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 …

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).

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.

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 …

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.

The Alex Avila Era Now Begins  —  More photos » by David J. Phillip - AP  —  If it wasn't captured in a photograph, would you have remembered that Dusty Ryan actually played in an occasional game for the Detroit Tigers?  —  Browse more photos »

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.

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 …

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.

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 …

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 …

Suddenly, that famous Volquez-for-Hamilton deal has lost its luster … The rarest occurrence in baseball isn't a perfect game, a cycle, or even an afternoon without New York sports talk radio ranting that [Joba Chamberlain] Phil Hughes is the most irreplaceable relief pitcher of all time.

Cleveland Indians prospect Adam Miller has second surgery on right middle finger  —  CLEVELAND — Indians right-hander Adam Miller is hoping to be ready for spring training after undergoing the second of two planned surgeries on his right middle finger.  —  The Indians announced Wednesday …

When the Bond Market Meets a Baseball Prospect  —  The Washington Nationals' hopes of reaching respectability may rest with the signing of Stephen Strasburg, the pitching sensation the team picked first overall in baseball's amateur draft.  But here's the burning question: How much is the right-handed fireballer worth?

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.