Voice of Yankee Stadium Retires  —  The new Yankee Stadium will sound much different than the old one.  Bob Sheppard, the public address announcer for the Yankees since 1951, has retired.  —  Paul Doherty, a friend and agent who has represented Sheppard, said Sheppard's son, Paul, told him about Sheppard's plans on Wednesday morning.

Balanced Jays hold down Nationals  —  Halladay delivers solid performance in final start before season  —  BLUE JAYS 7, NATIONALS 6  —  Nationals at the plate: Catcher Josh Bard doubled to left field in the second inning and then scored when right fielder Justin Maxwell reached on an error.

Royals' Hudson hangs it up  —  Pain in right shoulder lingered for fan favorite  —  SURPRISE, Ariz. — Luke Hudson, who became a fan favorite as a pitching sensation in 2006, on Wednesday announced he was giving up his comeback attempt.  —  Hudson, 31, was in the Royals' Minor League camp …

Teahen a part of widespread optimism in K.C.  —  Mark Teahen's transition to second base began on a Little League field in Peoria, Ariz., in December.  He went there with his brother and girlfriend to take grounders, and really, it would've made no difference, as he got his work in that day whether …

Orioles trade Penn to Marlins  —  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - With Wednesday's trade of Hayden Penn to the Florida Marlins, the Orioles not only parted ways with their one-time top pitching prospect, but they further solidified their Opening Day roster.  —  In exchange for Penn …

Pirates add Monroe, remove Romulo Sanchez  —  BRADENTON, Fla. — The Pirates just made it official: Outfielder Craig Monroe will be added to the 25-man roster.  —  Monroe has batted .281 with six home runs and 13 RBIs, with half of those home runs — and the last of them - coming with that prodigious …

Minor League Transactions  —  This time: March 21-30 … Arizona Diamondbacks  —  Released: RHP Santo Baez, C Gerardo Bustamante, 1B Chance Wheeless, OF Jarred Ball, OF Jo Jo Batten  —  Outrighted to Triple-A and removed from 40-man roster: OF Alex Romero

Union to Open Ballpark Store to Promote Star Players  —  The Major League Baseball Players Association on Friday will open its first retail outlet devoted to selling player-only merchandise.  —  The store, which will be inside Citi Field and be operated by Aramark, is an attempt …

Glaus out until at least June  —  Slugger to work with physical therapist on repaired shoulder  —  JUPITER, Fla. — Troy Glaus will take his quest to recuperate from offseason right shoulder surgery west.  After joining his teammates for two exhibition games in Memphis …

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Texas Rangers cut Frank Catalanotto to make room for Andruw Jones  —  SURPRISE, Ariz. — The Texas Rangers have cleared the way for Andruw Jones to make their roster by releasing Frank Catalanotto.  —  Jones, who won 10 consecutive Gold Gloves as Atlanta's center fielder …

D-backs waive Rule 5 pick Skelton  —  Battle for final roster spot down to Wilson, Whitesell, Roberts  —  PHOENIX — The D-backs have not made a final decision as to who will win the final spot on the 25-man roster, but one thing is for sure — it won't be James Skelton.

Agent: Teams looking at Sheffield  —  Gary Sheffield doesn't expect to be out of work for long.  —  Rufus Williams, agent for Sheffield, told ESPN's Buster Olney on Wednesday that there are “a number of teams that are expressing interest.”  —  “Gary is going to be able to play this season.

Lannan struggles in last spring start  —  Lefty ace gives up seven runs in 4 2/3 innings against Blue Jays  —  DUNEDIN, Fla. — Nationals left-hander John Lannan pitched his last exhibition game of the spring Wednesday, and it turned out to be his worst outing, as he gave up seven runs …

Wednesday morning: Triple-A rotation lined up  —  Pitching coordinator Nardi Contreras revealed the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre rotation this morning, but was careful to note that something could change between now and opening day.  “That's in pencil, not in ink,” he said.  The rotation, in order, will be...

Taking Joba out of Yanks' bullpen sets up failure  —  Joba Chamberlain had his best outing of the spring Tuesday,, limiting the Reds to five hits and two runs in 51/3 innings.  He was so good, in fact, that he pitched the Yankees almost to the point where, ideally, Joba Chamberlain would come into the game.