Blue Jays 2, Sox 0  —  For those of you who missed it — or are relying on the blog for your news — Tim Wakefield gave up a first-inning, two-run homer to Frank Thomas to bring the score to 2-0.  (Vernon Wells was on base after being walked.)  —  The roof is open at Rogers Centre and, for that, you can definitely blame Wakefield.

100 players you love to hate  —  The underachiever who always looks disinterested.  The loudmouth who complains from Day 1.  The choker who lets his team down when it matters most.  These are the players who drive their fans nuts.  —  In honor of these boo magnets, I set out to find …

Arizona loses, NL West lead down to 1  —  PHOENIX (AP) — An eighth-inning meltdown cost the Arizona Diamondbacks half of their NL West lead.  —  Randy Winn and Pedro Feliz homered off Tony Pena in the eighth and the San Francisco Giants rallied for an 8-5 victory over Arizona on Monday night.

Fan Gives Back Thome's Milestone Ball  —  Jim Thome had something special in mind for his 500th home run ball: he wanted to make a road trip with his father to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY to hand-deliver the small piece of history.  He can now do that after hitting …

Gallardo leads Brewers past Astros 6-0  —  HOUSTON (AP) — Most of the Milwaukee Brewers kept an eye on the scoreboard in left field during Monday's game in Houston, eager to see what the Chicago Cubs were doing against Cincinnati.  —  Yovani Gallardo never looked.  He was too busy focusing on another dominant performance.

Mets' Martinez not hindered by shoulder  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Now that Pedro Martinez knows what it takes to come back from major shoulder surgery, don't count on him doing it again.  He would love to play another three or four years — as long as he avoids serious injury.

Clay could follow K-Rod's footsteps  —  In the 2002 playoffs, Angels reliever Francisco Rodriguez morphed from an unknown to a game-changing force called K-Rod.  The 2007 Red Sox [team stats] hope that history can be repeated in the form of Clay Buchholz.  —  In three big league appearances …

Philadelphia Phillies  —  80-69, 2nd East  —  Monday's NL Capsules  —  Washington's Nook Logan had three hits and New York committed four errors as the Nationals sent the Mets to their fourth straight loss, 12-4 on Monday night.  The Mets, who had six errors against Philadelphia on Sunday …

All over in Toronto  —  Though Jacoby Ellsbury led off the inning with a single to center, in trying to stretch it to a double, he was thrown out by Vernon Wells.  That proved a good lesson to Dustin Pedroia, whose single to the gap merited a large turn around first base.

What Are The Odds: .400  —  There is no such thing as a .400 hitter.  Well, at least there never has been.  People have hit .400, of course, but that's always been something of a fluke.  This is evident in the fact that Ty Cobb has the highest career BA ever, at "just" .366.

Art of thievery  —  NEW YORK - Nowhere on his body did the grind of 1982 show on Rickey Henderson.  Each of the 150 or so times he dove face-first into a base that year, a lithe torpedo of thievery, he came up feeling great in the arms, torso, hips and legs.

Orioles stick with it, win in 12th  —  Moore's hit brings first series victory since mid-August; Markakis at 20 HRs, 100 RBIs  —  TORONTO - It lasted 4 hours, 25 minutes, and featured two teams that used a total of 15 pitchers and 28 position players and combined to go 5-for-37 with runners …

Mariano Rivera beats David Ortiz to end game  —  BOSTON - After Joba Chamberlain gave up a long home run to Mike Lowell - the first earned run Chamberlain has allowed in his major league career - Joe Torre sent Ron Guidry to the mound to both check the youngster's psyche and give Mariano Rivera extra time to warm up.

News' Madden finds Papelbon's cell phone in cab  —  In a bizarre set of circumstances, I got a "save" from Red Sox closer Jonathan Papelbon yesterday.  —  I hailed a taxi to take me to Fenway Park and happened to notice a cellphone lying on the seat next to me.