Exhibition games vs. Yankees set for Dolphin Stadium  —  Joe Girardi will get his final tuneup for his first year as New York Yankees manager against his old team.  —  The Yankees play the Marlins on March 28 at 7:05 p.m. and March 29 at 6:05 p.m. at Dolphin Stadium to close both teams' exhibition schedules.

Reliever Zumaya to miss first half of '08  —  Righty has surgery after sustaining injury during evacuation  —  DETROIT — Thankfully, Joel Zumaya did not lose his home or his family in the San Diego wildfires.  Whether he lost his fastball should be trivial by comparison, but after a freak accident …

Bonds would boycott Hall of Fame over asterisk  —  If Hall displays HR ball with asterisk, slugger won't step inside Cooperstown  —  NEW YORK - Barry Bonds would boycott Cooperstown if the Hall of Fame displays his record-breaking home run ball with an asterisk.  —  That includes skipping his potential induction ceremony.

Posada-Girardi rift?  Not really; he should be back  —  There's a buzz working its way through the media, if nowhere else, that Jorge Posada doesn't want to play for Joe Girardi.  That the Mets have hope, after all, in recruiting the lifelong Yankee over the Triborough Bridge.

Macha interested in managing Pirates  —  Former A's skipper has deep roots in Pittsburgh area  —  PITTSURGH — While the Pirates front office remains tight-lipped as they proceed with a search to hire a new manager and key front office personnel, there is no hiding that the organization's search for a new skipper is in full swing.

YouTube goodness: Dice-K's high school no-no  —  What do you do when baseball season's over?  —  Well, besides for playing "Choose Your Own Adventure" with Alex Rodriguez, how about peeping the video of Daisuke Matsuzaka's famed high school no-hitter?  After seeing this …

Angels agree to terms with six Major League coaches and bullpen catcher  —  ANAHEIM — Angels Baseball Thursday announced the club has reached agreements with bench coach Ron Roenicke, pitching coach Mike Butcher, third base coach Dino Ebel, first base coach Alfredo Griffin, hitting coach Mickey Hatcher …

Historic matchup  —  2004 vs. 2007 … So this is what it has come to: After years of longing for a championship, the Red Sox [team stats] and their followers now get to compare titles instead.  —  "There's no comparison - different battles, different things to go through," …

Cashman addresses some issues  —  Just returned from the Stadium.  The televised part of the press conference was pretty standard.  —  Joe Girardi and Brian Cashman met with the print writers later on and that's where we got some information.  —  The coaching staff will be as was reported here.