Manny Ramirez brings the buzz back to Dodger Stadium  —  Nobody seems to be enjoying Manny Ramirez more than Dodgers fans, who purchased more than $125,000 worth of No. 99 T-shirts and jerseys since the slugger was acquired Thursday from the Boston Red Sox.  —  The normal rules no longer apply …

Manny: machine wash cold, tumble dry low  —  Boston Red Sox slugger Manny Ramirez was traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers last Thursday.  ESPN agency Ground Zero quickly sprang into action, and by lunchtime Friday, “nearly every Laundromat in Los Angeles county had at least one ‘Lost Red Sock.’ ” Even the Encino Quickie Wash?

MLB bonus probe targeting ‘handful’ of teams  —  Major League Baseball investigators are looking into accusations that several New York Yankees prospects from the Dominican Republic were forced to kick back portions of their signing bonuses to one or more team employees, several sources told ESPN.

Game 112: Yankees at Rangers  —  YANKEES (61-50)  —  Joba Chamberlain (4-3, 2.24) vs. the Texas hitters.  —  Vicente Padilla (12-5, 4.52) vs. the New York hitters.  —  Notes: The Yankees have won two straight but are coming off a 3-4 homestand. ...  The Yankees are 25-24 on the road. ...

ALMIGHTY DOLLAR FALLS ON ‘GRAND CATHEDRAL’  —  JOHN STERLING and Michael Kay were doing a good job hosting the last Old Timers' Day in Yankee Stadium Saturday when it was time to introduce Don Larsen.  Larsen, Kay declared, had thrown the greatest game ever pitched in “this grand cathedral.”

Newcomers Nady, Aviles split AL honor  —  Recent arrivals to Junior Circuit named Co-Players of Week  —  One began this season in the Minor Leagues and did not make his big league debut until May 29.  The other spent his entire career in the National League before a July 25 trade shipped him to the Junior Circuit.

Giambi loses the 'stache, hopes to cut out slump  —  ARLINGTON, Texas — Jason Giambi arrived in the Yankees clubhouse Monday without his famous mustache.  —  But it won't be gone for long, he said.  —  Giambi, who began to swing well around the time he decided to grow a mustache back in May …

Halladay hands A's seventh straight loss  —  TORONTO (AP)—Roy Halladay likes finishing what he starts, but the Toronto Blue Jays right-hander also knows when enough is enough.  —  Halladay (13-8) pitched eight strong innings and the Blue Jays beat Oakland 6-1 on Monday night …

3 UP: Met Depth, Santana and Wells  —  1. Omar Minaya had a devilish decision at the July 31 deadline: Try to improve the obvious problems with the 2008 Mets, but do it by sacrificing a chunk of the few upper-level prospects that the team has left.  What...

Dan Murphy's Law  —  With everything going wrong, Mets' roster moves perplexing  —  Whoa.  What's going on here?  —  Suddenly, Nick Evans and Dan Murphy are platooning in left and Eddie Kunz is in the bullpen.  —  Suddenly, Omar Minaya is operating on the younger-and-more-athletic platform that won us over a few years ago.

Rays' ailing Crawford, Bartlett sit out  —  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP)—Tampa Bay Rays left fielder Carl Crawford and shortstop Jason Bartlett were both out of the starting lineup Monday night against Cleveland due to injuries.  —  Crawford has a sore left hamstring.  It's not known if he will be able to start on Tuesday.