Ortiz on D&C: ‘I would like to end my career here’  —  Red Sox designated hitter David Ortiz hung out for a while with Dennis & Callahan at spring training in Fort Myers, Fla., to set the record straight about his struggles last season.  The slugger talked about looking forward to this season …

Mets stub toes in quest to build trust  —  PORT ST. LUCIE — These are the 2010 Mets and their greatest curse just might be that they follow the 2009 Mets.  —  This is their closest relative, and their closest relative was a screw up.  The Mets want a clean slate.

Freddy Garcia back with White Sox  —  GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The Chicago White Sox still believe in Freddy Garcia, even though he's won just five games the past three seasons.  —  Garcia, who has made only 23 major league starts since the 2007 season began, is slated to be Chicago's fifth starter …

Keep Jeter in pinstripes, even as owner  —  TAMPA — The Yankees need to find a way to make Derek Jeter a Yankee for Life.  There's really only one way.  At some point the Steinbrenner family would have to take him into the ownership group.  —  The Yankees will take the field today …

Getting into a sensitive area  —  FORT MYERS, Fla. - Cup or no cup?  That is the question.  —  It's a delicate issue regarding a delicate area.  The punch lines are infinite, but it's not funny when a guy gets hit in his testicles and he's not covered by the triangular hard-shell plastic designed to protect a man's private parts.

Nick Swisher's stint on mound in laugher against Rays a critical point for 2009 New York Yankees  —  TAMPA - Nick Swisher's first pitching performance of his career turned out to be one of the most important moments of his 2009 season, although it had nothing to do with his spotless ERA.

Sabermetrics gains ground with Cubs  —  Ricketts said he expects organization to use statistical analysis more  —  MESA, Ariz. — Sabermetrics once was considered a four-letter word in the Cubs organization, where scouting reports trumped statistical analysis almost every time.

Yankees Have To Return Approximately $10,000 Each From World Series Share  —  Winning was sweet for the New York Yankees, who won their 27th championship last fall.  But it's not worth as much as it was back then.  —  Sources told CNBC that Yankees players recently received a letter …

Darryl Strawberry sees young Mariano Rivera in New York Mets' prospect Jenrry Mejia  —  PORT ST. LUCIE - You can feel the Jenrry Mejia campaign beginning to build in earnest.  So far Jerry Manuel has only lightheartedly hinted at the possibility of express-laning the 20-year-old prospect …

Harang gets Opening Day nod for Reds  —  Right-hander to tie team mark with fifth straight start  —  GOODYEAR, Ariz. — Unlike the past few years, there was more discussion and more than a hint of doubt over who would be the Reds' Opening Day starter and ace of the rotation.

College Game 1: Huskies vs. Red Sox  —  You're looking live at City of Palms Park, the spring training home of the Red Sox.  They Sox will start their schedule today with a split-squad doubleheader against Northeastern and Boston College.  Both games will be seven innings.

Podsednik to add charge to KC lineup  —  Even at 34, left fielder should offer plenty of speed  —  SURPRISE, Ariz. — There's no doubt about Scott Podsednik's biggest baseball moment.  On Oct. 23, 2005, he did something only 13 other players had ever done: End a World Series game with a home run.

Turn left!  —  Curtis Granderson has weighed in on today's trip to the arcade, and he offered this gem of a story.  —  “The highlight had to be watching Igawa race on the Indy Car,” Granderson said.  “He kept racing up against the wall and damaging his tires.  He wouldn't move off of it.

Spring Training Game 1: Yankees vs. Pirates  —  YANKEES  —  RHP Chad Gaudin (2-0, 3.43 with NY in 2009)  —  PIRATES  —  WEATHER: Cloudy and windy.  Not especially cold, but also not especially warm.  Temperatures in the 50s.  —  UMPIRES: HP Chad Fairchild, 1B Eric Cooper, 2B Marty Foster, 3B Dan Iassogna

Hideki Matsui Quietly Went to Angels His Way  —  TEMPE, Ariz. — Hideki Matsui wrapped his fingers around his lips, making a megaphone with his left hand.  In a deep voice that needed no translation, he bellowed a sound he did not hear often in seven seasons with the Yankees: “Booooooo!”

Quick Q&A: Jason Bay looks to find his way with the Mets  —  It's a fact of baseball life: Players switch teams through trades and free agency all the time.  For the most part, we pay the relocations no mind outside of a baseball context.  —  I've always found it a little more interesting than most, though.

The risk involved in the Upton deal  —  Justin Upton had a great 2009 season, and through his first two-plus years in the majors, his career numbers rank among the best ever when his age is factored into the equation.  —  Most people in baseball would say there are few players alive …

Nolasco vying to become elite starter  —  Marlins righty has shown flashes of brilliance on mound  —  JUPITER, Fla. — The last time Ricky Nolasco took the mound in a game situation, he was making history.  —  On Sept. 30 at Turner Field in Atlanta, Nolasco set a Marlins record by striking out 16 batters.