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.

Nats strongly considering change  —  The Nationals, according to multiple industry sources, are strongly considering firing general manager Jim Bowden and replacing him with Blue Jays assistant GM Tony LaCava.  —  Bowden has been implicated in a bonus skimming scandal in the Dominican Republic …

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.

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.

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 …

New life dawns for Kauffman Stadium  —  More than just baseball will be available at Royals' park  —  In the end, it was decided that there was no need for a new baseball stadium in Kansas City.  Instead, Kauffman Stadium would be renovated.  —  Still, the scope of this project defies that term.

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.”

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 …

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.

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.

Ruth, other monuments settle in new Yankee Stadium  —  Monuments are moved two blocks into new Yankee Stadium in Bronx.  (For more images of the historic move click the gallery link below.)  —  Rudy Lavazoli left his home in Center Moriches, L.I. at 4:30 Tuesday morning.

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 …

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.

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.

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 …

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.