Comments are not a hit with Kazmir  —  Tampa Bay lefthander Scott Kazmir didn't care for comments Curt Schilling made this week on WEEI radio, when Boston's ace said the reason the Red Sox and Devil Rays have had numerous bench-clearing incidents is because of Kazmir ''hitting multiple batters every time he threw against us.

Cubs 5, Dodgers 4  —  Rookie Sean Marshall did everything he could to put his team in a position to win on Wednesday.  But it took an eighth inning rally, sparked by back-to-back RBI singles from Michael Barrett and Ronny Cedeno, to tie the game then put the Cubs ahead for good.

Never Wright off Braves  —  Hudson, three errors by third baseman lift rival Mets can't beat  —  The Mets just didn't have enough health, enough hitting, enough fielding or enough luck to get through three days against the Braves.  That only made the Mets realize how amazing it is that a team can go 14 years without letting up.

Game has a new face for Jaramillo  —  Rudy Jaramillo watches the daily struggle from the den of his longtime Oak Cliff home in Dallas.  He makes notes, many notes, both mental and scribbling on a legal pad.  —  "You know what I've learned?" he asked Wednesday.

Stern catches some attention on way out  —  Adam Stern, fresh off his absurd snow-cone catch to end Tuesday night's game and save Jonathan Papelbon, sat on the black leather couch facing the clubhouse's flat-screen television, as ESPN's Web Gems feature played.

Kaz gets second chance  —  Kaz Matsui's return to the Mets - and to their starting lineup - has arrived faster than the team anticipated.  Rookie replacement Anderson Hernandez was placed on the 15-day disabled list after an MRI yesterday revealed he has a bulging disk in his lower back.

Greinke takes step toward mound  —  For Zack Greinke, there's no schedule or projected return date.  Just hope.  —  SURPRISE, Ariz. — Zack Greinke is alone, something that seems to both comfort and frighten him.  The normally busy baseball facility has gone silent.

Under The Knife  —  Expert  —  I'm often introduced as a "baseball expert."  I always chuckle, because to me, the more I learn, the more I realize how much I don't know.  Every discovery, every analysis, every set of data leads to new conclusions and often just as many questions as answers.

Yanks' Acosta dies in accident  —  NEW YORK (AP) — New York Yankees minor league manager Oscar Acosta and team official Humberto Trejo were killed in a car accident in the Dominican Republic, the New York Post reported Thursday.  —  Acosta, the manager of the Gulf Coast Yankees of the Rookie League …

Bonds' day off no real concern  —  PHOENIX - Barry Bonds didn't play Wednesday night in the Giants' 10-3 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks, but there was no cause for alarm, according to manager Felipe Alou.  —  Alou said that he and Bonds agreed to the rest before Tuesday's game.

Pseudoliveblog: Pittsburgh Edition  —  I'm not working this afternoon, and there's an afternoon Cards game — sounds like a pseudoliveblog type of day to me!  —  For those of you not familiar with the concept, here's what I mean by pseudoliveblog: Bloggers with quicker wits and typing ability …

Embree puts his problems on the mantel  —  DENVER - Some people collect shark's teeth.  Others prefer mastodon bones.  Alan Embree's calcified matter of choice?  The five bone chips and two spurs removed from his left elbow in October by acclaimed surgeon James Andrews.