Ortiz and Ramirez Said to Be on '03 Doping List  —  Manny Ramirez and David Ortiz, the sluggers who propelled the Boston Red Sox to end an 86-year World Series championship drought and to capture another title three years later, were among the roughly 100 Major League Baseball players …

Dodgers Acquire Sherrill  —  The Dodgers shored up their bullpen Thursday by acquiring Baltimore closer George Sherrill in exchange for two prospects, slugging third baseman Josh Bell and riht-handed pitcher Steve Johnson, according to baseball sources.  —  The left-handed Sherrill can serve …

Mets, Tampa, Cleveland 3 Way Deal?  —  Joe just updated me with an interesting rumor.  —  We are hearing dialogue about the Mets/Rays/ and Indians talking about a three way deal.  In this scenario Victor Martinez would go to Tampa and not New York.  As of now we do not know who the Mets would receive in this scenario.

Grabow/Gorzelanny to Cubs ‘just about done’  —  The Pirates are discussing a trade that would send pitchers John Grabow and Tom Gorzelanny to the Chicago Cubs, according to a team source.  —  No deal is in place, and other teams are interested in Grabow, so this might not happen at all.

Wise hit gives White Sox 3-2 win over Yankees  —  CHICAGO (AP) — DeWayne Wise (FSY) hit a game-ending RBI single in the ninth inning to give the Chicago White Sox a 3-2 victory over the New York Yankees on Thursday night.  —  Nick Swisher (FSY) tied it in the top half with a solo shot …

Mets blank Rockies in first game of doubleheader  —  NEW YORK — A worrisome series has spawned full-blown concern.  —  The Rockies can't win in New York, suffocated 7-0 in the first game of a doubleheader today at Citi Field.  They are 2-21 in their last 23 road games against the Mets.

Canseco says MLB facing bigger issue  —  Jose Canseco, whose 2005 book arguably started the cascade of revelations and an investigation into the use of performance-enhancing drugs in baseball, barely raised an eyebrow when he was told David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez are reportedly on the list of 104 players who tested positive in 2003.

Dodgers end losing streak with 10-inning win over Cards  —  ST. LOUIS (AP) — Matt Kemp (FSY) hit a two-run single in the 10th inning for his third hit, helping the Los Angeles Dodgers end a season-worst four-game losing streak with a 5-3 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Thursday night.

THE YANKS AND WASHBURN  —  Mariners GM Jack Zduriencik sounds like an executive stuck in the middle.  His brain tells him that his club is just not good enough to make the playoffs this year while his heart keeps creating scenarios in which somehow they sneak in.

Bannister, Bloomquist, Teahen Drawing Interest  —  7:58pm: Jayson Stark and Buster Olney of ESPN.com report that the Yankees inquired about Bannister, but talks didn't develop because the Yankees asked the Royals to pay the $650k that remains on Bannister's 2009 contract.

Garza admits hitting Teixeira on purpose  —  ST. PETERSBURG - There were no warnings, no bench-clearing incidents and relatively little chatter between the Yankees and Rays Wednesday night, but Rays pitcher Matt Garza made it clear after the game that his fifth-inning pitch that hit Mark Teixeira was not an accident.