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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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 …

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 …

Orioles vs. Red Sox  —  RED SOX WIN (9:45, FINAL, 7-2 RED SOX)  —  Ramon Ramirez threw the final inning, getting Jones to fly out to right to end the game and secure back-to-back victories for the Red Sox.  Wieters led off the inning with a hit and was followed by a strike out by Izturis.

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.

Gammons' Latest: Duke, Halladay, Reds, Rays  —  ESPN's Peter Gammons has a new blog post up, writing about how teams are reluctant to part with their top young players, even if they are overvaluing them.  He also mixes in a little rumory goodness, so let's take a peek...

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.