Jeter passes Gehrig with 2,722nd hit  —  Single in third inning puts current captain atop club's list  —  NEW YORK — What's important to note — what's astonishing, even — is that Derek Jeter remains one of the best players in baseball.  He is batting .331, better than all but three players in the American League.

Jays' Tallet tames Tigers  —  Toronto starter allows three hits in 6-4 victory over AL Central leading Detroit  — Weather - Video - Blogs - RSS Feeds - Globe Books - TV listings - Globe on Twitter - Columnists - TIFF 2009  —  Brian Tallet has bounced back and forth between Toronto's rotation and bullpen all season.

Nats ask Guzman to play second base in 2010  —  The Nationals may not be looking to sign a free agent like second baseman Orlando Hudson this offseason.  —  It was learned that general manager Mike Rizzo and interim manager Jim Riggleman had a private meeting with shortstop Cristian Guzman …

Minor League Player Of The Year  —  Heyward is the future for Atlanta  —  ATLANTA—The parallels between players are impossible to miss, yet it doesn't take long for Braves officials to try and distance Jason Heyward from former Braves phenom Jeff Francoeur.

3 Decades of Minor League Translations  —  Attached is the current fruit of a long-term project I've been working on.  Namely, a large reference of minor-league-to-major league translations (zMLE or ZiPS MLE).  We get back into the late 70s here as going back to then, there's always some source that has the statistics required.

Saunders shuts down White Sox as Angels win 4th straight  —  ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Now that he's healthy again, Joe Saunders (FSY) is starting to look like the same pitcher who got off to such a terrific start last season.  —  And the timing couldn't be better for the Los Angeles Angels.

Post Game: Phillies 4, Mets 2  —  The Phillies defeated the Mets by the score of 4-2 at Citizens Bank Park tonight.  —  For a full recap and box score, click here.  —  The Least You Should Know:  —  Nelson Figueroa allowed 15 base runners in just 5 1/3 innings (nine hits and five walks …

Game postponed  —  The Red Sox and Rays will proceed no further and will be made up Sunday at noon, and the 1:35 game already scheduled for that day will be played at 5 p.m. When this game resumes, the Rays will have the bases loaded with one out in the first inning.

Book it: Yaz hit mark tough to top  —  + Recent Articles + Recent Blog Entries + Email  —  Derek Jeter deserves every bit of the attention being showered upon him for his passing of Lou Gehrig atop the all-time Yankees' hit list.  —  It's a remarkable accomplishment for the ultimate …

Rox rally for 8th straight win  —  SAN DIEGO — Like Letterman and Leno, the Rockies were great when it was late.  —  For eight innings, their new reputation seemed a bit overblown.  They made baserunning mistakes, committed a throwing error and had two fielders collide in the outfield.

Game 142: Orioles at Yankees  —  YANKEES (91-50)  —  Pitching: LHP Andy Pettitte (13-6, 4.10).  —  ORIOLES (56-83)  —  Roberts 2B  —  Izturis SS  —  Markakis RF  —  Reimold LF  —  Mora 3B  —  Scott 1B  —  Wieters DH  —  Pie CF  —  Moeller C  —  Pitching: RHP Chris Tillman (1-3, 4.66)

ESPN Spikes Rob Neyer's Post about Mark Whicker  —  The web site for ESPN spiked a blog post today by acclaimed baseball writer Rob Neyer in which he appeared to call for Orange County Register sports columnist Mark Whicker to be fired for his widely criticized column making light …