Source: Fehr to leave job after 25 years  —  Don Fehr is stepping down as executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association, a position he's held since the mid-1980s, a source tells ESPN.  —  Fehr will be replaced by general counsel Michael Weiner, pending board approval, the source said.

A-Rod to rest one day a week through break  —  Yanks third baseman experiencing fatigue from hip surgery  —  Alex Rodriguez, who did not start on Friday and Saturday due to fatigue six weeks after returning from surgery on his right hip, will get one day of rest each week through next month's All-Star break.

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 …

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.

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.

Indians Insider: Cabrera headed to Columbus while Sizemore wants action in Pittsburgh  —  CHICAGO — The Indians have lost six straight games.  Never fear.  —  “Things are going to change soon,” said shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera following the Indians' 6-2 loss Sunday to the Cubs.

Royals rumor mill starts churning  —  We're entering that nefarious time of the summer, when the trade rumor mill spits out an endless stream of b.s. whispers, which amount to and signify nothing.  Nevertheless, it's our duty to report on these things.  Here's one ESPN is reporting on Rumor Central …

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.

Yankees-Marlins Fan Brawl Reveals Truth Of The Human Condition, With Punching  —  YouTube is filled with grainy cellphone videos of drunken bleacher brawls, but few capture the drama, action, suspense, and heartbreaking childhood trauma of this donnybrook from the Yankees-Marlins series.

Howard improving, could return to Phils soon  —  Slugger hopes to join team in Tampa Bay if he ‘feels better’  —  Ryan Howard, hospitalized twice over the weekend with flu symptoms, has been diagnosed with acute sinusitis, and could rejoin the Phillies lineup as early as tomorrow night.

Tampa Bay Rays Tales: Don't mess with Zorilla  —  Rays rumblings  —  Until they hosted the woeful Nationals last weekend, the Rays had played the toughest schedule in the majors (opponent winning percentage of .521), the way Baseball Prospectus figures it. ...

Struggling Superstar: What's Eating A-Rod? by Baseball Prospectus  —  Performance Analysis: During the radio broadcast of last Thursday's game between the Yankees and the Nationals, a local beat writer joined YES announcers John Sterling and Suzyn Waldman in the booth, relaying …

A Call to Arms  —  If you've been reading StatSpeak for a while now like the rest of the world, you've probably noticed some turnover in the past year or so.  A blog that was at one point written only by Pizza Cutter expanded to include some of the bigger names in sabermetrics, such as Eric Seidman …

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 …

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 …