disabled list for the first time.

Heated rivalry nears boiling point  —  Houston's interpretation of Adam Wainwright's message fastball thrown behind the back of catcher Brad Ausmus on Saturday was about as subtle as the pitch itself.  —  “I thought it was intentional, yes,” Ausmus said.  “Wainwright shook …

Delgado's explanation of the curtain call snub  —  Carlos Delgado says he has only taken two curtain calls in his life, when he hit four in one game several years ago and after he hit his 400th career home run.  He knew the fans were calling for one today, but he didn't feel it was the right spot.

Brewers option Bush to Nashville  —  The Brewers cleared a spot on their roster for the return Tuesday of centerfielder Mike Cameron by optioning right-hander Dave Bush to Class AAA Nashville.  —  To say the least, Bush was stunned when told after the game today that he was going down.

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.

Lanan leads Nationals past Cubs 2-0  —  WASHINGTON (AP)—Nationals manager Manny Acta sure expects a lot from 23-year-old rookie John Lannan.  —  Consider Lannan had just thrown seven shutout innings in Washington's 2-0 win over the Chicago Cubs on Suday.  What did Acta say?  “I've seen him better.”

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.