CC makes early exit in Yankee loss  —  MIAMI - What's worse: losing four of six to the Nationals and Marlins or losing your ace to an arm injury?  —  Unfortunately for the Yankees, they don't have to choose.  —  The Bombers dropped their second straight series to a weak NL East squad …

Cubs fans' love for Mark DeRosa a little out of whack  —  The only question left is where to erect the Mark DeRosa statue.  —  The sculpture of Ernie Banks, fingers curled around a bat, is hogging the west side of Wrigley Field.  So that site is out.  Harry Caray, microphone in hand, owns the southeast corner of the park.

Miller Park hopes to be ready for Twins  —  Minnesota (35-36) at Milwaukee (37-32), 7:05 p.m. CT  —  DETROIT — The Brewers will return home on Tuesday to a stadium that was anything but dormant while they were away.  —  Miller Park sustained significant flooding after a band …

Yanks protest game over lineup snafu  —  Confusion arises in eighth from Marlins' double-switch  —  MIAMI — For now, the Marlins are claiming a 6-5 victory over the Yankees on Sunday afternoon at Land Shark Stadium.  Whether the score is upheld ultimately will be determined by Major League Baseball.

Kennedy returning (sort of) to Scranton/WB  —  Ian Kennedy is still on the disabled list and still several weeks from pitching in a game, but he will rejoin the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees this week and do his rehab work with the club.  —  Kennedy was in the Yankees clubhouse on Sunday …

Matt Kemp has potential to be a great center fielder  —  The Angels' Torri Hunter says the Dodgers center fielder is good now but will be great later.  —  Matt Kemp has the ability to become a Gold Glove-caliber center fielder.  —  That opinion doesn't come from Kemp, Manager Joe Torre or anyone else in the Dodgers organization.

Sony scraps Soderbergh's ‘Moneyball’  —  Columbia Pictures drops ball on Brad Pitt pic  —  Columbia Pictures has dropped the ball on “Moneyball,” the Steven Soderbergh-directed Brad Pitt-starrer that was supposed to begin production Monday in Phoenix.  —  On Friday, Columbia Pictures …

Toronto Halts Nats' Win Streak at Four  —  Zimmerman's Batting Slump Goes On: Blue Jays 9, Nationals 4  —  The enduring image was also a repeating image, because Ryan Zimmerman did the same thing five times yesterday.  Five times Zimmerman dug into the batter's box, tried to end his slump, and instead only found a way to lengthen it.

Green's homer gives Boston 6-5 win over Atlanta  —  Buzz up!  —  BOSTON (AP)—Nick Green  —  surprised the Boston Red Sox by overcoming long odds to make the team.  On Sunday, he was surprised that his homer won the game.  —  The shortstop who went to spring training as a non-roster player …

Defending Harold Reynolds  —  Harold Reynolds recently wrote an article on his blog (he has a blog?) about, uh, OPS and Dick Williams and some other stuff.  You see, part of the problem is that it's awfully hard to figure out what he was actually trying to say.

Astros eager to get a look at Greinke  —  Kansas City (29-39) at Houston (32-35), 7:05 p.m. CT  —  MINNEAPOLIS — To say that the Astros are looking forward to facing Royals ace Zack Greinke wouldn't be entirely accurate.  After all, who would enjoy going against the pitcher who leads …

Wright producing despite strikeouts  —  Slugger has amazing .460 batting average on balls in play  —  NEW YORK — David Wright is having an odd season.  —  Wright is the National League's leading hitter with a .344 average entering Sunday's finale with the Rays at Citi Field.