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 …

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.

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.

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 …

Why does Major League Baseball use an outdated, misleading camera angle to show the batter and pitcher?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

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.

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.

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.

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 …

Astros 'pen picking up slack for offense  —  Houston (33-37) vs. Detroit (41-31), 7:05 p.m. CT  —  HOUSTON — Scoring runs late at home has been a problem for the Astros' offense, but keeping opponents from scoring late hasn't.  —  Despite injuries earlier this season …

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.