It's love-hate with Rodriguez: Boos will be cheers in '08  —  The fans tonight will boo him louder, longer, meaner, madder and with more passion than they will boo anyone in a New York uniform.  They will go at him hard because Alex Rodriguez has become the face of the Yankees and that face still has those pink lips and puppy dog eyes.

Church Gets Credit for His Work in Center  —  Philadelphia center fielder Aaron Rowand hit a laser-like line drive in the fifth inning of the Phillies' 4-2 victory over the Washington Nationals yesterday, and Ryan Church began to gallop across the vast expanse known as center field at RFK Stadium.

Blogger Beat: Talking Chop  —  This season, at the beginning of each series, MetsBlog will attempt to get the perspective of the opposition and their fans.  From this, we hope to be better educated on the opposition going into a series.  It also gives us a fine opportunity to highlight some of our favorite team blogs.

Yankees farmhand arrested in Tampa  —  TAMPA - A minor league pitcher with the New York Yankees was arrested early Thursday morning on trespassing and obstruction charges after he refused to leave a Tampa restaurant.  —  Hillsborough County sheriff's deputies were dispatched …

Angels' Hatcher searching for answers on offense  —  The hitting coach says some players need to 'turn it up.' Angels have scored 19 runs in losing eight of 10.  —  It can't be too comforting for critics of Mickey Hatcher to hear the batting instructor size up the Angels' slump and say, "I just wish I had some answers for it."

The M's are insane  —  Eric O'Flaherty is coming up from Tacoma and will join the team in Anaheim.  Brandon Morrow will move from the bullpen to the rotation and make Felix's scheduled start in Texas on Monday.  —  Yes folks, Brandon Morrow is going to make his first major league start …

PECOTA Takes On Right-handed Pitching Prospects  —  PECOTA versus Baseball America on pitching prospects was where we left off.  Today righthanders get all the attention.  —  Excellent Prospects  —  Player (Age) Upside  —  xx. Daisuke Matsuzaka, Red Sox (26) 216.7

Hill continues mastery, Cubs shut out Braves  —  ATLANTA — Carlos Zambrano guaranteed in March he would win the National League Cy Young Award.  —  Rich Hill was hoping simply to stay in the rotation and build on his success from the second half of 2006.  —  "I don't make any predictions," he said Thursday.

NY Mets 11, Florida 3  —  MIAMI (AP) — Even the backup catcher is swinging a big bat this week for the New York Mets.  —  Ramon Castro homered and drove in three runs Thursday to help fuel the Mets' latest offensive outburst, and they drubbed the Florida Marlins for the second night in a row, 11-3.

Hughes Overcomes Early Hiccup  —  Through his first 10 Triple-A innings, Yankees righthander Phil Hughes had struck out "just" seven batters, walked four and allowed seven earned runs.  His effort Wednesday in his third start of the season went a long way toward erasing any misplaced doubt.