Bondy: Sitting Wright would be a heads-up move  —  Nothing good comes from Met games these days.  Events scheduled to elicit joyful childhood memories bring only fresh injury or recrimination.  If the Wilpons could just shut down the season right now at Citi Field, spend the next eight months licking …

Game 118: Yankees at Mariners  —  YANKEES (74-43)  —  Pitching: RHP Joba Chamberlain (8-2, 3.85).  —  MARINERS (60-57)  —  Suzuki RF  —  Branyan 1B  —  Lopez 2B  —  Griffey DH  —  Gutierrez CF  —  Hannahan 3B  —  Johjima C  —  Langerhans LF  —  Wilson SS

With Strasburg, It May Be the Years, More Than Money, That is the Focus  —  NOTE: Follow Maury Brown and The Biz of Baseball on Twitter leading up to the signing deadline on the 17th  —  Tick, tick, tick... by midnight on Monday, the Washington Nationals will have either gotten San Diego …

Yankees DH Matsui out indefinitely  —  Buzz up!  —  SEATTLE (AP)—Hideki Matsui  —  has been held out of the New York Yankees lineup because of swelling in his balky knee and is out indefinitely.  —  Manager Joe Girardi said Sunday before New York tried for a four-game series sweep …

Jake Locker signs with Angels  —  The UW quarterback was drafted in the 10th round of this year's baseball draft  —  For now, Jake Locker plans only to be a Husky in the Backfield.  But should he ever want to be an Angel in the Outfield, the opportunity will be there for him.

SERBY'S SUNDAY Q & A WITH... MARIANO RIVERA  —  The Post's Steve Serby chatted with the great Yankees closer about his winning legacy, his plans for the rest of his career, his family and more.  —  Q: How much longer do you want to play?  —  A: I have a contract for next year and after that I don't know what's gonna happen.

Getting restless for Reds to get younger  —  Insider  —  Full disclosure here: I thought Wladimir Balentien was hurt and the Reds were keeping his injury quiet.  Balentien is healthy but he wasn't in the lineup Saturday night - the third straight start he's missed.

Giants' small ball making a splash in Bay area  —  SAN FRANCISCO — The Splash Hits sign at AT&T Park, which tracks home runs dunked into McCovey Cove by Giants hitters, sits at 49.  Four homers have reached the water since Barry Bonds' 35th and final bay ball Aug. 8, 2007.

Padres confident they'll ink top pick Tate  —  Second-, fourth-rounders also remain unsigned  —  ST. LOUIS — The Padres remain confident that they will get a deal done with their first-round pick, high school outfielder Donavan Tate, though it likely won't happen until sometime shortly before Monday's 9 p.m. PT deadline.

Angels' Torii Hunter enjoys happy return from DL  —  BALTIMORE — After missing 32 games, Torii Hunter is ready to get back in the pennant race.  —  The Los Angeles Angels center fielder was activated from the 15-day disabled list late Saturday night and inserted in the starting lineup Sunday against the Baltimore Orioles.

A Few Pre-Game Notes  —  * I talked for a while on Saturday afternoon with Ryan Zimmerman, current FoF, about Stephen Strasburg.  Zim's thoughts here are particularly relevant — probably more worthwhile than anybody else in the clubhouse — because 1.) he's totally invested in the Nats' franchise …

Lackey fits the bill  —  Most Orioles fans would probably agree that pending free agent John Lackey would look pretty good at the front of the O's rotation next year, though I wouldn't get your hopes up.  Can't imagine the Angels letting him get away, and if they do, there has been talk …

Florida Marlins: First, Second round picks sign  —  The Marlins have signed first round pick Chad James, a right-hander out of Yukon (Okla.) High School.  James agreed to a $1.7 million signing bonus and has passed a physical.  The agreement was first reported by Baseball America.

Has Tex locked up MVP already?  —  Is this Tweet from Tyler Kepner for real?  —  By the way, this is probably obvious by now, but Mark Teixeira's the AL MVP.  No question, as Joe Torre would say.  —  No question?  Honestly?  Maybe Kepner just means that Teixeira will win, rather than that he should win.