Nady Wins Job, and Swisher is Subdued  —  CLEARWATER, Fla. - On Nick Swisher's Twitter page, his enthusiasm all but bursts through your computer screen.  It's a festival of exclamation points and effusive praise.  The trip to the pool hall?  A great idea.  Team U.S.A.?  Loaded with talent.

Marlins' ballpark vote passes  —  Retractable-roof stadium slated for 2012 opening  —  MIAMI — At last, a home the Marlins can truly call their own.  —  Miami-Dade County commissioners on Monday put to rest more than a decade-long quest by voting in favor of a retractable-roof ballpark for the Marlins on the Orange Bowl grounds.

Igawa impressive, but sent to Minors  —  Yanks advise lefty to continue preparing as starting pitcher  —  CLEARWATER, Fla. — The Yankees reassigned left-hander Kei Igawa to Minor League camp on Monday, congratulating him on his spring and advising him to keep up the good work as a starting pitcher.

Dice-K, Ichiro delivers as Japan wins WBC title  —  By Associated Press / World Baseball Classic  —  LOS ANGELES — The World Baseball Classic belongs to Japan.  —  Again.  —  Seattle Mariners star Ichiro Suzuki hit a two-out, two-run single in the top of the 10th …

Alex: Keep 103 A-nonymous  —  CLEARWATER, Fla. - Alex Rodriguez had to admit he was a steroid cheat after being outed by a Sports Illustrated reporter, but he doesn't want the other players who tested positive in the 2003 MLB survey to face the same fate.  —  In an interview with the YES Network …

Lupica: Gardner could grow into Yank version of Pedroia  —  FORT MYERS, Fla. - The throw from Ryan Raburn of the Tigers, a spring-training throw out of palm trees and blue sky that seemed to explode out of the kid's hand in center field and carry all the way to his catcher, Gerald Laird …

Competitions won't end on April 6  —  Obsessed with who'll be the Yanks' starting CF on April 6?  Don't be.  Ken Rosenthal says battles like this won't end on Opening Day.

Cards ship Gregerson to Padres  —  Right-hander completes Greene trade from December  —  JUPITER, Fla. — The Cardinals and Padres completed their trade from December on Monday.  Pitcher Luke Gregerson is the player to be named later in the deal that sent shortstop Khalil Greene from San Diego to St. Louis.

Yankees announce some Stadium details  —  This press release from the Yankees ...  YANKEES AND LEGENDS HOSPITALITY TO DEBUT NEW GENERAL CONCESSIONS LINEUP IN YANKEE STADIUM; FOCUS PLACED ON QUALITY, CONVENIENCE, VARIETY AND VALUE  —  THE NEW YORK YANKEES announced today their new general concessions lineup for the 2009 season.

Hamels' debut may come April 10  —  Phillies ace lefty to pitch in Minor League game Tuesday  —  CLEARWATER, Fla. — If everything goes well, Phillies left-hander Cole Hamels could start the fourth game of the regular season, April 10 against the Rockies in Denver.

Armed, but Dangerous  —  It's too bad Stephen Strasburg is a pitcher.  Otherwise, he might be worth a record-shattering amount of money for a No. 1 overall draft pick.  But he's a pitcher.  So, he isn't.  —  History is unequivocal.  Strasburg, no matter how much he dominates college hitters …

‘The Rocket That Fell To Earth’  —  Buzz up! … He is out there.  —  Somewhere, the former cocaine addict exists, living a life of well, uh ... nobody seems quite sure.  Through the years, he has bounced around like one of those pink Spaldeen balls, moving from Troy, Ohio, to Houston to Katy, Texas, to Georgetown, Texas.

Bullpen session helps struggling Maine adjust  —  PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. - Faced with a break in the Mets' schedule, John Maine had a decision to make yesterday: Spend four hours on a golf course trying to break triple digits or use the morning to help trim a few runs off his bloated 10.38 ERA.

Ex-Cub Scott Eyre not bitter, loves life with Phillies  —  CLEARWATER, Fla. — Scott Eyre apparently has a new nickname.  You can call him Cub Guy.  —  That's what the honeymooning woman in the red Philadelphia Phillies bikini did when their paths crossed in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.

A Network Takes Us Out to a Ballgame  —  IT is rare that media buyers form a consensus on anything, but in the case of the neophyte Major League Baseball Network, which had its premiere in January, they seem to agree that they like its chances of becoming a successful player in the television sports marketplace.