Manny Ramirez apologizes to his Los Angeles Dodgers teammates  —  Suspended outfielder Manny Ramirez met with his Los Angeles Dodgers teammates on Friday for the first time since he was banned 50 games by Major League Baseball for violating its drug policy.  —  A source told ESPN …

Coghlan, fan reach hard bargain  —  MILWAUKEE - In spite of a fan's efforts to shake down the Marlins for merchandise in exchange for Chris Coghlan's first home run ball, Coghlan ultimately took possession of it after Wednesday's game.  —  Nick Yohanek, aka “The Happy Youngster,” …

White Sox OF Dye suspended for tossing helmet … TORONTO (AP) — Chicago White Sox outfielder Jermaine Dye has been suspended two games and fined an undisclosed amount after he threw his helmet and it bounced off an umpire.  —  Major League Baseball imposed the penalty Friday.

Yankees rally for win in A-Rod's new stadium debut  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Melky Cabrera capped a three-run rally in the ninth inning with a two-run single, and the New York Yankees stopped a five-game home losing streak with a 5-4 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Friday night.

Rockies rally for big win  —  Colorado Rockies' Brad Hawpe, right, rounds third to greetings from coach Rich Dauer, left, after hitting a two-run ninth-inning home run off Pittsburgh Pirates closer Matt Capps in a baseball game in Pittsburgh Friday, May 15, 2009.  The Rockies won 3-1.  (AP |

Ortiz hits a new low by going 0 for 7 in defeat  —  ANAHEIM, Calif. - David Ortiz faced his locker and dressed slowly, putting on designer jeans and a blue shirt with a French collar as reporters gathered behind him.  He turned around and saw them.  His head dropped a little.

Rice enjoys memories during Hall tour  —  Red Sox slugger to be inducted to Cooperstown in July  —  COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — After all that time, Jim Rice was right at home.  —  “He always envisioned making it here,” his wife Corine said Friday in the chilly archives vault in the basement …

Yankee Stadium's Ugly Start  —  Cheap Home Runs, Empty Seats and Lopsided Losses Have Some Asking, ‘Can a Stadium Fail?’  —  Printer  —  Friendly  —  The new Yankee Stadium  —  For more than 80 years, Yankee Stadium was the most revered sports venue on the planet.

Family establishes Adenhart Fund  —  Pitcher's memory will live on in support of youth baseball  —  Even after Nick Adenhart had reached the Majors, the promising pitcher would wax nostalgically about his most memorable games in youth baseball, lucidly thinking as far back as when he was an eight-year-old.

Could Lonn Trost (and Randy Levine) Be On The Way Out The Door?  —  “Look, we can't lose the next generation of Yankee fan because a father can't afford to take his kid to a game.”  — Lonn Trost, July 13, 2008 … - Lonn Trost, May 12, 2009  —  Are you wondering why there is such a difference in those quotes?

MLB Outsider Mock Draft: Atlanta Braves Select Donavan Tate  —  MLB Outsider is hosting a 2009 MLB mock draft, where bloggers from all over come together in an attempt to project the draft results that will take place June 9.  —  Braves Journal's Mac Thomason picks for the Atlanta Braves at No. 7.

Good Seats Available, Lots of 'Em  —  Nats' Drop-Off at Gate Worst in Baseball by Far  —  It was only fitting, in a season in which every large or small factor that could depress attendance at Nationals Park has come to pass, that the meatiest part of Ryan Zimmerman's galvanizing hitting streak …

Another Side of Kerouac: The Dharma Bum as Sports Nut  —  Almost all his life Jack Kerouac had a hobby that even close friends and fellow Beats like Allen Ginsberg and William S. Burroughs never knew about.  He obsessively played a fantasy baseball game of his own invention …

Rays come back from 7-run deficit to top Indians  —  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — B.J. Upton's ninth-inning homer off Luis Vizcaino capped the biggest comeback in Tampa Bay history and the gave the Rays an 8-7 victory over the Cleveland Indians on Friday night.

Mets steal seven bases, score three in ninth for 7-4 win  —  Gary Sheffield celebrates after scoring on a single hit by Ramon Castro in the ninth inning against the Giants.  (Photo by Jed Jacobsohn/Getty Images / May 14, 2009)  —  SAN FRANCISCO - So who needs 25 players?