Vipers rookie signs with Red Sox  —  Jay Broughton spent $3,000 in borrowed money on a last chance at playing professional baseball in the winter and is now on his way to join the Boston Red Sox organization.  —  The Calgary Vipers rookie pitcher was signed by the Red Sox Thursday night following …

GM: Clubs show interest in Iwamura  —  • GM Neal Huntington said “a handful of clubs have expressed some level of interest” in trading for Aki Iwamura, though most teams have turned down the Pirates' overtures.  “We'll put some closure to it, one way or another, hopefully early this week,” Huntington said.

A victory for reason  —  By now you know that the Mets returned Jenrry Mejia from whence he came, dispatching him to Binghamton to start games.  —  Good.  —  All things considered, Mejia's stint with the big-league club didn't go as terribly as it could have.

Colin Curtis called up from Scranton  —  No word on a corresponding move, but outfielder Colin Curtis has been called up from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.  —  Curtis was hitting .280 in Triple-A. He's a versatile outfielder who can play all three spots with a little bit of power and speed on offense.

Florida State drops Florida, Clemson stuns ASU at CWS  —  OMAHA (AP) — Mike McGee hit a tie-breaking three-run homer in the third inning and picked up the save after Florida made things interesting in the ninth, leading Florida State to an 8-5 victory in a College World Series elimination game Monday.

Big Papi's giving Red Sox a dilemma  —  Ken Rosenthal has been the senior baseball writer for FOXSports.com since Aug. 2005.  He appears weekly on MLB on FOX.  Follow him on Twitter.  —  One Red Sox official offers a novel solution if the team chooses to re-sign designated hitter David Ortiz:

Debuts and Departures  —  Some people end up writing for THT because they come up with brilliant ways of analyzing the contemporary game.  Others add to our historical knowledge.  Still others use cutting edge analytical tools (re: pitch F/X stuff) to enhance our understanding of players.  —  Me?

Rangers eye division-rival Seattle's pitcher Cliff Lee  —  By ANTHONY ANDRO and JEFF WILSON / Special Contributor to The Dallas Morning News  —  HOUSTON - The Rangers' pursuit of a starting pitcher before the July 31 trade deadline might not be hampered by the concern of striking a deal with a team in their division.

Man, this was one strange weekend!  —  In a brief conversation before last night's game, the Dodgers' Manny Ramirez said he appreciated the cheers he received at Fenway Park over the weekend.  While the ex-Red Sox slugger wanted no direct quotes put in print, since he hasn't talked to the media all season …

McDonald's emotional homer eases Jays' loss  —  After losing dad to cancer, infielder goes yard on Father's Day  —  TORONTO — There are days when it does not seem to matter whether the end result is a win or a loss.  Given the emotional magnitude of the moment that took place in the ninth inning Sunday …

Oklahoma edges South Carolina at rain-soaked CWS  —  OMAHA (AP) — Caleb Bushyhead homered and drove in the winning run, and Jeremy Erben and Ryan Duke worked out of bases-loaded situations in the eighth inning to lead Oklahoma to a 4-3 victory over South Carolina in the rain-plagued College World Series on Sunday night.