Manny willing to ‘compromise’ with Dodgers  —  Manny Ramirez is speaking out, and he's willing to “compromise” and accept deferred payments in a contract to re-sign with the Dodgers, agent Scott Boras said in a statement Sunday.  —  Boras said Ramirez directed him to make the Dodgers a third …

Orioles sign Eaton (updated)  —  The Orioles have signed pitcher Adam Eaton to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training.  —  I guess they actually do have plans to add another starting pitcher.  —  The Phillies released Eaton, 31, two days ago.

Baseball Investigators Interview a ‘Cooperative’ Alex Rodriguez  —  Officials for Major League Baseball interviewed Alex Rodriguez on Sunday night for two hours about who provided him with performance-enhancing drugs and whether that person had access to major league clubhouses.

For All His Hard Work, Bowden Needn't Look Elsewhere for Blame  —  Jim Bowden was never going to be the Nationals' ultimate general manager, the man who, the franchise hoped, would oversee a potential champion.  His methods were too suspect, his moods too unpredictable, his reputation too checkered …

It's the going rate  —  Several key Sox depart for WBC  —  FORT MYERS, Fla. - Trash talk already had begun flying in the Red Sox locker room yesterday, which is what one would expect from any competition including Dustin Pedroia.  As players leaving for the World Baseball Classic packed …

Mike Francesa says he and David Wright talked it out  —  Just when it seemed as if the world had become a dark, bitter, unfriendly place, a ray of sunshine appeared late Sunday night.  —  Mike Francesa announced on his Ch. 4 TV show that he and the Mets' David Wright had spoken for 45 minutes Friday …

Myers committed to having a big 2009  —  Phils righty dropped 35 pounds this winter to get in better shape  —  LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Brett Myers not only dropped 35 pounds this winter, he cleared his mind.  —  He no longer considers himself a closer trapped in the rotation.  —  He is a starter.

Yankees' Mattingly Was the Man to Teixeira as a Boy  —  The aging poster is encased inside a flimsy plastic frame and hangs on the wall of what used to be a boy's bedroom.  The boy became a man and moved out, but the poster has survived.  He has made sure of that.

Yankees lose by a safety, 13-11  —  On a windy day in Sarasota, the Yankee lost 13-11.  There were eight home runs, maybe more.  I stopped keeping score when we went to the clubhouse.  The Reds scored in every inning but the second.  —  Two injury updates:

Bowden's fifth tool was hubris  —  Ex-GM always thought himself the smartest  —  The problem was never that James G. Bowden IV wasn't smart.  The problem was, he thought he was smarter than everyone else.  Sometimes, he was, acquiring the likes of Pete Harnisch, Pete Schourek and Jeff Brantley …

Santana ‘fine’ after mound session, cancels trip to NYC  —  Mets ace Johan Santana throws 35 pitches Sunday - and later says, ‘I felt fine.’ … PORT ST. LUCIE - Johan Santana felt so good during a 35-pitch bullpen session Sunday, he decided to cancel a visit to New York to see team doctors that had been scheduled only hours earlier.

Ex-Yank pitcher Sturdivant dies at 78  —  Tom Sturdivant, a control artist and stalwart starting pitcher who won a combined 32 games for the 1955 and 1956 Yankee championship teams, has died.  —  Sturdivant, who died Saturday in Oklahoma City, was 78.  —  Before an arm injury in 1958 hampered …

Wieters goes deep as O's beat Nats  —  Pauley gets start, allows one run over three innings  —  ORIOLES 7, NATIONALS 5  —  Nationals at the plate: Nick Johnson hit a solo home run in the third inning to cut the Orioles' lead to 3-1.  Joel Guzman and Jorge Padilla also had RBIs.

Yanks' offense runs on all cylinders  —  Bombers post more hits than Reds, but pitching has tough day  —  REDS 13, YANKEES 11  —  Yankees at the plate: New York had 14 hits through the first five innings.  Alex Rodriguez was 2-for-3 with two doubles and two RBIs.