Monster All-Star Final Vote is under way  —  Vote early and often for the last man on the All-Star roster  —  The sixth annual Monster All-Star Final Vote is under way now until 6 p.m. ET on Thursday exclusively at MLB.com, and the only certainty is that you are going to choose pitchers …

Narron out, Mackanin in  —  Sources have told me Jerry Narron has been fired, Pete Mackanin will be the interim manager.  More to come.  —  From the Reds:

Red Sox fall, and so softly  —  Power is lacking in another defeat  —  David Ortiz walked back to the dugout, head down, the roaring crowd suddenly silent.  He removed his helmet a few feet from the dugout and walked down the steps.  The game was over.  —  This was supposed to be his time …

Resignation is inexplicable, even for Hargrove … How does a man who offered those words so sincerely about his job and his craft lose the excitement in four months?  —  Especially when, at 12 games above .500 and in midseason contention, his team is proving wrong all who mocked his preseason sentiment?

Efficient Baker  —  Scott Baker just finished the third inning, retiring all nine batters he's faced.  The Tigers are putting the ball in play early tonight, as Baker has just one strikeout and has thrown just 25 pitches.  Six of those were against ninth slot hitter Brandon Inge.

MRS. A-ROD IS A BRONX F-BOMBER  —  OBSCENE SHIRT SHOCKS STADIUM  —  Oh, no, she didn't!  —  Yankee superstar Alex Rodriguez's long-suffering wife, Cynthia, may have finally flipped her pretty lid yesterday when she went to a game in The Bronx wearing a tight-fitting, white tank top bearing a foul message on the back: "F- - - you."

Petrick hitches his pants, faces cruel curveball  —  Disease stole his career, but not his gallant spirit  —  HILLSBORO, Ore. - The lineup card is on his basement wall, next to a page from a score book detailing that dreamy afternoon in Coors Field.  —  It was Sept. 1, 1999.

Clemens's Effect Isn't Measured by Numbers Alone  —  He has a University of Texas longhorn logo embroidered on the tongue of his spikes, and his personal logo stitched on his glove.  He is also, perhaps, the only player in baseball who keeps an autographed ball with a congratulatory message from an umpire on a shelf in his locker.

Padres' new acquisition Bradley on 15-day DL  —  LOS ANGELES — Milton Bradley is starting fresh with a new team in a familiar spot — the disabled list.  —  The 29-year-old outfielder was acquired by the San Diego Padres from Oakland for pitcher Andrew Brown on Friday.

Interview - Mark Shapiro - Exec. VP & GM - Cleveland Indians  —  Build it from within... make every cent count... balance risk.  That might be the best way to describe how Mark Shapiro, the executive vice-president and general manager of the Cleveland Indians conducts business.

Pirates Notebook: Duke pulled from Tuesday start  —  Struggling left-hander has tendinitis in his elbow; Duffy goes on DL  —  Left-hander Zach Duke will not start the game Tuesday against Milwaukee and might not start again until July 17.  —  "Let's not put the cart before the horse," Pirates manager Jim Tracy cautioned yesterday.