You Can't Go Home Again  —  BOSTON, June 28 — At 7:14 p.m. Wednesday, Pedro Martínez marched out of the visiting dugout to bask in yet another familiar standing ovation at Fenway Park.  When the sellout crowd offered its next one, at 7:31, Martínez wanted no part of it.

Nationals' Woes Are 'Getting Very Sad'  —  TORONTO, June 28 — If Frank Robinson had his way, 25 men would have walked out of the visitors' clubhouse at Rogers Center on Wednesday night with one purpose.  They might have headed directly to their hotel rooms or out to grab a beer, but it didn't matter.

Phillies Notes |  Lieber could make his return July 7  —  Phillies Notes  —  BALTIMORE - The Phillies said there is a chance that righthander Jon Lieber could return to the rotation next week.  —  Lieber, who is on the disabled list with a strained left groin, made a rehabilitation start Tuesday with single-A Clearwater.

Advising A-Rod?  That's Sweet, Lou  —  Ex-skipper manages to help  —  When he walked out of Yankee Stadium Tuesday night, Alex Rodriguez was probably about at his lowest ebb.  It had been another frustrating and fruitless night at the plate in which he had once again struck out …

Notes: No suspensions for ejections  —  Volquez impresses Daniels; Rangers using lots of rookies  —  SAN FRANCISCO — The Rangers have been told there will be fines but no suspensions as the result of the four ejections in Tuesday's 5-3 loss to the San Francisco Giants.

Figgins Receives Some Rest, Needed or Not  —  Some might find it curious that in the search for an offensive spark, Mike Scioscia would deprive his team of one of its most consistent sparkplugs.  —  But that essentially was the move made Wednesday by the Angels manager …

Future Shock  —  Position Breakdown: Catchers … If there's one thing I've learned on this beat, it's that everybody loves rankings.  I love them too, and I don't want to wait until the end of the season to start breaking them out.  Every Thursday, I'll be ranking the top prospects by position.

Kazmir gives up too much too early … MIAMI - Scott Kazmir felt good, but he wasn't sharp early in Tuesday's start against the Marlins.  When he needed seven pitches to strike out opposing starter Ricky Nolasco in the third inning, he figured things weren't going to go his way.

Last day to make All-Star vote count  —  Fans cast 2.3 million ballots on final day of voting last season  —  It's the bottom of the ninth for the Monster All-Star Online Ballot here at MLB.com, and let's assume that baseball fans once again break the record for number of ballots cast in the final 24 hours of voting.

Shawn not happy to wait his turn  —  Shawn Chacon had eight days between his last two starts, and by the time he takes the mound again on Tuesday, it will have been nine days since he was in a game.  In other words, he's been doing an unprecedented amount of waiting recently.