Victor Martinez right at home with Red Sox  —  Catcher hopes to stay  —  + Recent Articles + Recent Blog Entries + Email  —  ORLANDO, Fla. — Victor Martinez doesn't want to go anywhere.  —  Last month, he moved into an 11,000-square-foot mansion near the airport here.

Camp presents Mets chance to start anew  —  Mended, new stars hope to erase bitter memories of 2009  —  The hibernation is over.  Open your eyes.  Stir, stand and step into the game.  Start your engine.  Go on, move closer to the mirror, examine the image peering back.

D-backs, Jackson reach two-year deal  —  Recently acquired right-hander avoids arbitration  —  The D-backs avoided arbitration with Edwin Jackson on Sunday night by agreeing to a two-year contract with the recently acquired right-hander.  —  The club did not disclose contract terms …

Cubs Open Ticket Line Early for Fans Willing to Pay Extra  —  Pitchers and catchers report to spring training in a few days, which means diehard fans are gearing up for an annual ritual: the start of ticket sales for individual games.  —  In Boston and Chicago in particular …

New York Yankees catcher Francisco Cervelli feels no lingering effects from head injury  —  TAMPA - Francisco Cervelli stopped playing winter ball in his native Venezuela after he was struck in the head by a hitter's backswing during a game, he said after a recent workout at the Yankees' minor-league complex.

Divorce (Mc)Court drama could impact Dodgers  —  LOS ANGELES - Frank McCourt picks up the phone on a cold and gray day and there is lightness in his voice.  —  He has vacationed recently with his four sons, he says, which has filled his heart.  And now, after an unusually dark winter …

Dave Eiland-'Hughes Rules' not like Joba's  —  In an interview yesterday with WFAN's Ed Coleman and Yankee beat reporter Sweeney Murti, Yankee pitching Coach Dave Eiland cleared up some of the confusion surrounding the restrictions that will be placed on Phil Hughes this season.

Orioles' Bergesen injured filming TV ad, not unlike ‘King of Pop’  —  OK, so Baltimore Orioles right-hander Brad Bergesen  —  doesn't quite have the “Q” rating a young Michael Jackson (near right) did back in the mid-1980s.  —  And, no, his hair didn't catch fire because of premature pyrotechnics during …

Clone Wars: Johnny Damon and Curtis Granderson  —  Curtis Granderson is eight years younger than Johnny Damon, but based on where they are in their careers they have many similarities.  This is strictly a fantasy/offensive assessment, though, as Granderson is a much better defender for the Yankees.

Yankees prospect Jesus Montero's a big hit with bat, but 20-year-old working hard on his defense  —  TAMPA - Under a slate-gray sky, the Yankees' best prospect steps in front of home plate, prepared to block it.  About 10 yards away, a coach with a thin fungo bat swats a ball at him …

This loss is one they like  —  Appears in better shape (File/Jim Davis/Globe Staff)  —  FORT MYERS, Fla. - So far, Daisuke Matsuzaka has done everything the Red Sox expected of him to prepare for the coming season.  —  The righthander arrived here Thursday and worked out at the team complex the last two days.