Game 98: Athletics at Yankees (updates with Gardner going on disabled list)  —  YANKEES (59-38)  —  Pitching: RHP Sergio Mitre (1-0, 4.76).  —  NOTES: Thanks to Ernie Palladino for calling in the lineup. ...  The 1:05 p.m. game is on YES. ...  Oakland is starting LHP Dallas Braden (7-8, 3.40). ...

Different varieties in Apple  —  Yankees flourishing, Mets floundering  —  They represent the same city, but the performances of the Mets and Yankees are as different as Mars and Venus.  —  While sports talk radio isn't always the best barometer, the airwaves generally are filled with angry, bitter fans.

Aaron: PED users can be Hall candidates  —  Legendary home-run hitter suggests asterisk by names  —  COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — Hank Aaron, who was baseball's all-time home run king until Barry Bonds passed him in 2007, thinks that players linked to performance-enhancing drugs shouldn't necessarily be excluded from the Hall of Fame.

Top Mariners officials think Erik Bedard is hurt again  —  The good news in the photo above is that I think the Mariners actually won the game you see them playing.  The bad news is, it was against their own 4 and 5-year-old kids and doesn't count in the standings.  —  Oh well.

Constant roster changes take a toll on NY Mets' clubhouse chemistry  —  HOUSTON — They sat in sofa chairs only a couple feet apart, but said nothing to each other.  Oliver Perez flipped through People magazine.  Elmer Dessens read Sports Illustrated.  —  They sat like this for more than …

Sources: Philadelphia Phillies won't meet Toronto Blue Jays' demands for Roy Halladay … If the Blue Jays' asking price for Roy Halladay is J.A. Happ, top pitching prospect Kyle Drabek and high-ceiling outfield prospect Dominic Brown, the Phillies aren't buying.

A's pound Pettitte, Aceves in 7th as streak ends  —  Hope rippled through the new Stadium Saturday when the Yankees staged a mini-rallies in the eighth and ninth innings, but neither could out-do the damage Andy Pettitte and Alfredo Aceves did in the seventh.

Yanks might consider trading Joba for Halladay  —  Here is some interesting news.  Jon Heyman reports on twitter that the Yankees might consider giving up Joba Chamberlain for Roy Halladay.  I would do it.  I would say Hughes is untouchable right now.  —  Let's see exactly what they want in return before we jump to any conclusions.

Red-hot Dodgers walk off on Blake's bases-loaded hit  —  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Casey Blake (FSY) blooped a bases-loaded single with two outs in the ninth inning, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Florida Marlins 4-3 on Saturday night for their sixth win in seven games.  —  GAME REPORT: Dodgers 4, Marlins 3

Deals for Holliday, DeRosa demonstrate the team's urgency  —  New Cardinals Matt Holliday, left, and Mark DeRosa (P-D)  —  Cardinals chairman Bill DeWitt Jr. is rarely mistaken for a riverboat gambler.  But Thursday night, in a move with long-term implications, he officially authorized …

Can it Be?  Are the Tigers After Milton Bradley?  —  Two very solid baseball sources confirmed for me just moments ago that the Detroit Tigers are interested in Cubs RF Milton Bradley.  They believe that Bradley would be a much better fit as a DH than as a right fielder and that he would mesh well with Tigers manager Jim Leyland.

Diamondbacks 7, Pirates 0  —  PHOENIX (AP) — Justin Upton homered and drove in three runs, and Doug Davis rebounded from his worst start of the season with six sharp innings in the Arizona Diamondbacks' 7-0 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday.  —  Upton's two-run homer …

Pittsburgh Pirates keep dumping talent  —  Low payroll assures their record losing ways  —  Do the Pirates have any fans left?  —  If so, Major League Baseball owes them an apology.  Ditto manager John Russell, his coaches and the players who have the misfortune to have wound up there through the amateur draft or a trade.

Scott Kazmir wants to remain with Tampa Bay Rays  —  TORONTO — LHP Scott Kazmir had had a bit of a rough Thursday anyway, what with being on the other side of Mark Buehrle's perfect game, when he got a call from his father, Eddie, asking about his name popping up in trade rumors.