Strained hip to sideline Delgado  —  Mets first baseman likely to miss seven to 10 days of action  —  CINCINNATI — Mets first baseman Carlos Delgado will miss a week to 10 days with a strained right hip flexor, New York vice president of player development Tony Bernazard said Wednesday after the Mets' 7-0 loss to the Reds.

A-Rod's case for megabucks gets stronger  —  LIKE THIS STORY?  —  NEW YORK - Attention, opt-out shoppers:  —  The latest Alex Rodriguez infomercial is a doozy.  —  Two home runs in one inning.  Two curtain calls in one inning.  The passing of Mel Ott and tying of Ernie Banks …

Lo Duca touches lives young and old  —  Clemente Award nominee helps sick kids, women with cancer  —  NEW YORK — Far removed from the sterile world of hospital beds and heart monitors — the world where Paul Lo Duca usually gives back — the Mets catcher was caught off guard last month …

Bonderman: Elbow OK; team is not  —  DETROIT — It's getting bad for the Detroit Tigers, so bad that maybe the best piece of news they could offer Tuesday was that Jeremy Bonderman says his right elbow doesn't hurt.  —  "I'm fine," Bonderman said with some conviction, after he was told that some teammates suspected he is not.

Investigators Want to Talk to 45 Players About Suspected Steroid Use  —  As of mid-August, baseball's investigators looking into the use of performance-enhancing drugs still wanted to speak with at least 45 current and former major league players, most of them still active.

Save the date?:  Wedding for Yanks' rookie in peril  —  NEW YORK — If Ian Kennedy has to postpone his own wedding, it will be for a really good reason.  —  Scheduled to be at Westborough Country Club in Kirkwood, Mo., for his wedding on Oct. 6, the rookie pitcher might have to be on the mound …

Reyes' rest two for one  —  CINCINNATI - Jose Reyes said he welcomed yesterday's day off, just the second time he had been out of the lineup this season.  "Basically it's going to be two days for me, so it's going to be nice," Reyes said, alluding to today's off-day before the Mets welcome the Astros to Shea tomorrow.

Hurdle suspended for tonight's game  —  Clint Hurdle's rush to question an umpire's judgment cost the Rockies manager a one-game suspension.  Hurdle will serve it tonight, meaning he'll miss the finale of the Rockies' three-game series with the Giants.  —  Friday night at Phoenix's Chase Field …

Indians Sweep Twins Again  —  MINNEAPOLIS — The surging Cleveland Indians completed another sweep of Minnesota and left the Twins barely clinging to their playoff hopes.  Victor Martinez had two hits and two RBIs to back a quality start from Fausto Carmona, and Cleveland beat Minnesota 6-2 …

With 2 late HRs off BoSox pen, Jays win  —  BOSTON (AP) — The Red Sox can afford off nights like this.  The Blue Jays can't have many more.  —  Vernon Wells hit a two-run homer in the ninth inning after Troy Glaus' solo shot tied it in the eighth, and Toronto tagged Boston's usually strong bullpen for a 6-4 victory Wednesday.

Minors.Baseball-Reference.com has launched  —  I'm very pleased to announce that Sports Reference has launched a minor league subsite for Baseball-Reference.com.  This site includes 16 years of data back to 1992 and contains all of the 2007 regular season data (we'll get the NYP …