Snagged  —  Cabrera's catch brings Ramírez and Red Sox back to earth  —  NEW YORK — Hours before last night's game, Terry Francona was philosophizing about Manny Ramírez, and the Red Sox manager made this point: ``Manny has an extraordinary ability to put at-bats, plays behind him.

Rangers pick lefty from Alabama  —  ARLINGTON - Most things being pretty equal, the Rangers' first-round draft decision Tuesday came down to taking a lefty or right-hander.  —  In the case of the Rangers, left is always right.  —  And so, the club chose diminutive Alabama high schooler Kasey Kiker …

Nats pin future on young talent  —  WASHINGTON—With new ownership in place, the Nationals finally have a future, and they used yesterday's First-Year Player Draft to start building for it.  —  Unencumbered by cost restraints and under guidance from new ownership to build the franchise's farm system …

A's select prep righty at No. 66  —  Hard-throwing San Diego pitcher makes huge impression  —  OAKLAND — Last spring, Trevor Cahill's fastball couldn't crack 84 mph, and he couldn't crack his high school team's starting rotation.  —  Little more than a year later, he's a second-round pick …

Tigers nab Tar Heels lefty in first round  —  Signability issues reported help Miller slide to Detroit  —  DETROIT — As odd as it sounds for the Tigers, the rich just got richer.  —  For the second year in a row, the Tigers benefited from a highly-rated prospect who fell out of the top handful of spots.

Feds search house of Arizona reliever  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Federal investigators searched Arizona Diamondbacks reliever Jason Grimsley's house Tuesday as part of their investigation of steroid use in baseball.  —  Thirteen agents searched Grimsley's house in Scottsdale, Ariz., for six hours …

Gagne sore after first save  —  In his second outing, the Dodgers closer feels some discomfort  —  LOS ANGELES — Eric Gagne converted his first save in nearly a year on Tuesday night, but the grimace on his face and slow readings of the radar gun told the rest of the story.

Mauer's bat not enough  —  Twin regains batting lead, but Liriano loses  —  SEATTLE — The buddy system of pitching success finally ran out on Francisco Liriano on Tuesday night in Seattle.  —  After beating pals Felix Hernandez and Ervin Santana in pitching matchups his previous two starts …

Injury hampers lefty Anderson  —  Anderson has MRI after leaving game with elbow soreness  —  KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Left-handed pitcher Brian Anderson had a setback on the road to recovery from Tommy John surgery.  —  Anderson was taken out of an extended spring game Monday after complaining …

Drawing the line at 1969 … In 1900, there was no such thing as air conditioners, movies, corn flakes or bubble gum.  But somehow, in baseball, we consider 1900 to be part of the "modern" era.  —  You couldn't listen to a game on a radio in 1900, let alone watch one on DirecTV.

It hurts Jeter to watch, but kids help ease pain  —  Derek Jeter sat alone in front of his locker at about 20minutes to 5 last night, having answered all possible questions about his injured right thumb.  The rest of the Yankees were on the field for batting practice, but Jeter was not with them …

MLB Draft: Cardinals emphasize pitching  —  Jeff Luhnow, the Cardinals' vice president of player procurement, projected that college pitchers would be the focal point of major league teams in the early choices of the amateur draft Tuesday, and the Cardinals did their part by making …

Homecomings not so hot for Willis  —  Dontrelle Willis grew up not far from here, just across the bay in Alameda, and he's every bit the celebrity in these parts — the local-kid-done-good — as he is in South Florida.  —  He's just not the same pitcher.  —  Willis, who takes the mound tonight …