‘Mike and the Mad Dog’ radio show could be history  —  “Mike and the Mad Dog,” the most successful, influential show in sports talk radio history, could soon be history itself.  —  Barring a change of heart, the partnership between Mike Francesa and Christopher “Mad Dog” …

Madden: Willie had no chance  —  From the day Mets GM Omar Minaya hired him in November of 2004, Willie Randolph was set up to fail.  The Wilpons were leery about turning over the Mets to a manager with no experience and safeguards were put in immediately.  —  Melting pot stirs up Mets' roster

Mets hire Krivsky as Minaya's special assistant … DENVER (AP) — Longtime baseball executive Wayne Krivsky was hired by the New York Mets on Saturday as special assistant to general manager Omar Minaya.  —  Krivsky was fired as GM of the Cincinnati Reds in late April.

The numbers don't add up  —  Marlins winning despite some ugly statistical trends  —  OAKLAND — Calculating the Marlins' success is somewhat baffling because their hard statistical data isn't indicative of a team being this close to first place this far along in the season.

Cards deck Dice-K with an early exit  —  Sox starter lasts only three outs  —  + Recent Articles + Recent Blog Entries + Email  —  Any hope Daisuke Matsuzaka [stats] would immediately return to his old form after nearly a month on the disabled list with a right rotator cuff strain …

Sounding the Horne?  —  Yanks may have to take a look at Minor League prospect  —  The injury to workhorse starter Chien-Ming Wang seriously threatens to submerge the Yankees' playoff hopes, which already were taking on water despite the recent spate of wins against the overmatched National League.

Time of the season: Young, Texas Rangers batter Nationals  —  egrant@dallasnews.com  —  WASHINGTON - Mateo Young turns 3 years old today.  It seems his father is intent on giving him the same birthday gift he's gotten every year:  —  A smoking hot bat.  —  Just in time for his kid's birthday …

Indians break out in 11th  —  Peralta the hero in second straight extra-innings win  —  LOS ANGELES — A celebrity softball game was scheduled to take place on the field at Dodger Stadium after Saturday afternoon's Indians-Dodgers game.  —  That spelled trouble.

Dodgers GM Ned Colletti faces tough decisions  —  Trading some of the team's young talent this summer might bring a division title this fall, but it also might harm the team's long-term future.  —  Welcome back, Lakers fans.  We rejoin this Dodgers season, already in progress.

Relative says MLB should retire Ruth's No. 3  —  The debate rises up from the history books.  The question is one of honor.  And the woman at the center of it all swears she'll never stop swinging for the fences.  Just like her grandfather.  —  “I'm not going away,” she says.

Pirates Notebook: Marte might stay after all  —  For months, it seemed a lock that Damaso Marte was the most likely of the Pirates' veterans to be traded.  —  No more.  —  Management began entertaining offers for him in the offseason, and that never stopped.

Rockies score 6 in 5th, beat Pedro, Mets  —  DENVER (AP)—Ubaldo Jimenez grew up in the Dominican Republic idolizing Pedro Martinez.  —  On Saturday night, it was Martinez who did the admiring.  —  Jimenez earned his first win in more than two months and Garrett Atkins and Brad Hawpe homered …

Papelbon, Delcarmen take the stage as Milli Vanilli  —  Move over Gino, there's a new video sensation in Boston that made its debut at Fenway Park last night during the rain delay before the Red Sox-Cardinals game.  —  Sox relievers Jonathan Papelbon and Manny Delcarmen performed and “sang” …