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.

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 …

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 …

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.

Wells goes for second opinion: Knee is key to future  —  NEW YORK - David Wells vowed approximately one month ago that he would retire if he suffered any more major setbacks with his right knee.  By the end of the week, the Red Sox should know if he was serious.

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 …

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 …

Sub-stantial victory  —  Cintron's 3-run HR in 8th helps Sox rally past Tigers  —  Alex Cintron hit a three-run homer off reliever Fernando Rodney in the eighth inning to lead the White Sox to a 4-3 victory over the AL Central-leading Detroit Tigers on Tuesday.

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 …

Schmidt ends in flourish  —  Giants starter strikes out a franchise record-tying 16, including the final three Marlins hitters  —  SAN FRANCISCO - Jason Schmidt maintained his perfect record against the Florida Marlins by surviving a highly imperfect ninth inning and matching a Giants record in the process.

Minor solutions may help major trouble  —  Frustration breeds impatience.  In a society where getting stuck in the drive-through line is considered an OnStar emergency, fans scream for change when a team doesn't win.  —  The Rockies, in a two-week spiral, have resisted the temptation …

Braves again load up with pitching  —  Atlanta takes 17 hurlers among 22 first-day draft picks  —  ATLANTA — Going into this year's First-Year Player Draft, there were many people indicating there wasn't a very deep talent pool.  But it was certainly vast enough for Braves director …