Spring Game 10: Tigers at Yankees (with Alex Rodriguez updates including Hal Steinbrenner's comments)  —  YANKEES  —  Pitching tonight: CC Sabathia followed by Alfredo Aceves, Jose Veras, Steven Jackson, David Robertson and Anthony Claggett.  —  TIGERS  —  Raburn RF  —  Polanco 2B

Gagne to see Dr. Yocum, Crew season likely over  —  Eric Gagne will see noted orthopedist Lewis Yocum in Tempe, Ariz. on Saturday for a second opinion on his injured right shoulder.  Whether or not Gagne opts for surgery, it appears extremely unlikely that he'll win a spot on the Brewers' big league roster.

Major League Baseball Bans “A-Fraud”  —  Any fan hoping to make fun of New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez can no longer get a No. 13 Yankees jersey with the word “A-Fraud” on the back.  —  MLB.com has banned the new A-Rod nickname from the personalization feature on replica jerseys on MLB.com.

How much is a great fielder worth? 25 runs.  —  Here's one way to tell.  —  Last year in 2008, with Mark Ellis on the field — perhaps the best-fielding 2B of our generation — the A's allowed 457 runs while recording 3035 outs.  This means they allowed 4.07 runs per game.

Sweeney finished playing, joins Dodgers' staff  —  PHOENIX (AP) — Mark Sweeney, whose 175 pinch hits rank second in major league history, announced his retirement Friday and joined manager Joe Torre's coaching staff with the Los Angeles Dodgers.  —  Only Lenny Harris had more pinch-hits …

Korea makes grand statement in rout  —  Six-run first inning more than enough to down Chinese Taipei  —  TOKYO — Right-fielder Jin Young Lee belted a grand slam to cap a six-run first inning, and Keun Woo Jeong blasted a two-run shot in the bottom of the sixth to give Team Korea …

Emptying the notebook...  - The Brewers' veterans are doing everything they can to make sure third base prospect Mat Gamel “gets” the enormity of the opportunity he's facing.  Gamel, who is in his first big league camp, was a late arrival Friday morning apparently because his alarm clock failed …

The wrap-up from Jupiter  —  The Mets beat the Cardinals, 5-4, Friday as Marlon Anderson's RBI single in the ninth scored Jose Valentin with the decisive run.  Valentin went 3-for-4, while Anderson raised his spring average to .400 with a 2-for-2 game.  —  First-base ump Angel Hernandez gave …

The wait is over!  The mailbag comes through  —  Jack from Swarthmore, Pa., e-mailed Wednesday just to say, “69 days! 69 days since your last mailbag!  You're killin' me!  For god sakes, I went through finals without a fresh mailbag to sink my teeth into.  Over 1,500 hours of mailbag-less time.

Lefty Martin out at least a week  —  Lefthander Tom Martin will be sidelined for at least a week, and seemingly longer, with a right calf injury.  Martin wore a protective boot Friday morning in the clubhouse, though he said the discomfort had gone from a “10” when the injury occurred Thursday to a “4” after treatment.

Strange morning here at Phoenix Muni and Duchscherer update  —  Generally, reporters meet with manager Bob Geren at 9:15 a.m. when the team starts stretching.  It's nearly 10:30, still no sign of Geren, and Bobby Crosby didn't come out to stretch until after 10, so more than 45 minutes after the rest of the team.

Baker trying to get the right fit  —  When writers arrived at the media work room Thursday morning, Cincinnati Reds manager Dusty Baker was seated at a table with a guy selling suits - expensive suits, I presume.  —  The guy is here every spring and players wander in to check out his goods, too.