Yankees Are Now Red Sox Wannabes  —  NEW YORK — It still seems weird, if you can remember back before it all changed — back before “Cowboy Up” and Aaron Boone and the Idiots and the Bloody Sock and all that went down between the Yankees and the Red Sox right around the middle part of this decade.

A-Rod's missing link: substance  —  The book is out.  —  Now what?  —  The advance billing for Selena Roberts' characterization of Alex Rodriguez, the subject of her biography — “A-Rod: The Many Faces of Alex Rodriguez” — has always come with one constant adjective: unflattering.

St. Louis Cardinals' Rick Ankiel carted off after collision with wall  —  ST. LOUIS — Rick Ankiel has been carted off the field with his head and neck immobilized after the St. Louis Cardinals outfielder slammed headfirst into the fence following a running catch.

D-backs turn three against Dodgers  —  Triple play is second in franchise history for Arizona  —  LOS ANGELES — Josh Wilson atoned for a second-inning error in a big way when the D-backs shortstop started a 6-4-3 triple play one batter later in the second inning Monday night at Dodger Stadium.

Posada's tight hamstring prompts MRI  —  Yanks' catcher ruled out for Tuesday's finale with Red Sox  —  NEW YORK — Yankees catcher Jorge Posada has been scheduled for an MRI examination on his right hamstring after injuring it while sliding in Monday's 6-4 loss to the Red Sox.

Weeks, Braun spark late Brewers' rally over Pirates  —  PITTSBURGH (AP) — Rickie Weeks hit a tiebreaking, three-run homer in the ninth after a supposedly unavailable Ryan Braun tied it an inning earlier with a two-run double, helping the Milwaukee Brewers rally for a 7-4 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Monday night.

Joba's mom jailed, suspected of selling meth  —  Buzz up!  —  LINCOLN, Neb. (AP)—The mother of New York Yankees pitcher Joba Chamberlain has been arrested on charges of selling methamphetamine to an undercover police officer in February.  —  Jacqueline Standley was arrested …

Greinke shuts out Sox for win No. 6  —  Royals right-hander has 10 strikeouts in dominant outing  —  KANSAS CITY — Just when you think Zack Greinke can't possibly pitch any better, he does.  —  Greinke, the Royals' unsinkable right-hander, floated over the White Sox, 3-0 …

Griffey out of lineup with inflamed colon  —  Veteran pleased with his club's team-first attitude  —  SEATTLE — An ailment diagnosed as an “inflamed colon” knocked Ken Griffey Jr. out of the Mariners' lineup for Monday night's two-game series opener against the Rangers.

Indians rally twice, edge Blue Jays in 12 innings  —  TORONTO (AP) — Josh Barfield singled home the go-ahead run in the 12th inning and the Cleveland Indians beat the Toronto Blue Jays 9-7 on Monday night.  —  Mark DeRosa opened the 12th with a double to right off Shawn Camp (0-1).

Scioscia can be flexible — honest  —  It was the night after Mike Napoli hit his second and third home runs of the season in Game 5, and I posed what I thought was a logical question to Mike Scioscia.  —  “Why wouldn't you make Napoli your DH?”  I wondered, knowing that Jeff Mathis was a superior defensive catcher, anyway.

Roberts, Orioles break out of slumps  —  He ends 0-for-18 skid, helps halt 6-game losing streak  —  ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. - If there was any more proof needed to show Brian Roberts' importance to the Orioles' lineup, the leadoff man provided it in the late innings Monday night, taking over a game that his team needed to win.

Iannetta's grand slam buoys Rox  —  SAN DIEGO — The Rockies weren't players.  They were a band of Tom Sawyers.  —  Their death hasn't exactly been exaggerated, but they have been witnessing their own funeral over the past month.  No Rockies team has ever opened with seven straight one-run losses …