Initial reports: Posada's injury not season-ending  —  Jorge Posada's shoulder injury does not appear to be season-threatening.  That's the early word on the New York Yankees catcher following an exam by Dr. James Andrews on Monday.  —  Posada was placed on the 15-day disabled list …

Bondy: All wrong bringing Wright into mess  —  David Wright talks with Carlos Delgado in the dugout during Sunday's game ...  You have to understand: Wright is a golden child, one of the chosen.  He is a homegrown organization talent, which means he is treated very differently than the latest free agent on the block.

Mindy McCready weeps as she confirms affair with ‘kind and caring’ Roger Clemens  —  Barricaded behind tightly drawn blinds at her Nashville home Monday, country singer Mindy McCready confirmed a long-term affair with embattled pitcher Roger Clemens.  —  “I cannot refute anything in the story …

Pitchers face demotions sans improvement  —  SAN FRANCISCO — A disappointing April has created rotation impatience beyond Franklin Morales and Ubaldo Jimenez.  —  Mark Redman could be sent to the bullpen — or worse — if he doesn't show marked improvement.

Giants send struggling pitcher Barry Zito to bullpen  —  SAN FRANCISCO (AP)—Barry Zito was demoted to the bullpen Monday by the San Francisco Giants, who hope the former ace can correct his problems by working in relief.  —  Zito, who only 16 months ago signed a $126 million …

THUMB'S DOWN FOR SCHNEIDER  —  Mets catcher Brian Schneider remains in the hospital with a staph infection in his left thumb, unsure when he'll be able to return to the team.  —  “It's frustrating,” Schneider told The Post in a telephone interview from his hospital room.  “It's a bad infection.

Bobby Valentine on His New Tribeca Documentary  —  To Mets fans, Bobby Valentine needs no introduction: The flamboyant player turned manager helped lead the Mets out of their nineties rut and all the way to the World Series in 2000.  But as depicted in the new Tribeca film The Zen of Bobby V …

Sports Illustrated Jinxes the Cubs in April?  Coverline: “It's Gonna Happen”  —  We think this might be exclusive, since it won't hit the SI website (and mailboxes) until later today, and newsstands Thursday, but this week's cover is pure genius.  Jinx much?

Krivsky's final say  —  Wayne Krivsky is finding it difficult to sever his ties with the Cincinnati Reds after he was fired and says, “I must be crazy because I hope the Reds win every game the rest of the year and I still get on-line every morning to check how the minor-league teams did.”

Justin Verlander's struggles through Pitch F/X  —  When Justin Verlander is at his best, one has to wonder how hitters even manage to put the bat on the ball, let alone make hard contact.  Since being selected out of Old Dominion with the second overall pick in the 2004 draft …

No curses for Dodgers' Lowe  —  The Dodgers never had a Bambino, other than the one year Babe Ruth spent as Brooklyn's first-base coach back in 1938.  They had Billy Cox, Billy Herman and Billy Grabarkewitz, but no one seems to recall them ever having a billy goat.