Accusations bring A-Rod, Teixeira to tipping point  —  BOSTON - Hours before they were to do battle with the Red Sox Tuesday night, Mark Teixeira and Alex Rodriguez were involved in different type of confrontation, this one inside the Yankees' clubhouse.  —  Upset with an accusation …

Ibanez vows to fight PED innuendo  —  'I'll come after people who defame or slander me'  —  Phillies outfielder Raul Ibanez is vowing to go on the offensive against people who speculate that his impressive production might be linked to the use of performance-enhancing drugs.

Blue Jays Agree To Sign David Dellucci  —  ESPN.com's Buster Olney reports that the Blue Jays have agreed to sign David Dellucci.  The Indians released Dellucci last Monday after he started the season hitting .275/.333/.350.  He will report to Triple A and will likely be promoted to the majors soon.

Shea Goodbye (The Leonard Lopate Show: Tuesday, 09 June 2009)  —  Former Mets All-Star first baseman Keith Hernandez on his behind-the-scenes look at the Mets' final season at Shea Stadium, Shea Good-Bye: The Untold Inside Story of the Historic 2008 Season.  —  Events: Keith Hernandez will be signing books

Baseball draft: No. 1 draft pick Stephen Strasburg of the Washington Nationals is among best of the best, agent Scott Boras says  —  WASHINGTON — Agent Scott Boras says No. 1 overall pick Stephen Strasburg is “a different breed of cat,” worthy of a contract far above those of this year's other draft selections.

A Lack of Power May Derail the Dodgers  —  Managed by a future Hall of Famer and manned by an impressive group of young stars in the making, the Los Angeles Dodgers have the best record in baseball and nearly everything a team might need to win a World Series.  Too bad for them that they can't hit the ball out of the infield.

Alex Rodriguez of New York Yankees tell-all book selling poorly  —  NEW YORK — Remember that tell-all book about A-Rod?  —  Just a month after making headlines with its allegations that the New York Yankees star likely used steroids as far back as high school, Selena Roberts' “A-Rod …

MLB warns Dodgers about Manny Ramirez in the clubhouse  —  Ramirez visited the clubhouse before Tuesday's game, in violation of baseball's rules regarding suspended players.  The Dodgers were not penalized for the infraction.  —  The Dodgers have been warned by the commissioner's office …

In wee hours, Sox clobbered  —  The Red Sox and Cleveland Indians staged an epic duel into the wee hours last night at Fenway Park.  The Indians won, 13-6, in 11 innings, and tied the ALCS at one game apiece.  Trot Nixon drove in the go-ahead run.  Discuss

Touching All the Bases: New Yankee Stadium Home Run Derby  —  After analyzing the 29 games played and the 105 home runs hit at the new Yankee Stadium, AccuWeather.com has determined that a portion of the home run derby that has taken place this season cannot be directly attributed to the weather.

Mets lift Johan with three-homer night  —  Wright, Beltran, Church go deep; Santana serves up four  —  NEW YORK — The race for the National League East championship has had its bags packed for some time now, ready to move out of Citi Field as soon as it can reserve a seat on a flight to Atlanta or maybe even Miami.

Subway has found a new Jared, and his name is Hong-Chih Kuo.  The Dodgers setup man is the sandwich chain's pitchman in Taiwan and the star of this bizarre commercial in which he dons a No. 69 Subway jersey.  If you're wondering why, the six-inch subs cost NT$69, which comes out to two bucks in the states.

Mets select local high school product Steven Matz with first pick  —  FLUSHING, N.Y. — The New York Mets selected left-handed pitcher Steven Matz with their first selection, 72nd overall, in the 2009 First-Year Player Draft.  —  Matz, a senior at Ward Melville High School in East Setauket …

Johnson highlights second-day success  —  Marlins look to continue excellent post-fourth-round Drafts  —  MIAMI — Success stories can emerge at any time during the First-Year Player Draft.  —  For proof of that, the Marlins can look no further than Josh Johnson, their standout 6-foot-7 right-hander.

Music: The Eighth-Inning Sing-a-Along  —  This morning, WFAN's Boomer Esiason and Craig Carton announced today they were recently asked by the Mets to submit four songs to replace Sweet Caroline during the eighth inning in Citi Field.  —  ...oh, jeez, this again... ok, fine... let's see what we've got...