Manny Ramirez headed to the White Sox  —  Manny Ramirez will be sent to the Chicago White Sox on a waiver deal Monday, according to a baseball source who spoke on the condition of anonymity.  —  The Dodgers aren't expected to get any players in return, but are likely to unburden themselves …

Nova's first win a series-clincher for Yanks  —  CHICAGO — With a sellout crowd around him and one of the hottest offenses in the league standing 60 feet, six inches away from him all afternoon, Ivan Nova resorted to some simple guidance: Just pretend it's Triple-A.

Livan Hernandez gets contract extension  —  The Washington Nationals announced today a contract extension for starting pitcher Livan Hernandez through 2011.  Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.  —  Hernandez has been the club's most reliable starter this season and is by far the leader in innings pitched with 175 1/3.

Holliday, La Russa take exception to pitch  —  WASHINGTON — Tensions between the Nationals and Cardinals resumed on Sunday in Washington's 4-2 win, even though they never quite boiled over.  —  Cards outfielder Matt Holliday and manager Tony La Russa took exception to a ninth-inning Drew Storen fastball …

Jays lose to Tigers, shut down pitcher Brandon Morrow … Minutes after the Blue Jays' 10-4 loss to the Detroit Tigers on Sunday, as manager Cito Gaston discussed the club's decision to shut down starting pitcher Brandon Morrow after his next start, he gazed at the whiteboard behind his desk …

Carlos Pena, Carl Crawford homer to power Rays past Red Sox  —  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Carlos Pena and Carl Crawford homered to back James Shields and help Tampa Bay retain a share of first place in the AL East with a 5-3 victory over Boston on Sunday night.

A digital salute to pitch grips  —  I have taken to supplementing my recent writing about pitchers with pictures of their grips for different pitch types.  —  One thing I have come to realize is that while a picture is worth a thousand words, a catalog of pitch grip images quickly becomes unwieldy …

Roger Clemens heads to DC, this time for court  —  WASHINGTON — On this trip to Washington, former Houston Astros aceRoger Clemens will be in a courtroom, not in Congress.  His defiant stance is expected to remain the same, even if his statement is much shorter.  —  Something along the lines of, “Not guilty.”

Did mechanics cause Strasburg's injury?  —  Hurler's delivery under scrutiny as he heads to operating table  —  The pitching mechanics that produced a 14-strikeout Major League debut and a promising start to a professional career are part of what's being examined in the wake …

Most valuable defender: Beltre or Longoria?  —  Evan Longoria and Adrian Beltre have won the last three American League Gold Glove awards, but the battle for defensive supremacy in 2010 figures to be a close call.  —  Evan Longoria might not quite fit into the argument for Most Valuable Player this season …