Tejada Charged With Lying to Investigators  —  Former Baltimore Orioles shortstop Miguel Tejada was charged today with lying to congressional investigators about the use of performance-enhancing drugs in baseball.  —  Federal prosecutors accused Tejada of making misrepresentations …

Ex-union boss Miller blasts baseball ‘witch hunt’ … As baseball union leaders Donald Fehr and Gene Orza face a torrent of criticism for their handling of events leading up to Alex Rodriguez's steroid admission, Players Association founder Marvin Miller defended the union's conduct and accused …

Posada makes about 140 throws, feels good  —  TAMPA, Fla. - Under the brilliant Florida sunshine, Jorge Posada stood on the rightfield grass at the Yankees' minor-league complex yesterday morning and did something that had to feel as good as anything he's done in nearly a year.  —  He played catch.

Minor-league deal for Aurilia  —  (02-09) 17:33 PST — Rich Aurilia rejected minor-league offers from the Cubs, Phillies and Blue Jays to accept one from the Giants, he said Monday just before the team formally announced the deal.  Aurilia will earn $1 million if he makes the team.

Phillies keep relief options open  —  Now that Ryan Howard is signed to a three-year deal and the team's payroll is above $130 million, the Phillies are done dealing, right?  Not necessarily.  —  As the team's quest to add a righthanded-hitting bench player continues, so, too …

Rockies invite 20 non-roster players  —  Catcher Fasano signs Minor League deal to join Colorado camp  —  DENVER — The Rockies have signed veteran catcher Sal Fasano, who played for them in 2001, to a Minor League contract with an invitation to Major League camp, and they announced …

St. Louis Cardinals release second baseman Adam Kennedy  —  St. Louis Cardinals second baseman Adam Kennedy can't handle a ball hit by Milwaukee Brewers' Bill Hall.  Kennedy was released by the Cardinals on February 9, 2009.  (Morry Gash/AP)  —  ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH

Baseball Prospectus picks Sox to finish first, Yanks second, Rays third  —  Here's a screen grab of Baseball Prospectus' MLB team projections for 2009.  BP guru Nate Silver nailed the 2008 presidential election, so his word seems to be gold these days.  Still, the projections are simply grist …

D-backs' Webb puts focus on field  —  Ace doesn't want to talk about contract situation during season  —  PHOENIX — Brandon Webb is one of the most media-friendly players in the D-backs' clubhouse.  Rare is the time he turns down an interview request.  —  That will not change in 2009 …

Kurkjian Talks About Steroids, Love of the Game  —  On Saturday night, The Diamond Club hosted the Fifth Annual First Pitch Dinner for Georgetown baseball and welcomed ESPN baseball writer and analyst Tim Kurkjian for the keynote address.  Kurkjian has been an institution in baseball for the last three decades.

REHABBING SANTANA DECLINES WBC INVITE  —  PORT ST. LUCIE - Johan Santana will throw off the mound here today for the first time since having off-season knee surgery, but he won't be following that up with a stint in the World Baseball Classic.  —  Santana yesterday told The Post he plans …

Looper agrees to one-year deal  —  By Tom Haudricourt of the Journal Sentinel  —  Unsure what the shopping list might look like down the road, the Milwaukee Brewers moved in to scoop up the best remaining arm on the free-agent market Monday.  —  The Brewers reached agreement on a one-year deal …

White Sox sign Broussard to minor league deal  —  The White Sox signed first baseman-outfielder Ben Broussard to a minor league contract.  —  Broussard, 32, has a lifetime .263 batting average with 87 home runs over parts of seven major league seasons with Cleveland, Seattle and Texas.

The Many (Awkward) Faces Of Alex Rodriguez  —  This was too easy.  For one thing, I sort of stole the idea from The Sports Hernia.  —  But really, any person on planet Earth would make a ton of retarded-looking faces when they are being grilled on SportsCenter in front of tens of millions of people about something of this magnitude.

Olney outlasts Stark in six games … So, whom do we root for in this one?  Buster Olney, who gets up at 4 a.m. every day to write a blog?  Jayson Stark, who has relentlessly and hilariously collected more useless information over the past 30 years than any person in baseball?

Dodgers, Jeff Weaver Agree To Terms  —  By Drew Silva [February 9 at 8:38pm CST]  —  8:38pm: Tony Jackson of the Los Angeles Daily News writes that Weaver will “compete for a bullpen spot in spring training, NOT for the fifth spot in the rotation.”  —  7:33pm: Ken Gurnick of MLB.com reports …