Yankees sign Fossum to start Saturday  —  Casey Fossum will start Saturday's Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees game.  I don't have contract details or a corresponding move, but I know Fossum is the guy.  —  The 31-year-old lefty opened the season with Triple-A Buffalo, had a .82 ERA through …

Johnny Damon would like to return to New York Yankees next season  —  New York Yankees left fielder Johnny Damon, a free agent at the end of this season, said the chances are “slim” he will be asked to return to the Bronx next year.  —  Damon  —  Damon, 35, is in the final season of the four-year …

Dodgers to lose reliever Kuo to DL  —  Los Angeles (16-8) vs. San Diego (11-12), 7:10 p.m. PT  —  LOS ANGELES — On Wednesday night, Hong-Chih Kuo retired the side in order and looked like he finally was back on track.  —  On Saturday, he goes back on the disabled list.

Ballplayer's father back home after kidnapping  —  TIJUANA — The father of former major league baseball player Oscar Robles, kidnapped Wednesday by gunmen, was back home with his family a day later, the Red Devils baseball team of Mexico City announced.  —  Oscar Robles Arangure, 54 …

Posada rallies Yankees past Angels with early homer, late single  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Jorge Posada hit a two-run single in the ninth inning off Brian Fuentes, and the New York Yankees rallied from a five-run deficit to beat the Los Angeles Angels 10-9 Friday night for their fourth straight win.

May 1: False alarm on Miranda  —  First thing's first: The Yankees have signed a veteran to start tomorrow's Triple-A game.  I'll have a name shortly.  —  Now, onto the false alarm.  Just as I was walking into the Yankees clubhouse, Juan Miranda was walking out.

Chacin leads Drillers past Springfield  —  drillers story goes here pleaseTop Colorado Rockies pitching prospect Jhoulys Chacin excelled on the mound and at the plate for the Tulsa Drillers on Friday.  —  Chacin carried a no-hitter into the sixth inning and scored the go-ahead run …

Justin Masterson can't stop bleeding  —  Bad staff infection  —  + Recent Articles + Recent Blog Entries + Email  —  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - With the unemployment rate soaring and businesses shutting down regularly, the workplace is a stressful place to be these days.

Big Unit gets best of Rockies  —  SAN FRANCISCO — The youngster was no match for the master.  —  Randy Johnson, the Giants' 45-year-old lefty, notched the 297th victory of his career, striking out nine and allowing four hits in seven shutout innings as the Giants squeaked by the Rockies 3-2.

Theriot connects on first grand slam as Cubs clip Marlins  —  CHICAGO (AP) — Ryan Theriot hit a grand slam in the sixth inning and the Chicago Cubs overcame Rich Harden's wildness to beat the Florida Marlins 8-6 on Friday.  —  Theriot, a slap-hitting shortstop, pulled Burke Badenhop's -1 pitch …

McCann hoping glasses do trick  —  Braves catcher ditching contacts, looking to avoid Lasik  —  ATLANTA — Brian McCann's optimism about his new contact lenses was short-lived.  Still searching for any way to avoid having to repeat Lasik surgery, the Braves' All-Star catcher is now hoping …

Ill Remy flies home  —  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Beloved NESN announcer Jerry Remy will miss at least the remainder of this road trip with an illness, the symptoms of which are the same as those that kept him sidelined for the outset of spring training.  Remy flew home to Boston from Tampa today …