'Winning' clearly on Clemens' mind … There has never been a team in history that had a seven-time Cy Young award-winner drop by in June to rescue its season.  So only your friendly neighborhood psychics know what kind of impact Roger Clemens is going to have on the 2006 Astros.

Pena To Miss At Least 6 Weeks  —  TORONTO — Wily Mo Pena, who was placed on the disabled list Sunday with a left wrist sprain, will have surgery today to remove the hamate bone and is expected to miss six to eight weeks.  —  "That bone doesn't serve a whole lot of a purpose, except when the …

Cubs Seek Nevin To Fill Void  —  Despite all his winter wheeling and dealing, Jim Hendry never thought to create a back-up plan at first base.  Derrek Lee, coming off a career season, had not played less than 155 games in six years.  As Derrek Lee went down with a wrist injury, so did the Cubs, losing 26 of their next 37 games.

Notes: Guzman gets Major shot  —  Prospect gets opportunity with Kent landing on DL  —  LOS ANGELES — The Dodger youth movement was accelerated a little more Thursday when 38-year-old Jeff Kent was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a sprained wrist and replaced by 21-year-old Joel Guzman …

Sherrill's persistence paying off  —  Mariners southpaw making solid showing in bullpen  —  SEATTLE — The worst job that George Sherrill ever held was working at a United Parcel Service facility in Nashville, where he spent very long days loading and unloading trucks.  —  "It stunk," Sherrill recalled.

Sheffield sent back to New York  —  DETROIT — Yankees outfielder Gary Sheffield traveled to New York early Wednesday for further evaluation of his sore left wrist.  —  Manager Joe Torre said Sheffield left Detroit after trainer Gene Monahan was able to schedule an appointment with hand specialist …

Top 10 players who could lose their jobs  —  The 2006 baseball season is beginning its third month, and patience for the underachievers is running thin.  —  With that in mind, let's turn our attention to those regulars who are in grave danger of losing their jobs.

Mariners Notebook: Sexson says injury could linger  —  First baseman moves to DH, drops to five hole  —  ARLINGTON, Texas — After not starting Tuesday to give his right heel a rest, Richie Sexson was back in the lineup Wednesday.  —  Two things were different, however.  —  First, he wasn't at first base.

Zimmerman living up to expectations  —  Comparisons to great third basemen seeming more valid  —  It was Nationals general manager Jim Bowden who proclaimed last year that third baseman Ryan Zimmerman was Brooks Robinson, Mike Schmidt and Scott Rolen rolled into one.

Angels' Colon tosses four shutout innings in Class A  —  CBS SportsLine.com wire reports  —  RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. — Bartolo Colon pitched four shutout innings Thursday for Class A Rancho Cucamonga of the California League in his first rehab start, and figures to make one more outing …

Rockies: Hey, we aren't the angels  —  'Christian-based code of conduct' disputed  —  SAN DIEGO - Colorado Rockies players and management say the team enjoys a healthy, positive attitude in its clubhouse but is anything but a bunch of choirboys.  —  "We look for players with character and ability …

Ozuna honing his skills in center  —  CLEVELAND — White Sox utility player Pablo Ozuna started working out in center field before Thursday night's game at Cleveland.  —  The move was made in preparation for some upcoming games against left-handed starters once center fielder Brian Anderson begins …

Notes: Chipper looking for power surge  —  Veteran hoping to pick up his homer pace after slow start  —  ATLANTA — When Chipper Jones came off the disabled list on April 25, he homered in his second at-bat and gave an indication that the two weeks he had missed with a sprained right knee and ankle hadn't affected his swing.

Injuries abound  —  It's almost as if you blink around here and somebody has an injury setback of some sort.  Johnny Damon was not in the lineup tonight because his right foot now hurts in more areas other than just below his right toe, and Gary Sheffield was scratched toward the end …

Notes: Harden likely to pitch Sunday  —  Favorable report on Loaiza's rehab; A's look ahead to draft  —  OAKLAND — A day after Rich Harden declared himself ready to pitch in the big leagues for the first time since leaving an April 21 start with a strained back muscle …

How things fell apart in Kansas City  —  Young flamethrower Mike MacDougal delivered the pitch, pinch-hitter Brian Daubach grounded to second, where Desi Relaford fielded the ball and flipped to first baseman Ken Harvey for the final out of the Royals' 83rd victory of the season.  —  The date was Sept. 25, 2003.