Source: Glaus received steroids  —  Pipeline pharmacy provided drugs to All-Star 3B  —  Former World Series MVP and four-time All-Star Troy Glaus, currently a third baseman for the Toronto Blue Jays, received multiple shipments of performance-enhancing steroids through an allegedly illegal …

Pirates fire GM Littlefield; interim replacement is Graham  —  The Pirates this morning fired general manager Dave Littlefield near the end of his seventh losing season.  —  He will be replaced on an interim basis by Brian Graham, the team's director of player development.

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Drew tries to get right  —  Looks to relax, puts fans at ease … BALTIMORE - The Red Sox [team stats] are fond of putting it out there that part of the process that goes into evaluating potential free agent signees is determining if they are temperamentally suited to playing in baseball-crazy Boston.

Emotional Homecoming For Serrano  —  Cal State Fullerton is now announcing it officially: Dave Serrano is the Titans' new head baseball coach.  Serrano signed a four-year contract today, and the Titans will have a reception for him Monday.  —  "It is a dream job," Serrano told Baseball America on Friday afternoon.

Colorado starter Elmer Dessens leaves game in third with strained left hamstring  —  DENVER (AP) -Colorado starter pitcher Elmer Dessens left the Rockies' game against San Diego Friday night with one out in the third inning after straining his left hamstring on a pitch to Brian Giles.

Granderson's HR helps Tigers beat M's  —  DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Tigers might be putting it together just in time to keep their postseason hopes alive.  —  Curtis Granderson's homer put him in elite company and Justin Verlander gave up one run over eight innings as Detroit beat …

Great Leaps Forward, National League  —  Our four-part series moves on to the National League, and the breakouts in the Senior Circuit's systems.  —  Acquired from the White Sox for Danny Richar in late June, outfielder Aaron Cunningham made steady improvements throughout the year …

D-backs sign reliever Bob Wickman  —  PHOENIX — The Arizona Diamondbacks announced today that they have signed righthanded pitcher Bob Wickman.  —  Wickman, 35, was 3-3 with a 3.92 ERA (19 ER in 43.2 IP) over 49 games with the Atlanta Braves this season, recording 20 saves in 26 save opportunities.

Delgado out, while Gomez is here  —  Carlos Delgado spoke today for the first time since the diagnosis of his strained right hip flexor, and the first baseman doesn't have a sense yet of how long he'll be out.  —  "I don't know the when," he said.  —  Delgado was originally listed …

Win Some or Lose Some, Mets Are Doing Enough  —  The Mets have had more disappointments than celebrations in their 46-season history, but they are only about three weeks away from evening things out a little.  Enjoying a relatively comfortable five-game lead in the National League East with 23 games to play …

All-Around Game Leads Reds' Bruce To Player Of Year Award  —  DURHAM, N.C.—The scoreboard at Durham Bulls Athletic Park displayed the temperature on an August afternoon: 98.  But with the oppressive humidity of a North Carolina summer, it felt like well over 100.

30-30 vision for Wright?  —  Third baseman knows benchmark would put him among elite  —  NEW YORK — A computer program seemingly has altered how we measure the offensive prowess of players nowadays.  No longer do simple totals satisfy us.  It seems we need to know more than Ted Williams batted .406 …