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.

Schneider knows he's gone, Mets lose to Phillies  —  PHILADELPHIA - Brian Schneider knows he has three weeks remaining as a Met.  —  “I won't be back,” Schneider told the Daily News, accepting that the Mets don't plan to re-sign him.  “I'm okay with that.  I'll easily get a job next year.

Dodgers, Kuroda cruise, 10-3  —  Casey Blake is greeted at the plate by James Loney after Blake's two-run home run off San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Matt Cain during the sixth inning Friday in San Francisco.  Photo: Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP.  —  Almost everything came together …

Baseball Is Said to Choose Not to Discipline Rodriguez  —  The commissioner's office has decided not to discipline Alex Rodriguez in light of its investigation into whether he lied about his use of performance-enhancing drugs in a meeting with baseball officials in March, according to people in baseball with knowledge of the matter.

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.

DE Richard Seymour set to fly to Oakland, telling The Herald's Ron Borges: “I was blindsided by the whole event.”  —  New Raiders defensive end Richard Seymour will board a flight to Oakland this afternoon, bringing an end to a five-day long Sit Out that kept him from reporting after the trade.

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 …

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.

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 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.

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.

3UP: Jeter, Castillo and Cano  —  Yes, I am on Twitter.  —  1. In today's Post I wrote a  —  columndetailing the incredible journey that Derek Jeter, Andy Pettitte, Jorge Posada and Mariano Rivera have taken through the Yankee system.  Just consider that Jeter, Pettitte and Posada played …