Jays' Halladay all but gone in Toronto  —  Ken Rosenthal has been the senior baseball writer for FOXSports.com since Aug. 2005.  He appears weekly on the FSN Baseball Report and MLB on FOX.  —  add this  —  Let the Roy Halladay sweepstakes begin.  —  “We have to see what's out there …

Jeter has issue with ump's reasoning  —  Girardi ejected after shortstop was called out on slide at third  —  NEW YORK — Derek Jeter's lengthy Major League career has featured many events on the playing field, but thus far, he has been able to avoid an ejection.

Kinsler, Sandoval early Final Vote leaders  —  Rangers 2B, Giants 3B leading out of gate for All-Star spot  —  Rangers second baseman Ian Kinsler and Giants third baseman Pablo Sandoval are the early leaders in the 2009 All-Star Game Sprint Final Vote, which is under way through 4 p.m. ET on Thursday exclusively at MLB.com.

Would having Manny really be so bad?  —  Remember when news first broke of Manny Ramirez's 50-game suspension, how Mets fans everywhere had this huge sigh of relief?  Close call, they thought.  That could have been us!  But flash forward two months, and do Mets fans still feel that way?  Doubtful.

St. Louis is perfect host for All-Star Game  —  MLB's best get to play for fans known as the best in baseball  —  ST. LOUIS — This is a friendly town, a Midwestern town, a riverside town, a college town and the Gateway City.  —  But mostly, it's a baseball town, and one with few, if any, rivals.

Bedard's return to force rotation choice  —  Seattle (43-39) vs. Baltimore (36-47), 7:10 p.m. PT  —  SEATTLE — Mariners manager Don Wakamatsu is going to be one heck of a juggler by the time this season is over.  —  He's already had to deal with a batch of injuries that has leveled …

Diamondbacks 6, Padres 5  —  PHOENIX (AP) — Mark Reynolds singled home Justin Upton with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning as the Arizona Diamondbacks rallied to edge the San Diego Padres 6-5 on Monday night.  —  Upton drew a two-out walk from Cla Meredith (4-2) …

Melvin “ticked off” at Braun  —  By Tom Haudricourt of the Journal Sentinel  —  I think it's safe to say that Brewers general manager Doug Melvin is more than a bit upset with leftfielder Ryan Braun.  —  I spoke with Melvin on the telephone a little while ago about the comments made by Braun …

Marlins close to adding vet Williamson  —  Right-handed reliever last pitched in Majors in 2007  —  MIAMI — The Marlins are adding another veteran reliever to their system.  —  According to a Major League source, the team is finalizing the signing of right-hander Scott Williamson to a Minor League contract.

Seeking a Way to Predict Baseball Injuries  —  LOS ANGELES — Beyond the massage tables and stacks of athletic tape in the Dodgers' cramped training room stands a dry-erase board with scribbled questions like “Fat?  Skinny?” and “Country of origin?  Region of the country they grew up in?”

Vazquez has too much value for Braves to move  —  Ken Rosenthal has been the senior baseball writer for FOXSports.com since Aug. 2005.  He appears weekly on the FSN Baseball Report and MLB on FOX.  —  add this  —  Teams can call all they want on right-hander Javier Vazquez, but why would the Braves trade him?

Red Barber: How Vin Scully got hired  —  After the 1982 baseball season, Larry King had legendary announcer Red Barber on his radio show as a guest.  Stan from Tacoma, the screenname of one of Dodger Thoughts' most valued friends, sent me a tape of that wonderful interview during the most recent offseason …

Manny Ramirez reveals our true attitude about baseball's drug war.  —  Well, it seems that Manny Ramirez is back with the Los Angeles Dodgers, having done his time both under suspension and in Albuquerque, N.M., which seems just a touch redundant.  (He also briefly played against Lake Elsinore …

Chris Davis Had a Hard Time Making Contact  —  On Sunday the Rangers sent Chris Davis down to AAA.  After a good rookie season last year Davis' performance took a step back this year.  His power is still there (23% HR/FB), but his already poor strikeout rate has ballooned up to an unacceptable 44.2% K/AB.

WEE CHANGE FOR YANKEES  —  Yankee fans are now at liberty to go to the bathroom during the playing of “God Bless America” during the seventh-inning stretch, thanks to a settlement reached yesterday in Manhattan federal court.  —  Signing off on the deal were the Yankees …