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.

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.

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 …

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.

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.

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.

Things Steve Phillips said  —  GM turned analyst speeds ESPN's long-predicted jump of shark  —  This is the first of a two-part series inspired by things Steve Phillips said in ESPN's broadcast of the Mets' 2-0 loss to the Giants on Sunday night.  —  Listen: Phillips has every right to his opinion and I don't begrudge him that.

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.

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.

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.

Bartlett's career-high five RBI helps Rays rout A's  —  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Jason Bartlett drove in a career-high five runs to help the Tampa Bay Rays beat the struggling Oakland Athletics 13-4 Monday night for a season-best four-game winning streak.

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.

Jays pad AL-best record with four-game sweep of Chisox  —  TORONTO (AP) — Alex Rios hit a go-ahead triple in the eighth inning Monday and the Toronto Blue Jays completed a four-game sweep, beating the Chicago White Sox 3-2.  —  After Jim Thome tied it in the top of the eighth …

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 …