Prince Fielder of Milwaukee Brewers tries to charge Los Angeles Dodgers clubhouse after beaning … LOS ANGELES — Not even Prince Fielder really knows what he might have done if a phalanx of security guards and teammates hadn't prevented the furious Milwaukee Brewers slugger from entering …

25 things you didn't know about baseball  —  Buzz up!  —  I have found baseball nerd heaven, and it is a place called FanGraphs.  —  Earlier this year, the invaluable repository for statistics unveiled its pitch-type linear weights.  Do not be scared by the math jargon.

Sting Rays  —  Longoria makes it hurt as Tampa outlasts Sox  —  Takashi Saito felt the heat after walking Michel Hernandez to open the 13th.  (Scott Audette/ Reuters)  —  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Earning a playoff spot in the American League East may be baseball's most arduous challenge this year.

Yuni Watch ... and, yes, my life  —  Yuniesky Betancourt ... and my professional future.  All in one blog post!  —  Yes, true, I had put the Yuni Watch away ... but I thought it would not be fair to allow Yuniesky Betancourt's back-to-back two-hit days — which included a double …

Tigers promote Lambert, Avila to Majors  —  Ramirez, Ryan sent back to Triple-A Toldeo  —  DETROIT — Detroit general manager Dave Dombrowski announced after Tuesday's 8-2 loss to the Orioles that the Tigers have recalled 26-year-old pitcher Chris Lambert from Triple-A Toledo and purchased …

Clock ticking for teams to sign top picks  —  Twenty yet to come to terms as Aug. 17 deadline approaches  —  With fewer than two weeks to go before the First-Year Player Draft signing deadline, there are only 12 first-round picks who have signed with their respective teams.

Jays GM Ricciardi looks like a lame duck after botching Halladay talks … Call them the Blew Jays.  Because they blew the Roy Halladay trade talks big time.  —  Sure, the Jays still have Halladay, the best pitcher in baseball.  But by all appearances it's a disappointed Halladay, who expected to be gone from Toronto by now.

Super Two Update: Maybin, Snider  —  Certain players come closer to Super Two status with every day they spend in the majors.  The more service time they get, the closer they come to securing a fourth year of arbitration and a bigger payday.  Cameron Maybin and Travis Snider could set themselves …

Abreu named AL Player of Month for July  —  Outfielder bats .380, compensate for loss of Vlad, Hunter  —  Bobby Abreu, whose recent performance helped compensate for the injury absences of Torii Hunter and Vladimir Guerrero and kept the Angels flying high in the West, has been named …

Aaron: Release 2003 list of positive tests  —  Former home run king wants all 104 names made public  —  JUPITER, Fla. — Hank Aaron said Tuesday that he wants the list of 104 players who tested positive for performance-enhancing substances in 2003 to be released.

Yankees call up Claggett  —  TORONTO — Right-handed reliever Anthony Claggett is expected to join the Yankees tonight in time for their game against the Blue Jays at Rogers Centre.  —  Claggett, 25, was 4-6 with a 3.02 ERA in 32 games (two starts) for Scranto-Wilkes Barre (Triple-A).

St. Louis Cardinals' Pujols slams his way out of slump  —  St. Louis Cardinals' Albert Pujols (5) celebrates with teammates Colby Rasmus, second from left, and Julio Lugo (12) after Pujol's grand slam, as New York Mets catcher Omir Santos, left, looks on during the 10th inning of a baseball game Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2009, in New York.

Steps for attaining baseball happiness  —  1. Buy a pack of baseball cards.  For best results, pay no more than a quarter and make sure the pack has a hard stick of gum sliding around loose inside.  If packs long ago stopped costing a quarter or less and no longer include flour-flecked sticks …