New Yankee Stadium a winner, team a big loser to Tribe, 10-2  —  NEW YORK — Jorge Posada enjoyed hitting the first home run in the new Yankee Stadium, but he couldn't savor the history-making feat.  Not after the Yankees opened their new stadium with a 10-2 loss Thursday to the Cleveland Indians.

Figgy pulled after two in Buffalo; Sunday start looming?  —  Nelson Figueroa was pulled from Thursday's Triple-A Buffalo matinee after a scoreless second inning and 32 pitches against Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.  That would seem to indicate Figueroa is the choice to take Mike Pelfrey's turn Sunday …

Sorting out the Ollies  —  Taking a new approach to lefty's inconsistency  —  On Wednesday's episode of this network's Loud Mouths, in a rare moment of concord, hosts Chris Carlin and Adam Schein agreed that Oliver Perez's struggles would eventually force Omar Minaya to add a starter to the Mets' rotation.

Martis, Dunn help Nationals finally get their first win  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Adam Dunn and the Washington Nationals finally won a game, because they finally got decent pitching.  —  Dunn hit one of Washington's four homers, Shairon Martis threw 6 1/3 solid innings, and the Nationals avoided setting …

Know .NET and C#, Want To Work In A Front Office?  —  Baseball Prospectus has a long history of moving people on to jobs in the big leagues.  And while many of our readers come to us looking for an opening, at times teams come to us looking for the right person.

Francoeur's day dashed as Braves fall  —  Outfielder drives in Anderson twice as Atlanta drops finale  —  ATLANTA — All of the optimism the Braves created during their first six games of the season has been blurred by the upstart Marlins, who took advantage of costly mistakes and displayed …

Answer Man: Joakim Soria talks big TVs, wrestling and dentistry  —  Ever since they plucked him from the Padres organization via the Mexican League before the 2007 season, Joakim Soria been a rollicking success for the Royals.  He made the AL All-Star team and registered 42 saves in '08 and …

Alex Rodriguez takes BP: Three home runs in 49 swings  —  TAMPA, Fla. — New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez took another step in his rehab from right hip surgery, hitting three home runs in 49 swings during his first full batting practice session.  —  Rodriguez

Nick Adenhart remembered in Maryland  —  About 200 attend a private service for the Angels pitcher killed in a traffic accident a week ago.  —  Reporting from Williamsport, Md. — On a crisp, cloudless morning, a tight-knit rural community and a contingent of major league baseball personnel …

Rod Blagojevich gave Cubs' Piniella advice in 2007  —  Letter and Sun-Times cartoon then-Gov. Rod Blagojevich sent Cubs manager Lou Piniella (Documents obtained by the Chicago Tribune / May 31, 2007)  —  Like any frustrated Cubs fan, former Gov. Rod Blagojevich had his own ideas about how manager Lou Piniella should run the team.

Sox place Matsuzaka on 15-day DL  —  For the second time in the last two seasons, Daisuke Matsuzaka [stats] is on the disabled list with a case of shoulder fatigue.  —  The Sox made the move this morning in the aftermath of Matsuzaka's aborted outing Tuesday night in which he lasted just one inning, racked for five runs on 43 pitches.