Royals owner vows 'significant changes'  —  KANSAS CITY, Mo. — An angry David Glass vowed Friday that "significant changes" are coming soon to the woeful Kansas City Royals.  —  "I'm not willing for us to sit and wait to see if it gets better," the Royals owner told The Associated Press on Friday.

Cubs-Padres Preview  —  Two teams headed in different directions meet for the first time this season when the streaking San Diego Padres welcome the stumbling Chicago Cubs on Friday in the start of a four-game series at Petco Park.  —  San Diego (13-15) looks to extend its season-high winning streak …

Kendall suspended four games, Lackey fined  —  Fantasy Baseball: Best pickups for May  —  OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Oakland Athletics catcher Jason Kendall has been suspended four games for charging the mound and Los Angeles Angels pitcher John Lackey was fined Friday for his actions in the altercation.

Glavine enjoys smooth sailing  —  Sinks Pirates for win No. 279  —  Don't get Tom Glavine wrong.  He appreciated the run support, even if he did quip: "It would've been nice the first couple of innings."  —  Glavine retired the first 12 Pirates he faced last night and nursed a one-run lead until …

Notes: Kazmir shows a different side  —  Lefty credits success to pitching to both sides of the plate  —  ST. PETERSBURG — Scott Kazmir will make his seventh start of the season on Friday, against the A's, and he is pitching well, which couldn't come at a better time for the Rays, who have been in a little slide of late.

Power Rankings: Reds, Tigers finally getting their due  —  Ranking all 30 teams since the beginning of the season, we admit that preseason reputations have hurt some teams and helped others along the way.  But now that we're nearly 30 games into the 2006 season, reputations are starting to carry much less weight.

'Game of Shadows' authors subpoenaed over leaked court documents  —  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Two San Francisco Chronicle reporters who wrote a book about Barry Bonds' alleged steroid use were subpoenaed Friday to testify before a federal grand jury regarding court documents they used in their articles, the newspaper reported.

Amazin's are best team in town  —  Almost every other day it seems, the Mets break out in song.  —  Tonight, we'll hear for the first time a jazzed-up version of that old standard, "Meet the Mets."  There's also that funky new tune they play at Shea, "Our Team, Our Time."  (Or is it "Our Time, Our Team"?)

Shock and Roar: Tigers Play Ball  —  DETROIT, May 4 — When the day began, the surprising Tigers were tied for the most victories in the major leagues with 19 but were 27th in average home attendance, at 20,979.  They needed someone to pitch tickets as well as baseballs at Comerica Park.

Nationals SS Guzman to have season-ending surgery  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington Nationals shortstop Cristian Guzman will miss the entire season after the team decided Friday his right shoulder needs surgery.  —  Guzman has been out since early in spring training.

Notes: Wilkerson feeling better  —  Rangers starters set a new club mark  —  ARLINGTON — Outfielder Brad Wilkerson was back in the Rangers lineup on Friday, one day after slamming into the left-field wall in the fifth inning of Thursday's game against the Baltimore Orioles.

At an early age, Calabrese learned lifelong lesson … The hardest part of Kelly Calabrese's job comes not when she has to walk through a clubhouse full of undressing men, or when she's enduring the grind of a 162-game season, or even when a Mets broadcaster publicly mocks and criticizes her for being a woman in a man's game.

Jose Guillen, Money Manager  —  We've got to consider it, at this point, very possible that the reason Nationals outfielder Jose Guillen never received any lessons in financial management is because they were scared at him.  —  Because it's clear he never received any lessons in financial management.