Yanks rock Hard Rock at new Stadium  —  Premier dining establishment to bring Bronx new attitude  —  NEW YORK — The first pitch in the new Yankee Stadium won't be thrown until Friday night, but that didn't stop the place from rocking Thursday morning.  —  Prior to the Yankees' first workout …

Mets Get a Late-Night Sneak Preview of Citi Field  —  Out from the buses they spilled, marching through a gate, down a corridor and around a corner until, finally, there it was.  Home.  The Mets' shiny, new clubhouse awaited.  And as Carlos Delgado poked his head inside at about 10:55 p.m. Thursday …

Young core gives Reds immediate hope  —  Potentially strong rotation and improving offense should keep Cincy in NL Central mix  —  Baseball fans in Cincinnati haven't suffered in recent years on the same grand scale as their fellow Rust Belt die-hards in Pittsburgh.

100 random things about the Red Sox, Rays, and Yankees  — The Boston Red Sox (1908-2008) have six world championships and 10 pennants among their 18 playoff appearances.  Their predecessors, the Boston Americans (1901-07), had one world championship and two pennants.

Cito Gaston has sharp words for Roger Clemens  —  Book on Clemens says he pushed Jays to fire Gaston in ‘97  —  LAKELAND, Fla.-The daily meeting between the media and Jays’ manager Cito Gaston was dying down when one reporter asked what Gaston thought about allegations made in a new book about disgraced pitcher Roger Clemens.

3 UP: METS AT LEAST MULLING SHEFFIELD  —  A long time ago when I was the Yankee beat writer for this paper and a Yankee official and I were discussing having difficult personalities on a roster.  And the Yankee official said, “You can have a jerk on the team, but it better be Barry Bonds, not Mel Hall.”

Hal Steinbrenner: Some New York Yankees tickets might be overpriced  —  NEW YORK — Sitting in new Yankee Stadium on the first day fans came to the $1.5 billion ballpark, general partner Hal Steinbrenner admits some tickets might be overpriced given the recession.

Yankees' average ticket ($72.97) highest by far  —  The Yankees have fallen behind the Red Sox on the field in recent years, but they now are ahead of them in at least one category: the amount of money their fans must shell out to watch them.  —  According to Team Marketing Report …

Thursday afternoon: Corona on waivers  —  Have to make this quick.  Because of the early game, I got on an earlier flight out of Tampa and I'm due to board in 15 minutes.  —  Vice president of baseball operations Mark Newman said this afternoon that Reegie Corona has been placed on waivers by the Mariners.

Scott's giving ways stem from how he was treated  —  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Luke Scott rarely goes anywhere without the Bible, so it comes as no surprise that the Baltimore Orioles outfielder takes very seriously this passage in Matthew 7:12:  —  “So whatever you wish that others would do to you …