New York Yankees will activate Joba Chamberlain Tuesday  —  NOTEBOOK  —  NEW YORK — Joba Chamberlain will be activated from the disabled list Tuesday, manager Joe Girardi announced after Sunday's game.  Chamberlain, who has been on the DL since Aug. 6 because of rotator cuff tendinitis …

Eckstein dealt to D-backs for Beck  —  Veteran to play second in Arizona, Toronto picks up prospect  —  NEW YORK — David Eckstein put on a Blue Jays uniform for the last time on Sunday afternoon at Yankee Stadium.  Following Toronto's 6-2 victory over New York, the seldom-used infielder …

Scorer gives explanation  —  Pittsburgh - The official scorer for the game today between the Brewers and Pirates at PNC Park, a man by the name of Bob Webb, gave this explanation for his scoring decision in the fifth inning that prevented CC Sabathia from throwing a no-hitter:

Padres to release Iguchi, Tomko  —  Pitcher LeBlanc, second baseman Antonelli may get call  —  SAN DIEGO — The Padres will officially announce Monday that they've parted ways with second baseman Tadahito Iguchi and pitcher Brett Tomko.  —  A team source confirmed on Sunday that Iguchi …

Pelfrey's words anger Ross  —  MIAMI GARDENS - Cody Ross wasn't happy about Mike Pelfrey hitting him with a pitch Saturday for the second time in as many starts against the Marlins.  —  His mood didn't improve Sunday, when he saw Pelfrey's comments about the episode that resulted in the benches emptying.

September calls coming  —  Good afternoon and Happy Labor Day, denizens.  I say that today (Sunday) because this is probably going to have to be good for tomorrow (Monday) too.  Day game, travel to Florida tonight, day game tomorrow means I'd better go on and wish it now.

Three Avalanche players to face charges  —  The arrests stem from a disturbance early Sunday morning at Mac and Bob's Restaurant.  —  981-3127  —  Koby Clemens, Mark Ori and Jimmy Goethals were arrested early Sunday morning after several members of the Salem Avalanche baseball team spent Saturday night at a popular Salem restaurant.

Rizzs eligible to join elite company  —  Neihaus won Ford C. Frick Award for broadcasters in 2008  —  SEATTLE — For most of his Hall of Fame career as the voice of the Mariners, Dave Niehaus has shared broadcast booths around the Major Leagues with Rick Rizzs.

Pirates Notebook: Boras fires back at Coonelly  —  Scott Boras, agent for Pirates first-round draft pick Pedro Alvarez, took exception to team president Frank Coonelly's remark in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette yesterday that Boras was responsible for bringing the Kansas City Royals into their dispute.

Dodgers take series from D-backs  —  LA roughs up Webb, trims deficit in NL West to 2 1/2 games  —  PHOENIX — That was quite a trip.  —  For eight games, the Dodgers couldn't beat anybody.  Then they beat the two best pitchers on the team they're chasing, Dan Haren and Brandon Webb of the Arizona Diamondbacks.

Breaking news: Hughes, Sanchez to Arizona Fall League … Aside from Sanchez, Contreras mentioned Hughes, Chris Garcia, Jeff Marquez and Ian Kennedy as candidates for the Fall League.  When I talked to Kennedy, he said he didn't think he was going.  Kennedy could finish the year around 130 innings …