Game 70: Yankees at Braves (now with Sabathia update)  —  YANKEES (38-31)  —  Pitching: RHP Chien-Ming Wang (0-5, 12.30).  —  BRAVES (33-36)  —  McLouth CF  —  Escobar SS  —  Jones 3B  —  McCann C  —  Anderson LF  —  Kotchman 1B  —  Francoeur RF  —  Johnson 2B  —  Hanson RHP

Phillies need new face on the mound  —  AS THE PHILLIES jet off to their favorite place - that is, anyplace but here - so much is going wrong that you can pretty much pick on anything right now as a problem and be right.  Except that you'd be wrong.  —  Because nothing is wrong with the Phillies …

Delayed gratification: MLB denies protest  —  Sunday's game officially a Marlins win after ruling  —  MIAMI — Nearly two days after shaking hands following a 6-5 win over the Yankees, the Marlins officially were declared the winner of Sunday's disputed game at Land Shark Stadium.

Shorthanded Mets band together to beat Cardinals  —  Shortly after Carlos Beltran landed on the disabled list yesterday, the latest blow to his reeling Mets team, Jerry Manuel was asked how they would cope with another gaping hole in their roster.  “I think you have to believe that somebody's going to catch fire,” Manuel said.

Hall of Famer Ryne Sandberg says Sammy Sosa doesn't belong in Hall  —  Chicago Cubs Hall of Famer Ryne Sandberg said his former teammate Sammy Sosa does not belong in the Hall because of integrity issues associated with the steroids era.  —  The New York Times reported that Sosa …

It just doesn't add up  —  May we agree on one thing?  —  Daisuke Matsuzaka was not worth $102 million.  —  There's a lot of financial craziness out there in modern professional sport, but we have not yet reached the point where a third or fourth (and in this case, fifth) …

Teixeira, Youkilis jockeying for position  —  Yanks' first baseman takes back lead from Sox slugger  —  It seems as if the historic Red Sox-Yankees rivalry exists on ballots, too.  —  At least that's the situation among American League first basemen, as Boston's Kevin Youkilis …

Giants G.M. Sabean talks about potential trades: ‘We know what we need’  —  The cavalry might come galloping to assist the Giants' offense, but don't expect to hear reveille any time soon.  —  Before watching his lineup struggle in road grays yet again Monday night in a 5-1 loss to the A's …

Reeling Indians get boost with Sizemore's return … PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Cleveland Indians have All-Star center fielder Grady Sizemore back.  —  Sizemore, out since May 31 with an inflamed left elbow, was activated from the disabled list Tuesday before the struggling Indians opened a three …

Rays Former #1 Pick In 2005, Wade Townsend Retires  —  Rays Prospects has the link from CBS Sports of the Rays #1 pick and #8 overall pick in the 2005 MLB draft, RHP Wade Townsend from Rice announcing his retirement.  Townsend has battled injuries since signing with the Rays, having Tommy John surgery in the fall of 05.

Giants remain a bat away from something special  —  Rotation, check.  Bullpen, check.  With everything else in place, Jon Paul Morosi says the Giants need to trade for the bat they lack.

Cubs agree to terms with outfielder Brett Jackson, Chicago's first selection from 2009 Draft  —  CHICAGO — The Chicago Cubs have agreed to terms with outfielder Brett Jackson, the club's first-round selection (31st overall) in the 2009 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft, pending a physical.

Giving Don Fehr His Due  —  There are jobs that demand of the person filling them that they be able to forgo popularity to do them well.  No one likes public defenders.  No one likes tax auditors.  And no one likes the men who have chosen to represent baseball players as if they were a group …

Keith Hernandez, Mark Teixeira and a question of range … ATLANTA — Former Mets first baseman Keith Hernandez apparently isn't overly impressed with the work of current Yankees first baseman and two-time Gold Glover Mark Teixeira.  From Bob Raissman of the Daily News:

Joe Namath + Autotune = Post  —  In the immortal words of Nasir Jones, “F*#k Jay Z.”  Sure, Jay can still bring it, but if everyone listened to him we wouldn't have a gem like this from DJ Steve Porter.  The video is heavy on AI (with good reason) before venturing into our domain.

Yankees' catcher Jorge Posada say he's pumped up by critics' chatter … ATLANTA - Jorge Posada has heard the whispers.  He knows that sports talk radio lines and Internet message boards are teeming with people insisting his days as a catcher are dwindling - or that they should be, anyway.

Tuesday Dish: Rays', Red Sox' Top Triple-A Arms Produce Varied Results  —  Durham welcomed Pawtucket to town for a four-game set beginning last Friday, with both second-place clubs looking to make up ground on their respective International League division leaders.

Melvin On Brewers' Pitching  —  Brewers GM Doug Melvin says the Brewers can't keep trading prospects away for pitching, according to Tom Haudricourt of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.  The Brewers pulled off a deal for C.C. Sabathia last year, giving up Matt LaPorta, but they are apparently unwilling …