Save the Last Dance  —  In the interest of preventing guilt feelings, apparently I'm not the only Mets blogger to title his post in this way.  See Metstradamus for another such perspective.  —  So we substitute die-hard Mets fan Julia Stiles (it says so in her IMDB.com bio) …

Delgado can't snap 1st slump  —  It happened with Alex Rodriguez and others with the Yankees, and it happened in a big way with Carlos Beltran last season with the Mets.  —  Carlos Delgado has had no such problems adjusting to his first year in New York, but the slugging first baseman …

Rangers' rookie is spot-on in 2-0 win  —  ARLINGTON - John Rheinecker went out and messed up the Rangers' plans Monday night.  He did it by stifling Seattle.  —  Rheinecker made the Rangers' decisions about the roster a whole lot tougher by pitching the crispest game a Texas starter has pitched this year.

Rockies-Padres Preview  —  Petco Park is starting to become the Colorado Rockies ' favorite place to visit.  —  The Rockies (27-24) look for their fifth straight win at the home of the San Diego Padres when the teams meet on Tuesday.  —  Colorado has gone 14-9 at Petco Park since it opened in 2004 …

Johnson Shows He Can Still Play the Ace  —  DETROIT, May 29 — In the bottom of the second inning at Comerica Park on Monday, Randy Johnson tried to throw a fastball off the plate.  It sailed over the middle.  Chris Shelton laced a bullet to the gap in right-center field.

Hermida just about back to full speed  —  · A popular preseason National League Rookie of the Year pick, Jeremy Hermida has to make up ground to prove the prognosticators right.  —  One of his swings Sunday showed he might not be far from starting his push.

Sauerbeck arrested  —  Pitcher fled police, let drunk woman drive his car  —  SHEFFIELD VILLAGE, Ohio (AP) — Cleveland Indians pitcher Scott Sauerbeck was arrested early Tuesday after he and a woman fled from his vehicle and were found hiding behind bushes, police said.

Prospect Q&A: Brandon Moss  —  A lefthanded hitting outfielder in the Red Sox organization, Brandon Moss is trying to re-establish himself as a top prospect.  Moss had a breakout season two years ago, winning the batting title in the South Atlantic League and earning a late-season promotion to high Class-A at age 20.

Injury stops Wells before he can start again  —  TORONTO — David Wells was trying his best to be a medical miracle.  —  Whacked off the right kneecap with a line drive Friday night, Wells has made better progress than he thought, but his attempt to show that he could make his scheduled start tomorrow …

Daily Dish: May 30  —  Brewers second baseman Hernan Iribarren burst onto the prospect scene in 2004, grabbing attention when he won the Rookie-level Arizona League batting title and went on to have a red-hot 15-game stint at low Class A Beloit.  —  Now in the high Class A Florida State League …

Let It Go  —  "It was the first jam I get in all year and I don't get a chance to get out of it," said Penny, who voiced his displeasure with Little on the mound before taking a swing at a water cooler with a bat in the dugout and yelling in anger.  —  "I wanted a chance to get that inning out of the way …

New pitch is born out of compromise … BALTIMORE - When Doug Waechter was warming up to pitch in Boston on Thursday, he didn't have a good feel for the split-finger fastball he had debuted in his previous start.  —  He fidgeted with his grip until it felt comfortable and ended up somewhere between …

Baseball's Best Pitching Teams  —  Following yesterday's look at the Tigers and how their team ERA stands head and shoulders above the American League, I thought I would take a look - as I did here and here with slugging and OBP - at the all-time great pitching teams in terms of team ERA compared …

A's general manager still has high hopes for Teahen  —  I t's going on two years since the Royals made the big three-team Carlos Beltran trade that netted them Mark Teahen.  And we still don't know whether Teahen can be a productive major-league player.

Players, GM, yes, and Tracy responsible for Bucs' woes  —  Jim Tracy says the fact that the Pittsburgh Pirates have struggled to win one-third of the games with the season at nearly the one-third point of the season is his players' fault.  —  He is only one-third right about that.

Jered Weaver Rises to the Occasion in His MLB Debut  —  Jered Weaver made his much-anticipated major-league debut on Saturday night vs. the Baltimore Orioles.  He allowed only five O's to reach base (one by error) while putting up nothing but O's on the scoreboard over seven innings as the Angels beat the Birds, 10-1.