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 …

Manny Ramirez visits with Los Angeles Dodgers teammates … LOS ANGELES — Manny Ramirez visited his Los Angeles Dodgers teammates before their game against San Diego on Tuesday night, popping into the clubhouse before a home game for the first time since his suspension for violating Major League Baseball's drug policy.

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.

I'm clean, angry Ibanez says  —  NEW YORK - Raul Ibanez has a message for those who say his spectacular offensive performance in a Phillies uniform could be a result of performance-enhancing drugs.  —  “I'll come after people who defame or slander me,” he said before last night's game against the New York Mets.

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.

Yanks nab high-upside outfielder first  —  Heathcott represents change in club's Round 1 philosophy  —  NEW YORK — Bucking their recent Draft trend of leaning toward pitching, the Yankees selected high school outfielder Slade Heathcott with their first pick in Tuesday's First-Year Player Draft, the 29th selection overall.

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.

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 …

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 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.

DAMON TARGETS TORRE  —  BOSTON — The Idiot has returned on a mission.  —  Johnny Damon wants the Yankees to get back to the postseason for many reasons.  One is to prove Joe Torre wrong.  —  Damon said Torre's book, “The Yankee Years,” has “fired” him up to have a big season.

Dodgers select two-way Baylor prospect  —  Los Angeles drafts left-hander as pitcher at No. 36  —  LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers selected Aaron Miller, a left-handed pitcher from Baylor University, as their top pick in Tuesday's First-Year Player Draft.  —  A 21-year-old junior …

JUNE 1 JAUNT UNDERMINES INTEGRITY  —  The integrity of the game is a phrase heard often in any discussion of steroids and baseball.  Major League Baseball says players have to be tested to ensure the integrity of the game; each player who tests positive damages the integrity of the game.

First-Round Recap  —  1.  —  WASHINGTON NATIONALS STEPHEN STRASBURG, RHP  —  Scouting Report: In the history of the draft, no prospect has received as much predraft hype and publicity as Strasburg—and the attention is warranted.  His combination of stuff, pitching savvy and command make him a once-in-a-generation phenomenon.

Detwiler Is Solid, But Nats Fall Short  —  Although the only pitcher that many Washington Nationals fans might have truly cared about yesterday was some 3,000 miles away, there are still questions about how their present collection of young arms will take shape in the starting rotation.