Glitch costs announcer historic call  —  Giants' radio station loses mike feed just after Bonds homers  —  SAN FRANCISCO — One of the greatest moments in a broadcaster's career went by the wayside Sunday when a KNBR microphone shorted out just as Barry Bonds hit his historic 715th home run.

Schilling beats Rays for victory No. 200: Sox ace solid in reaching milestone  —  Like any great pitcher, Curt Schilling injects some element of drama, emotion or intrigue into nearly every start he makes.  —  The entertaining storyline arc that has accompanied Schilling's career hit …

Even at No. 3, the Babe is still greatest  —  Barry Bonds finally passed the Babe, and did it with aplomb, launching a soaring homer well beyond the towering center-field wall for No. 715 in his career.  It was a no-doubt, jaw-dropping homer, the type of epic routinely swatted by the Babe.

Sorry start sinks Marlins  —  MIAMI GARDENS — After the Marlins' 7-3 loss Sunday, a defeat rooted in a sloppy first inning during which the Mets scored four runs even though just one hit left the infield, manager Joe Girardi shut the clubhouse door and called a team meeting.

Angels' rally falls short in loss to O's  —  Halos take two out of three from Orioles  —  ANAHEIM — "Credit the Orioles," said Mike Scioscia.  "A lot of those hits were maybe seeing-eye hits in those couple of innings.  But they stayed inside the ball, they bunched some hits and took the lead and we're able to hold on."

Lack of sharp sinker sinks Loe, Rangers, 6-3  —  ARLINGTON - Kameron Loe has neither an overpowering arm with which to stifle hitters in key spots nor exceptional deception with his off-speed and breaking stuff.  To win, he must be pinpoint perfect with his sinker.  —  On Saturday, he wasn't.

Rusch earns a start with 9 K's in relief  —  Glendon Rusch earned himself another chance in the Cubs' wounded starting rotation after striking out nine Sunday in four innings of relief of rookie Jae Kuk Ryu.  —  Rusch gave up three earned runs and two of the record eight home runs by the Atlanta Braves …

Robinson is not so tough  —  Frank Robinson's emotional press conference Thursday afternoon might have taken people by surprise.  For so many, Robinson has come to epitomize "old-school" toughness and lack of emotion.  —  Those who know the Washington Nationals manager better, however …

ON LANDING FISH . . . AND THE OCCASIONAL GATOR  —  After 16 straight days of baseball, we had the day off Thursday.  So to get my mind off baseball, I went and did one of my favorite things - bass fishing.  —  A friend of mine was in town, so he and I met up with a guy I'd met at Bass Pro Shop in Fort Lauderdale named Billy Bob.

Notes: Colon to start Tuesday  —  Long reliever to take Maroth's spot for time being  —  DETROIT — Tigers manager Jim Leyland had plenty of options for Mike Maroth's rotation spot, but Roman Colon was the one option who was already on the roster.  So once the decision was made, Leyland ended the speculation.

Crawford has tough day in all of game's facets  —  BOSTON - Carl Crawford had some unforgettable performances last week.  —  Sunday, he had a day he'd like to forget.  —  Crawford is considered among the game's top defensive leftfielders, but two balls bounced off his glove, leading to Boston runs.

Yankees Win, but Make It Look Hard  —  Runelvys Hernández pitching to Johnny Damon leading off the first.  Damon homered on the pitch.  —  There was no reason to think that the fifth run of the Yankees' first inning yesterday would be important.  The hapless Kansas City Royals …

Just jaw-droppingly horrible  —  I'm on record as stating that, by and large, managers don't matter.  They're basically all the same.  They all do pretty much the same things in the same situations, and with only a few exceptions, they all make decisions that will lead to the least amount …