Spring Game 1: Yankees at Blue Jays  —  YANKEES  —  Pitching: Brett Tomko followed by Kei Igawa, Christian Garcia, Mike Dunn, Dave Robertson, Dan Giese and Jose Veras.  —  BLUE JAYS  —  Inglett 3B  —  Hill 2B  —  Rios RF  —  Millar 1B  —  Lind DH  —  Barajas C  —  Snider LF

Rosters set for World Baseball Classic  —  U.S., Dominican Republic feature entire team of Major Leaguers  —  The final rosters of the 16 teams participating in the second World Baseball Classic were released on Tuesday evening, and they include a bevy of All-Stars.

Decision-makers have decided on Manny  —  Whenever there are words here or elsewhere about the ugliness and the impact of Manny Ramirez's departure from Boston, there is uniform reaction from Ramirez defenders along these lines:  —  1) The suggestion that Ramirez did something wrong …

Nationals Prospect: ‘I Feel Bad, Really Bad’  —  Alvarez Says His Cousin Thought Up Scheme to Assume Fake Name, Age  —  Carlos Daniel Alvarez Lugo grew up here, where potholes and pavement compete for space just off what amounts to a thoroughfare between the south-central cities of San Cristobal and Bani.

The majesty of Evan Longoria, now available in oil-based paint!  —  “Welcome to Night Stew Gallery.  Tonight's oil-based offering originates from the palette of Tampa artist Justyn Farano.  He paints portraits of athletes.  Famous athletes.  Athletes about whom you might read frequently right here.”

3 UP: Sanchez, Met Pen, Cabrera  —  1. The Mets like that Duaner Sanchez came to camp in good shape, which has not always been the case in his Met days.  If Sanchez is right, the Mets will not feel big pressure to put a second lefty reliever in the pen in tandem with Pedro Feliciano.

Beyond OPS: filling in the gaps  —  I wanted to talk a little about OPS.  I love OPS.  I use it all the time when I need to know, say, whether Nick Markakis had a good year in 2008*, or if I'm wondering which was Vlad Guerrero's best year.  ** OPS will not give you a definitive answer, but it'll get most of the job done.

Harper: Fernando's potential in full swing  —  PORT ST. LUCIE - Fernando Martinez was so good so young that Jeff Wilpon once said he envisioned him flanking Carlos Beltran in the outfield when Citi Field opened.  In that sense Martinez hasn't lived up to the hype because there's not a chance …

Matsui Works His Way Back, With Little Fanfare  —  TAMPA, Fla. — Shadows crept onto Steinbrenner Field just before 4 p.m. Tuesday.  Most of the Yankees had been gone for two hours, having finished the final practice before their exhibition opener.  —  Yet there was Hideki Matsui standing near …

The US v. Barry Bonds  —  This is a story about garbage.  There's the actual garbage overzealous federal investigators examined in their efforts to prosecute a surly sports celebrity.  There's the shredding of the Bill of Rights, crudely ignored by the government in the name of obsession and ambition.

Andy Phillips And The Bizarre Porn Star Police Report  —  Former Yankee prospect Andy Phillips is considered one of the nicest family men in all of baseball by other writers and his peers.  So why has an adult actress filed a police report against him?  —  There have been a slew …

A fresh start  —  JUPITER, FLA. — Cardinals pitching coach Dave Duncan said if he was hurting for a starting pitcher last year and heard from Class AAA Memphis that the best available there was Blake Hawksworth, he would have “bypassed” him.  —  Today he's starting him.

NO BOOK BURNING BUT NO PRINTING EITHER  —  If this is too much inside baseball, I apologize, but I am too devastated and outraged to write anything else at the moment.  Major League Baseball, which can't kill steroids, has killed the Red Book and the Green Book.  —  Baseball officials would say the books died of atrophy.

To Cameron, non-trade a good deal  —  By Tom Haudricourt of the Journal Sentinel  —  Phoenix - One telephone call.  —  That's all it would have taken for Mike Cameron to be wearing the pinstripes of the New York Yankees this spring instead of the blue and white of the Milwaukee Brewers.

Appreciating Carlos Delgado, the lost slugger of the Steroid Era … PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — I came here to Mets camp looking for the lost slugger of the Steroid Era.  There had to be some power hitter out there, I figured, whose profile and legacy suffered because too many other great hitters …

Joe Borowski, former Cleveland Indians closer, says he's retired  —  GOODYEAR, Ariz. — The math didn't work for Joltin' Joe Borowski.  So to paraphrase Chief Joseph at the end of the Trail of Tears, he will pitch no more, forever.  —  Borowski said big league teams weren't buying his numbers.

Ballpark figures  —  FORT MYERS, Fla. — The Red Sox have moved into City of Palms Park, where today, at 1:05 p.m., Josh Beckett will fire the first real, live pitch of Red Sox 2009 spring training, when the Sox face Boston College.  Later tonight, they'll head across town to Hammond Stadium …

The Washington Nationals Are A Sleeper Team... Sort Of  —  At least if you go by the Vegas over/unders, which have the Nats winning 68.5 games.  I'll take the over on that, as will PECOTA, which has them a surprisingly robust (if still mediocre) 80-82.  —  The Nationals definitely …