Hal Steinbrenner calls upon captain Jeter  —  Most weeks that the Yankees are at home, team co-chairman Hal Steinbrenner meets with general manager Brian Cashman and manager Joe Girardi at Yankee Stadium.  Last Friday, Steinbrenner added one to the invite list: captain Derek Jeter.

Church's return to Mets a good thing, Manuel says  —  Ryan Church's expected return to the lineup tomorrow creates some issues for manager Jerry Manuel.  Issues he's more than happy to deal with because he views Church as “a great, great addition to us.”  —  Church went -for-4 …

Gorzelanny returning; Bautista sent to Toronto  —  Tom Gorzelanny will join the Pirates today in Milwaukee, back from a month-plus of pitching with Class AAA Indianapolis, and will be added to the 25-man roster shortly thereafter.  —  Beyond that, though, plenty is unclear:

Red Sox' time is now  —  Sox need to clinch early to have chance in October  —  + Recent Articles + Recent Blog Entries + Email + Bio  —  The obvious priority, as David Ortiz [stats] recently noted, is to “win games, win games, win games.”  But the more the Red Sox [team stats] can win now, the better their chances later.

Former Met great Tom Seaver not sad to see Shea go  —  There are memories everywhere for Tom Seaver at Shea Stadium.  —  When he looks out at the field, he sees the ghosts of teammates past.  When he looks into the stands, he hears the fans who cheered him during his 11 seasons as a Met.

Cracked tooth can't stop Zambrano; Cubs beat Reds  —  Even baseball skeptics—and those who doubt the tooth fairy exists—would have a hard time denying this seems to be a special season for the Cubs.  —  Or, as manager Lou Piniella labeled the latest lunacy:  —  “That's just a little Cubbie Occurrence.”

Foto Friday #8: New York's Cup Runneth Over  —  As a segue to Bob Timmermann's guest column yesterday on “The World of Catcher's Interference,” we bring you Foto Friday #8.  —  Nope, that's not a gas mask, folks.  That's a holy cup, so to speak.  —  Your mission, should you choose to accept it …

Andino delivers PCL's fifth cycle  —  Goes 5-for-6 with two RBIs in Albuquerque's 16-8 rout of New Orleans  —  It's the year of the cycle in the Pacific Coast League.  —  Robert Andino became the fifth PCL player to achieve the feat this season, going 5-for-6 with two RBIs …

A's set unfortunate team record  —  Team has now used the DL 23 times during 2008 season  —  SEATTLE — The Athletics broke a team record Sunday, but not one that will bring any smiles.  —  By placing starting pitchers Justin Duchscherer and Sean Gallagher on the 15-day disabled list …

Webb, D-Backs complete sweep  —  As his Diamondbacks teammates were lining up and giving each other high-fives Thursday night, Brandon Webb wanted to rip off his uniform and show them the battle scar that helped him earn his career-high 19th victory.  —  The shot off the bat …

NO LO CONTENDERS  —  YANKS PUT UP NO FIGHT VS. HALLADAY  —  TORONTO - The tombstone has been engraved, the caskets are ordered and members of the fan base have started the mourning process.  —  Now, The Post welcomes you to the Tragic Number Countdown.  —  There isn't a better time to begin …