Surgery for Devine, out for season - updated  —  **UPDATE**I just had it confirmed from Devine's agent that Devine had Tommy John surgery, otherwise known as ligament replacement surgery.  Considering the length of time the team expected him to miss - at least the remainder of the season …

Rockies snap losing streak  —  PHOENIX — Todd Helton locked in on Arizona reliever Jon Rauch, and swung with force that keeps chiropractors in business.  The eighth-inning fastball fled his bat before ricocheting off the right-field seats.  It's been a long time since he's hit a ball that hard in a regular-season game.

Revived Bullpen Helps Nationals Win Second Straight  —  To take a lead last night, the Washington Nationals relied on the most methodical component of their team.  To hold the lead, they relied on madness.  Last night's 4-3 win against the Atlanta Braves compressed the work of a patient offense with a pins-and-needles ninth.

New start beneficial to Harvey, Drillers  —  Ryan Harvey understands new beginnings.  —  The Tulsa Drillers right fielder was the sixth overall pick of the 2003 draft by the Chicago Cubs.  However, the Cubs released Harvey last month after six seasons.  —  Harvey then got a second chance this spring when Colorado signed him.

Is This Seat Taken?  In Front Rows of New Ballparks, Not Yet  —  Odd patterns have been forming inside New York's two shiny new baseball stadiums, ones not seen in years.  Clumps of empty blue and green seats are painfully obvious because many of them are in the best sections or right behind home plate …

Wang to start in extended spring, no surgery for X  —  Anyway, Brian Cashman put Nady's rehab time at 4-6 weeks.  As for Wang, Cash is not ruling out the fact that a physical ailment - his foot, or something else - might be the cause of his command woes.  “Sure, it's a concern,” Cash said of Wang.

Hunter denies interest in return to Twins  —  Outfielder says he's home and happy with Angels  —  ANAHEIM — Angels outfielder Torii Hunter laughed Tuesday when asked about recent reports saying that he would like to end his career with the Twins.  —  Hunter, who was the Twins' first pick …

Steroids, Angels and a dirty doctor  —  The cornering of Alex Rodriguez and his subsequent admission that he used performance-enhancing drugs represented, for all intents and purposes, the nadir of the steroid era with few, if any, remaining ambiguities: The A-list, Hall of Fame's best used drugs …

Want privacy?  Pay for it  —  How far does the class warfare extend in Yankee Stadium?  All the way to the men's room.  —  According to the charmingly titled Fack Youk blog, there are dividers between the urinals in the field level bathrooms but not in the bathrooms elsewhere in the stadium.

Wood is here, now play him  —  So the Angels finally come to their senses and start calling around, finding out what free agent pitchers might be available.  Better yet, they recall Brandon Wood from Salt Lake.  —  Except, in Wood's case, they don't plan to play him.  They plan to sit him.

Braves could put Anderson on DL  —  Outfielder may need time off for left quadriceps to recover  —  WASHINGTON — Braves manager Bobby Cox said the team will decide whether to put outfielder Garret Anderson on the disabled list in the next few days.  —  Anderson left Sunday's game in Pittsburgh …

Umpire Danley hurt by broken bat in Blue Jays-Rangers game  —  TORONTO (AP) — Home plate umpire Kerwin Danley left the field on a stretcher after being hit in the head by a broken bat in the sixth inning of Tuesday's game between Texas and Toronto.  —  A spokesman for the Blue Jays said Danley …

Lee, Astros snap Dodgers' 8-game win streak  —  HOUSTON (AP) — Carlos Lee hit a two-run homer, Russ Ortiz pitched well after a rough first inning and the Houston Astros ended the Los Angeles Dodgers' eight-game winning streak with an 8-5 victory on Tuesday night.  —  GAME REPORT: Astros 8, Dodgers 5

Dombrowski: Tigers will keep Cabrera  —  GM denies rumors that slugger could be traded  —  ANAHEIM — There isn't much trade speculation that will draw a strong reaction from Tigers president/general manager Dave Dombrowski, especially this early in the season.

Doumit out 8-10 weeks, having surgery  —  Pirates catcher Ryan Doumit will miss 8-10 weeks because of surgery scheduled for his right wrist Thursday.  —  He was diagnosed earlier today with a slightly displaced fracture in the scaphoid bone.  That bone will have pins inserted to fuse …

Marlins lose game, starting pitcher  —  PITTSBURGH - Unlike the Florida Marlins' seven-game winning streak, Nate McLouth's home run ball never came to a complete stop Monday.  —  McLouth's game-icing, 433-foot, three-run homer off Logan Kensing in the sixth bounced off the concourse beyond …