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.

Fans go berserk over Yankeegate mess … Hundreds of irate fans - some who claim Yankee employees told them the game had been rained out - stormed away from Yankee Stadium before Monday night's game against the Red Sox even got underway and couldn't get back in, resulting in a an ugly scene at one of the ticket gates.

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.

Joba mom out after officer scores meth  —  The estranged mother of Yankees star pitcher Joba Chamberlain has been busted for allegedly dealing drugs, authorities said.  —  Jacqueline Standley, 44, was arrested Saturday at her Nebraska apartment on felony charges of selling a gram …

Ankiel runs into wall; X-rays negative  —  Cards GM: Outfielder has movement, feeling in arms, legs  —  ST. LOUIS — Cardinals outfielder Rick Ankiel was taken to a hospital on Monday night after he injured himself making a catch at the wall in the eighth inning of St. Louis' game against the Phillies.

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.

Scheppers, Crow Make '09 Debuts  —  In a draft where Stephen Strasburg is a clear No. 1 but no one is established as the surefire No. 2 prospect, righthanders Aaron Crow and Tanner Scheppers got their first opportunities to convince scouts that they should be part of the conversation.

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.

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 …

SENSITIVE WIDDLE METSIES WON'T BE READING THIS MEAN OLD STORY  —  ATLANTA — The Mets consider their players' psyches so fragile that they no longer provide copies of The Post or the other New York tabloid in their Citi Field clubhouse.  —  The newspapers were a staple of the Mets' clubhouse …

Kinsler can lead Texas Rangers' charge to West lead  —  Last spring, I wrote that second baseman Ian Kinsler was destined to become only the second 30-30 man in Rangers history.  —  As with my prediction of a Houston Rockets' first-round victory, I was simply a year ahead of my time.

Guillen fighting sore left shoulder  —  While the Tigers certainly have plenty of examples of a newly-struggling offense, Carlos Guillen has seemingly been slumping nearly all season.  Even after ending an -for-12 slump with a second-inning single, he struck out twice on the night for a 1 …