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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Tempers flare in Orioles-Sox contest  —  Cabrera ejected for his role after throwing behind Pedroia  —  BALTIMORE — The Orioles and Red Sox played through a benches-clearing balk on Friday night, an incident that inflamed tempers on both sides and briefly delayed the progress of the game.

Urgent need of urgency  —  4th loss in 5 games keeps Cubs from taking command  —  PITTSBURGH — Manager Lou Piniella said before Friday night's game that if anyone knew at the end of spring training the Cubs would be tied for first place on Sept. 7, "I don't think anybody would've been too disappointed …

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.

Harold Reynolds Says Race Played a Role in His Firing  —  Harold Reynolds, the former "Baseball Tonight" analyst who is suing ESPN for wrongful termination, said in a court filing yesterday that the network treated him more harshly over a sexual harassment complaint than it treated white employees …

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 milestone helps Tigers win  —  DETROIT (AP) — Curtis Granderson joined the likes of Willie Mays and George Brett.  —  He was able to relish the accomplishment, too, because it helped the Detroit Tigers in the wild-card race.  —  Granderson's homer put him in elite company …

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 …

Nats nearly no-hit, sloppy in loss  —  Smoltz pitches seven hitless frames; Hanrahan, defense falter  —  ATLANTA — The offense has been the Nationals' Achilles' heel all season.  On Friday night, the Nationals showed how bad it could be.  Right-hander John Smoltz came close to throwing …

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 …

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 …