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.

Lowe can't rehash history vs. Yanks  —  Braves righty struggles, dropping third straight start  —  ATLANTA — Derek Lowe will always have fond memories of the victorious effort he produced during Game 7 of the 2004 American League Championship Series at Yankee Stadium.

Andy Phillips Signs With Hiroshima Carp  —  Former Yankee Andy Phillips signed a one-year deal worth $400k to play for the Hiroshima Carp, according to an AP report on ESPN.com.  We heard rumblings about the move earlier in the week, but it's now official.  —  Phillips, 32, played four seasons …

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.

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.

Aybar fills in admirably as Rays rout Phillies in World Series rematch  —  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Willy Aybar homered and drove in three runs as a replacement for an injured Evan Longoria on Thursday night, leading the Tampa Bay Rays to a 10-4 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies …

Why does Major League Baseball use an outdated, misleading camera angle to show the batter and pitcher?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 …

Breaking News: Baylor's Aaron Miller Agrees To Terms With Dodgers  —  Email Address: adam.winkler@kwtx.com  —  News 10 sports has learned that former Baylor pitcher/outfielder Aaron Miller has agreed to terms with the Los Angeles Dodgers on Thursday evening.

John Smoltz starts rough  —  Encouraged despite loss in Red Sox debut  —  + Recent Articles + Recent Blog Entries + Email + Bio  —  WASHINGTON - Being an avid golfer, John Smoltz is well-acquainted with the mulligan.  —  In that spirit, let's just agree his Red Sox [team stats] career began in the second inning last night.

Renteria, Taveras head the list of biggest free-agent busts of 2009 … Free agency is one of history's great scams, up there with state lotteries and the old grifter trick of selling a man his own house.  They all rely on greed, stupidity, and man's belief that bad things will happen to other people but not to him.

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.

Snell Asks For, And Receives, Demotion  —  More photos » by Kathy Willens - AP  —  Just another day at the ballpark.  —  Browse more photos »  —  I get that everyone's concerned about Ian Snell and his vanishing breaking ball, tendency to nibble, and general inconsistency.

Chicago Cubs' Geovany Soto tested positive for marijuana at World Baseball Classic  —  Chicago Cubs catcher Geovany Soto said he has been informed by the International Baseball Federation that he tested positive for marijuana at the World Baseball Classic.  —  “While I fully acknowledge …

The top unsolved mysteries in baseball in 2009  —  There aren't any clear explanations for why some things have happened in '09  —  It isn't true that the 2009 baseball season has been scripted by John D. MacDonald and Clive Cussler.  It just seems like it.