Kennedy to return Thursday  —  Yankees' fans will not see Kei Igawa the sequel, at least not any time soon.  —  Ian Kennedy will be called up from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre to pitch Thursday against the Rays.  —  Kennedy will start for SWB tonight in Indianapolis in the first game of a doubleheader …

Twins win again  —  The Twins have taken three out of four here at the Metrodome by virtue of a 7-3 win over the Red Sox tonight.  The Sox scored three in the first inning against Livan Hernandez and never scored again against Hernandez, who went the first six innings to improve to 6-1, and the Twins' bullpen.

Nationals blow away Mets  —  Nelson Figueroa knows about bush league baseball.  After all, he's toured the world trying to resurrect his major league career.  —  But not until Monday night did Figueroa witness a truly amateurish display, the Mets pitcher suggested.

Dodgers place shortstop Furcal on DL  —  Club expected to purchase Maza's contract from Triple-A  —  MILWAUKEE — Shortstop Rafael Furcal had to be placed on the 15-day disabled list on Monday when his lower back injury turned out to be worse than the club had believed.

Gossage takes emotional tour in Cooperstown  —  COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — Rich Gossage isn't so tough anymore.  —  The grit the Goose personified on the mound as a fearsome relief pitcher in a 21-year major league career was long gone Monday as he toured baseball's Hall of Fame and pondered his impending induction on July 27.

Suddenly there are more experts than strikeouts in Ryan Howard's slump  —  They have aligned themselves into three distinct groups: The “Tell Him to Try This” hitting coaches.  The “Get Rid of the Bum” bashers.  The “Just Leave Him Alone - He'll Be Fine” partisans.

Rays rout Yankees to move half-game out of first  —  Eric Hinske greets Jonny Gomes at home after Gomes scored the game's first run on Dioner Navarro's two-out single during the second inning.  Gomes, who scored three times and had two steals, had singled and stolen second.  —  Times]

Is Clayton Kershaw worth the hype?  —  “Clayton Kershaw's curveball scares children” “Clayton Kershaw's curveball is public enemy number one”  —  Just a couple of the high heaps of praise that surround Dodgers pitching prospect Clayton Kershaw, known by many to be the best pitching prospect in all of baseball.

Johan Santana, Sandy Alomar, Freddy Garcia and the fiery heap that was once the Kei Igawa bandwagon  —  My apologies for the delay this morning.  Crazy technical difficulties.  —  Anyway, I've been to two of Johan Santana's starts this season, and in both, he labored like crazy against bad teams.

Nick Adenhart picks up first big league win for Angels  —  Guerrero's three-run home run helps Adenhart beat the White Sox, 10-7, for first major league win.  —  Vladimir Guerrero pumped some dread back in those locks of his Monday night, delivering a not-so-subtle reminder that …

Indians' Cabrera turns triple play  —  CLEVELAND (AP)—Indians second baseman Asdrubal Cabrera turned the 14th unassisted triple play in major league history, accomplishing the feat Monday night in the second game of a doubleheader against Toronto.  —  Cabrera made a diving catch on a line drive …

Our Field Trip To Miller Park  —  We would like to formally thank everyone who made our visit to Milwaukee this weekend so enjoyable.  We saw two NL Central “contenders” fire their closers, two games decided in the ninth inning and we even took the “hard hat” tour of the Miller Brewing plant …