Sources: Manny Ramirez's medical records sealed fate  —  The story of how Manny Ramirez was nabbed by baseball's drug-testing policy is rooted as much in the language of the collective bargaining agreement as it is in the fact that the Los Angeles Dodgers' slugger had synthetic testosterone …

Pavano tames White Sox as Indians offense comes to life  —  CLEVELAND (AP) — Carl Pavano threw strikes and his Cleveland Indians teammates struck quickly at the plate.  —  Pavano won his third straight start and the Indians scored in the first inning for the first time this month …

Milledge Suffers Broken Finger in Syracuse  —  Outfielder Lastings Milledge of Class AAA Syracuse suffered a broken finger while attempting to bunt in the first inning of the Chiefs' game today, the latest setback in the career of the talented but inconsistent player who opened the season …

Astros Notes: Berkman likely to play vs. Rockies  —  Astros first baseman Lance Berkman, who sat out the three-game weekend series against Padres with a sore left wrist, is expected to be in the lineup tonight for the series opener against the Rockies.  —  Berkman took swings in the batting cage Sunday and said the wrist felt better.

Reds break out the bats, rough up Diamondbacks  —  PHOENIX (AP) — Willy Taveras matched a career high with five hits, Adam Rosales had a homer and two doubles, and the Cincinnati Reds routed Arizona 13-5 on Monday night.  —  Taveras wrapped four singles around a fourth-inning double.

7th blunder costs Johan, Mets  —  Johan Santana and Derek Lowe are neighbors in Fort Myers, Fla. They could have been teammates, too, if the Mets had anted up.  —  Of course, Lowe would have been no good to Santana in the home dugout Monday night.  Not that Santana's actual teammates were much help, either.

Huff shows Joba fist-pumping of his own  —  Oriole returns gesture after homering off Yanks' Chamberlain  —  Aubrey Huff had it all planned.  He just needed to accomplish the more difficult task, and that was to hit a home run off the Yankees' Joba Chamberlain.

The Selena Roberts book is about what you'd expect  —  After a brief detour to deal with Manny-mania, I finally finished the Selena Roberts/A-Rod book over the weekend.  I originally had thoughts of dissecting the sucker, but upon its completion I realized that, despite all of the hype …

Big Papi's decline?  Not this fall  —  BOSTON — The walls are closing in on David Ortiz.  He can feel it, the cold breeze of doubt whistling through each swing and miss, vexing and constant, a pebble scratching hard on the bottom of his foot: a .224 batting average and, even more glaring …

Roger Clemens to appear Tuesday on “Mike and Mike in the Morning” on ESPN Radio  —  NEW YORK — Roger Clemens was scheduled for an interview on ESPN Radio's “Mike & Mike in the Morning” at 8:25 a.m. ET Tuesday, the publication date of an unflattering book about the seven-time Cy Young Award winner.