Steinbrenner ‘inducted’ into Red Sox Nation  —  After new Yankees boss Hank Steinbrenner lambasted the notion of Red Sox Nation, Boston principal owner John Henry has offered an olive branch to his American League East rival.  —  Henry has decided to make Steinbrenner the newest member of Red Sox Nation …

Giambi stars in tie with Phillies  —  Pettitte fires two scoreless innings in Grapefruit debut  —  PHILLIES 7, YANKEES 7 (9 innings)  —  Phillies at the plate: Philadelphia strung three consecutive hits together in the third inning, bringing in its first run.

Fielder: “I'm not happy about it”  —  Phoenix - As I suggested in an earlier blog, Prince Fielder is not happy about having his contract renewed for a second consecutive spring by the Brewers.  —  When the sides couldn't come to agreement on a deal, the club renewed Fielder at about $650,000.

First cuts made  —  The Yankees reassigned four players to the minor-league camp:  —  1B Eric Duncan  —  C Jesus Montero  —  INF Eduardo Nunez  —  C Austin Romine  —  The Yankees started camp with 69 players and now that the games have started there's just not enough time and at-bats for everybody.

Hamels irked over money matters  —  Ace lefty ‘surprised’ by team's decision to renew contract  —  TAMPA, Fla. — The Phillies had one disappointed pitcher Sunday afternoon, and it had nothing to do with getting knocked around at Legends Field.  —  Cole Hamels was surprised …

Pettitte throws 2 scoreless innings  —  TAMPA, Fla. (AP)—Andy Pettitte has spent the past few months answering questions about performance-enhancing drugs.  He hardly looked distracted during his first spring training start.  —  With owner George Steinbrenner and his son …

Chipper tweaks hamstring during BP  —  Braves third baseman doesn't expect to miss significant time  —  LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Less than four games into the Grapefruit League season, Chipper Jones once again has reason to wonder when his injury woes will cease.

Collision hurts Church most; Mets' injuries mount  —  PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. - The Mets waited until noon to post a lineup for yesterday's 1 p.m. game against the Dodgers at Tradition Field.  It wasn't so much that manager Willie Randolph had trouble deciding whom to play.

Cubs' Soriano out with broken finger  —  MESA, Ariz. — Chicago Cubs outfielder Alfonso Soriano will miss up to five days after he fractured his right middle finger during practice on Sunday.  —  The team said the right-handed Soriano broke the finger while working on fly ball drills.

Atlanta vs. Houston  —  Braves' Hampton faces batters for first time in two years  —  CBSSports.com wire reports  —  KISSIMMEE, Fla. — A few minutes after one of the most important spring training outings of Mike Hampton's career, he faced one of his biggest media gatherings in years.

Hamels: Phillies contract is “low blow”  —  Cole Hamels has one hope: that Phillies fans don't wake up tomorrow thinking he is greedy.  —  That said, the left-hander made it very clear today that he feels disrespected with the $500,000 salary the Phillies renewed his contract at today.

Bonds Before the Grand Jury  —  So I sat down yesterday and read the entire Barry Bonds grand jury testimony (what, you think I have a life?).  —  First observation: I can't believe that BALCO lawyer Troy Ellerman went to all that trouble — and now is in jail for over two years — to leak this to Lance Williams and Mark Fainaru-Wada.