Report: Bonds to sue over steroid allegations in book  —  Barry Bonds' lawyer said he plans to sue the authors and publisher of a book alleging the outfielder used an array of performance-enhancing drugs, including steroids.  —  Attorney Michael Rains sent a letter Thursday to an agent for the authors of …

Castillo Is Fighting for Roster Spot  —  JUPITER, Fla., March 22 — Alfonso Soriano wasn't the only player to return to Washington Nationals camp after a stint playing for the Dominican Republic in the World Baseball Classic.  Wednesday, when Soriano made his debut in left field …

Heilman not really worried  —  PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — Aaron Heilman can't do much more to prove he deserves the fifth starter's job.  But that will be of little consolation if the Mets decide to bump him to the bullpen in favor of Brian Bannister, and that remains possible with only 11 days left before the season opener.

Sun, buzzing bees make outfield obstacle course  —  Phoenix — The outfield was not a safe place to be Wednesday at Phoenix Municipal Stadium.  The sun made high flyballs impossible to see, and then a swarm of bees descended.  —  The sun and the bees made things especially tough …

New faces at second base … PEORIA, Ariz. — Managers and front-office executives have chugged enough coffee, held enough meetings and watched enough games to have a good idea how camp position battles will play out this spring.  In some cases, the only remaining step is a formal declaration of the winners and losers.

ESPN'S Colin Cowherd "Borrows" M Zone Material  —  In case you can't tell, it takes a fair amount of work each night to put up what you read everyday here on the M Zone.  But we have a blast doing it.  We better, because it's not like any of us are doing it for the money.

Hating the Yankees can be good for business … Mike Moorby hates the Yankees.  And except for the fact that they haven't won the World Series for five straight seasons (Moorby loves that about them), the Yankees keep giving him reasons to hate them.  —  Now, they're messing with a little bit of his livelihood.

Ailing bullpen fuels trade talk  —  Thomson may be on block in exchange for relief help  —  Macay McBride and Blaine Boyer could join John Foster on the disabled list to start the season, adding more urgency to the Braves' efforts to trade for bullpen help before opening day.

The Awful Truth  —  I didn't never EVER want to have to write this, but a girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do.  — long unhappy sigh  —  Jeff Bagwell had to remove himself from the game because of pain in his shoulder.  Again.  I've watched him "throw" - and to be honest, I throw a LOT better than he does right now.

One way or another, somebody's got to go  —  Opening Day is closing in, which means several players will be moving out, and Dustan Mohr and Tony Graffanino are atop the list.  —  TAMPA — A week from today, the Red Sox will play their final exhibition game in Florida, meaning …

M's Notes: After a day's rest, Ichiro plays today  —  PEORIA, Ariz. — A swarm of bees — the pest-control man who sprayed them said they were killer bees — showed up at Mariners camp yesterday.  —  But Ichiro did not.  Word was that he needed a day to regroup after helping Japan win the World Baseball Classic.

Experience gives Grissom edge on roster  —  PEORIA, Ariz.—Marquis Grissom's spring hasn't been strong enough for him to automatically gain a spot on the Opening Day roster, but his résumé is long enough for the Cubs to give him the benefit of the doubt.

YANKEES 5, RED SOX 4  —  Yankees at the plate: Luis Garcia smacked a two-run home run to left field in the seventh inning off Red Sox reliever David Riske to snap a 3-3 deadlock.  Bernie Williams homered in the second inning, blasting a solo shot against Jonathan Papelbon.  It was Williams' first homer of the spring.