Off night doesn't unnerve Wang  —  Righty expects to iron out mechanical glitch with little trouble  —  FORT MYERS, Fla. — It was a second successive ineffective outing for a Yankees starter, both having recorded only five outs.  —  After Chien-Ming Wang repeated the same slow walk …

Pudge open to playing other positions  —  Rodriguez says he'd move to first or third if it would help a club  —  MIAMI — Ivan Rodriguez, one of the greatest defensive catchers of all time, is willing to play other positions.  —  A free agent who is showcasing himself playing for Puerto Rico …

Cano, Marte headed for doctor exams  —  Buzz up!  —  TAMPA, Fla. (AP)—Yankees second baseman Robinson Cano and reliever Damaso Marte are scheduled to be examined by doctors Saturday and won't immediately play after rejoining New York following the World Baseball Classic.

Lugo: 'I'm worried.'  —  Julio Lugo has not received the results from the MRI on his right knee, but this morning he spoke in a hushed tone as he explained how his knee was first hurt and his level concern about the sore right knee, which forced him from last night's game after half an inning.

METS AND YANKEES ON JIMMY'S HIT LIST  —  MIAMI - Everybody knows how much Jimmy Rollins loves to beat the Mets.  His world champion Phillies are the team to beat but Rollins' ultimate baseball dream is to beat both New York teams in the same season.  —  Whip the Mets in the NL East or in the NLCS …

Cooper's not pleased with poor defense, offense  —  Trying not to be negative, I wondered if Cecil Cooper was at least pleased the Astros didn't lose.  —  Well, Cooper wasn't, and his frustrations were as raw as the offense and defense have been bad lately for the Astros.

Marvin Miller, Six Others to Be Inducted into Jewish Sports Hall of Fame  —  Marvin Miller, the former Executive Director for the MLB Players Association, as well as sports media legend Dick Schaap, ESPN Sportscenter anchor and ESPN.com columnist Linda Cohn, and four others including Ed Block …

TBS Releases “Sunday MLB on TBS” Schedule for 2009  —  TBS announced today the first two months of its “Sunday MLB on TBS” schedule for the 2009 season.  The package, which includes match-ups on TBS every Sunday afternoon throughout the regular season, includes multiple appearances by the New York Yankees …

Sox Nation needs to let it go  —  Manny bashing by Boston fans has grown tired  —  Manny Ramirez was back to being Manny in a live baseball game on Friday, and that marks a good time to get something off my chest that I know many other fans will agree with: All this Manny bashing by Red Sox fans has gone far enough.

Rockies Recap: Reynolds so-so in start  —  Giants 7, Rockies 3 (10 innings)  —  At the plate: Colorado's bats cooled considerably today, though catcher Yorvit Torrealba continues his productive spring.  He went 2-for-3 with two solid singles, boosting his average to .348.

Manny Ramirez's ‘big deal’ highlight in debut for Los Angeles Dodgers?  A walk  —  PHOENIX — Manny Ramirez was surrounded by reporters in the Dodgers clubhouse after making his long-anticipated debut, when teammate Orlando Hudson questioned the necessity of the session.  —  “What are you interviewing that guy for?”

In honor of Jon Stewart  —  The next time someone rips blogging as a medium without bothering to consider the quality of the messages, I hope someone brings up Jon Stewart.  Because the light Stewart shed on the problems at CNBC this week, culminated by a stripping down of Jim Cramer …

Gibbons among first Marlins cuts  —  Considering he hit a three-run homer Thursday night, the last thing on Jay Gibbons' mind as he was reading the newspaper at his Roger Dean Stadium locker this morning was getting released.  —  “I went out on a high note, put it that way,” said Gibbons …