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.

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.

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.

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.

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 …

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.

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 …

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.

Sale Helps Chicago White Sox Beat Minnesota Twins 6-2  —  CHICAGO — Chris Sale pitched six solid innings in his return from a foot injury, and the Chicago White Sox beat the Minnesota Twins 6-2 on Sunday.  —  Adam LaRoche homered for the second straight day and had a run-scoring single …

McCutchen Returns to Lineup, Homers as Pirates Rout Brewers  —  MILWAUKEE — Andrew McCutchen homered and drove in four runs in his return to Pittsburgh's lineup, Neil Walker hit a three-run shot and the Pirates routed the Milwaukee Brewers 10-2 Sunday.  —  McCutchen took himself …