Vin Scully, Voice Of The Yankees  —  The advent of the Mets' annual visit to Dodger Stadium always reminds me of one of the greatest baseball stories nobody tells.  —  Let's correct that.  —  A decade ago, when I was still working full-time in sports and in Los Angeles …

Delgado To Have Surgery  —  The Mets have announced Carlos Delgado will undergo arthroscopic surgery to remove a bone spur and repair a torn labrum in his hip tomorrow in New York.  —  ...from what i can gather, delgado will likely be out until the all-star break...  RSS 2.0 You can skip to the end and leave a response.

MLB, Fox turn back World Series clock with earlier start times  —  Major League Baseball and Fox will announce today a real TV throwback: World Series action starting before 8 p.m. ET.  —  That hasn't happened, in a regularly scheduled weeknight Series game, in at least 34 years.

Game 38: Twins at Yankees  —  YANKEES (20-17)  —  Pitching: LHP Andy Pettitte (3-1, 4.00 ERA)  —  TWINS (18-20)  —  ROLLING: After losing four games in a row from May 4-7, the Yankees have won seven of their last nine games including the past five straight.

Weeks out for season  —  By Tom Haudricourt of the Journal Sentinel  —  St. Louis - General manager Doug Melvin just gave us the very bad news that second baseman Rickie Weeks is out for the season with the wrist injury he suffered Sunday.  —  Weeks has a torn tendon sheath in his left wrist that must be repaired surgically.

An Open Letter To ESPN  —  To whom it may concern:  —  Please remove Steve Phillips from all of your baseball broadcasts.  During Baseball Tonight and SportsCenter, Phillips has been a relatively unspectacular commentator.  Allowing Phillips to speak outside of these timed …

Some medical updates  —  This email from the Reds came a short time ago:  —  LHP Bill Bray was examined today by Reds medical director Timothy Kremchek, who tomorrow will perform surgery on Bray's left elbow.  Bray has been on Louisville's disabled list since April 16 with a strained left elbow.

Wagner announces surprise retirement  —  Reliever baffles front office with decision to hang up spikes  —  WASHINGTON — Nationals right-hander Ryan Wagner decided on Sunday to retire from baseball, and the team is baffled as to why Wagner called it quits.

Three banks set to finance Cubs purchase  —  Chicago Cubs buyer Tom Ricketts is close to lining up three banks to arrange the $450 million financing necessary to complete his acquisition of the team, financial sources said, positioning him to clear a substantial hurdle in the long-running sale of the club.

Revisiting the 1992 Expansion Draft  —  I wrote this article about 3 weeks back, as a submission to the “Baseball Prospectus Idol” competition the guys over there were having.  For those of you who didn't see that before (I only saw it thanks to a Rob Neyer link), this was a competition …

Improving Mariners looking to trade Yuniesky Betancourt to the Pirates for Jack Wilson?  —  A nice win by the Mariners yesterday, as seen in the photo above.  They needed a weekend like this.  That's two good series in a row by the Mariners, even though they only got results on this one occasion.

Pirates claim Jackson from Yankees  —  The Pirates have claimed right-handed reliever Steven Jackson off waivers from the New York Yankees.  —  Jackson, 27, had a 1.88 ERA and one save in seven appearances for Class AAA Scranton/Wilkes-Barre before being designated for assignment May 8.

Bourn, Pence quick studies at the plate  —  Young Astros outfielders applying lessons from veterans  —  HOUSTON — Young players fall into one of two categories.  Either they think they have everything figured out and never ask for help, or they appreciate their coaches and veteran teammates enough …

Wells swings against PED users  —  Former Yanks hurler weighs in on Clemens, Rodriguez  —  NEW YORK — Former big leaguer David Wells came out swinging Sunday against those who have used performance-enhancing drugs, counting the achievements of former teammate Roger Clemens …