New York Mets reliever Francisco Rodriguez regrets confrontation with New York Yankees reliever Brian Bruney  —  Mets closer Francisco Rodriguez says he regrets his aggressive confrontation with New York Yankees reliever Brian Bruney two weeks ago at Yankee Stadium.

Who gets bumped when Kaz returns?  —  ST. PETERSBURG - LHP Scott Kazmir will come off the disabled list and pitch Saturday or Sunday against the Marlins, and an announcement on whom he will replace on the roster and in the rotation is imminent.  —  Manager Joe Maddon reiterated Thursday …

A-Rod ties Reggie on all-time homer list  —  Slugger blasts solo shot over center-field wall in first  —  ATLANTA — As Alex Rodriguez prepared for the closing ceremonies at the old Yankee Stadium, he joshed with Reggie Jackson, warning the Hall of Famer that he'd come back gunning for him on baseball's home run list.

Great Joba debate rages on  —  Yanks insist he's a starter; fans would like to see him in 'pen  —  It has replaced Yankees vs. Mets as the ultimate take-sides debate in the New York sports realm, having kept talk-radio switchboard operators busy pushing at the button for more than a year.

Game 73: Yankees at Mets  —  YANKEES (40-32)  —  Lineup:  —  Jeter, SS  —  Damon, LF  —  Teixeira, 1B  —  Rodriguez, 3B  —  Cano, 2B  —  Cabrera, RF  —  Gardner, CF  —  Cervelli, C  —  Sabathia, LHP  —  Pitching: LHP CC Sabathia (6-4, 3.71).  —  METS (37-34)  —  Lineup: TBA

MLB reacts to Jackson, Fawcett deaths  —  King of Pop and Charlie's Angels star had fans around league  —  The year was 1976.  —  Farrah Fawcett had the poster that was on walls everywhere.  —  Michael Jackson was fronting “The Jacksons” — as the band started off on its own a year after leaving Motown.

Sidney Ponson of Kansas City Royals tested positive for stimulant at WBC  —  Kansas City Royals pitcher Sidney Ponson tested positive for a stimulant during the World Baseball Classic and has been banned from international competition for two years.  —  Major League Baseball will not suspend Ponson.

Magadan suspended for one game  —  Red Sox coach also fined for arguing balls and strikes  —  Boston hitting coach Dave Magadan, ejected from the Red Sox's Wednesday night game in Washington for arguing balls and strikes, has been suspended for one game by Major League Baseball.

Four managers who may not be back in 2010 and more (cont.)  —  Tigers make great moves, look for more  —  The division always described as wide open became a little less so this week, as the Detroit Tigers' 6-0 homestand enabled them to open a five-game lead on the second-place Twins.

Roenicke more than just a flamethrower  —  Cincinnati (35-36) at Cleveland (30-44), 7:05 p.m. ET  —  TORONTO — Reds reliever Josh Roenicke let it be known he's capable of bringing more than the heat.  —  With fastballs able to reach 97-98 mph on the radar gun, Roenicke has the reputation …

Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Ryan J. Braun buys Malibu foreclosure  —  Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Ryan J. Braun has purchased a foreclosed home in Malibu for $4.85 million.  —  The five-bedroom, seven-bathroom gated Mediterranean has ocean views and sits on more than an acre with a swimming pool, spa and built-in barbecue.

Why does Major League Baseball use an outdated, misleading camera angle to show the batter and pitcher?  —  In the seventh inning of a recent game between the Red Sox and the Braves, Atlanta's Peter Moylan fired a two-strike fastball to Kevin Youkilis.  Although the home plate umpire called it a ball …

MLB tells Philadelphia Phillies-Tampa Bay Rays umpire crew it mistakenly used replay  —  Turns out umpires are still learning the rules for instant replay, too.  —  Major League Baseball told an umpiring crew Friday that it mistakenly went to a video review the previous night on a ball hit …

Prospect Hot Sheet: June 26  —  Some Prospect Hot Sheet meetings are easy, and some not so.  This was a difficult week.  Thanks to the Class A all-star games and a down week for hitters, it's a very pitching-centric Sheet this week.  But while that may be true, the overall down week for hitters helped one hitter stand out even more.

3 UP: SANTANA, PETTITTE AND NIESE  —  Yes, I am on Twitter.  —  1. Here is something you haven't heard a lot in recent years, but the Mets should really be proud of the way they have plowed through this injury plague.  Obviously, they have been helped by the stumbling Phillies to awake today just one-half game out of first place.

Olney's premature obituary for A-Rod  —  Yesterday, Buster Olney wrote a premature obituary of sorts for A-Rod.  Noting that A-Rod's numbers are way down this year, Olney speculated that the post-steroid-confession, post-surgery A-Rod isn't anything close to the late-20's A-Rod of five or six years ago.

Elvis Burrell Collects His World Series Medallion  —  Pat Burrell's prized English Bulldog, Elvis, wasn't around back in April when his father came to Citizens Bank Park to collect his jewelry for winning the 2008 World Series.  So yesterday, prior to the final game of the series vs. Pat's new team …