Clemens signs with Astros  —  Roger Clemens is making yet another comeback with the Houston Astros, Newsday has learned.  An announcement is expected as soon as today.  —  Clemens, 43, has signed a one-year deal that is believed to be worth about $3.5 million per month …

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.

Beckett can close out May in style  —  Boston (30-19) at Toronto (28-22), 7:07 p.m. ET  —  The Red Sox will be hoping for big things from Josh Beckett in Tuesday's game against the Toronto Blue Jays.  Boston's bullpen could use the break, particularly after working 4 2/3 innings on Monday.

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.

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 …

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.

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.

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 …

Mets call up Milledge as Nady heads for DL  —  NEW YORK (AP) - Top prospect Lastings Milledge was called up by the New York Mets on Tuesday after starting right fielder Xavier Nady was placed on the disabled list following an appendectomy earlier in the day.

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.

Pitiful Cubs could use a maverick owner  —  Mark Cuban would be interested in owning the Cubs.  I know this because he said so, by e-mail, responding quicker to my questions than it takes Andy MacPhail to remove his tinted sunglasses and Dusty Baker to make a pitching change.

Under The Knife  —  2006 Vintage UTK  —  I'll be honest.  It's been a good, long weekend and I have nothing for the intro.  Powered by a 1994 Glenrothes Vintage, on to the injuries:  —  Kerry Wood struck out everyone—including the peanut vendor and the visiting radio announcer—when he was in Peoria.

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 …