Barry Bonds on A-Rod: 'I can't wait until he hits 660'  —  This can't be happening again, but it is.  —  We should celebrate this historic feat, but many of us won't.  —  Barry Bonds, baseball's home-run king, cannot believe the contempt.  The anger.  The open hostility.  All of this pettiness toward one man.

Dodgers Release Ryan Webb  —  The Dodgers announced that they have released recently acquired right-hander Ryan Webb.  With this move, it becomes relatively clear that L.A.'s incentive in making the swap was simply to acquire the Competitive Balance draft pick that Baltimore included in order …

COLORADO ROCKIES / MLB  —  ROCKIES TAKE LATROY HAWKINS OUT OF CLOSER ROLE FOR FORESEEABLE FUTURE  —  The Denver Post  —  LaTroy Hawkins has struggled as a closer early this season for the Rockies.  (Mike McGinnis, Getty Images)  —  SAN FRANCISCO — LaTroy Hawkins …

Mets shutout Phillies, win 2-0 in home opener  —  Jacob deGrom and the Mets (4-3) bullpen combined to shutout the Phillies (3-4) and win their home opener 2-0.  —  DeGrom threw 6 1/3 shutout innings, allowing seven hits, walking one and striking out three.  He needed 99 pitches, with 64 landing for strikes.

Reds' manager calls Heyward slide ‘dirty’  —  CINCINNATI  • In the Cardinals' victory Sunday, there were two contentious plays at third base involving Cincinnati third baseman Todd Frazier — one that his manager called “dirty” — that could have reverberated through the game and beyond.

Mets SNY trio of Gary Cohen, Ron Darling, Keith Hernandez reflect on 10 years together in broadcast booth  —  ATLANTA — Looking for a reminder that life races by at an alarming speed?  Here's one: On Monday, Gary Cohen, Ron Darling and Keith Hernandez will call their tenth Mets home opener together.

ANAHEIM, CALIF.  —  Yordano Ventura unspooled the protective wraps from the right arm that silenced the Los Angeles Angels on Sunday afternoon.  He removed another wrap from the right leg that betrayed him midway through the 9-2 Royals victory.  He leaned back in a clubhouse chair and sipped from a 16-ounce bottle of water.

Blue Jays home opener '50,000-person St. Patrick's party'  —  Despite being the most popular ticket on the Blue Jays' schedule, the home opener has garnered a reputation among some fans for being a drunken gong show.  —  Win McNamee / GETTY IMAGES  —  Fans stream through newly installed metal detectors …

Right-hander dished a career-high nine K's in win  —  4/11/15: Jimmy Nelson tosses seven scoreless innings, striking out a career-high nine in a win over the Pirates  —  MILWAUKEE — If this is what Jimmy Nelson looks like with a curveball, his second season in the Major Leagues has a chance to be a lot better than his first.

Nelson Cruz Homers in 10th, Lifts Mariners Over Athletics  —  OAKLAND, Calif. — Nelson Cruz homered for the second straight day, hitting a solo drive in the 10th inning that sent the Seattle Mariners over the Oakland Athletics 8-7.  —  Mariners ace Felix Hernandez left after five innings …

Minor League Transactions: April 3-9  —  The final week of spring training brings a final week of player releases and a final round of optional assignments, even for No. 1 prospects such as the Cardinals' Marco Gonzales and the Angels' Andrew Heaney, two lefthanders we'll be seeing on big league mounds this season.

Indians Catcher Gomes Out at Least 6 Weeks With Knee Sprain  —  CLEVELAND — Yan Gomes could be out of the Indians' lineup for two months, a major blow to a team expected to contend this season.  —  Gomes, one of the Indians' best players, sustained a “moderate” sprain of the medial collateral ligament …