Mike Lowell is tearing the cover off the ball for the Red Sox.

The Yankees lost another pitcher to an injury on Saturday when Darrell Rasner got hit with a comebacker.

The Angels’ Shea Hillenbrand grew up a Dodgers fan.

Hunter Pence’s hot start for the Astros has him moved up to the 5th spot in the lineup.

A’s OF Nick Swisher cut his long hair and donated it to the Women’s Cancer Research Fund on Saturday.

Blue Jays CF Vernon Wells is still battling the effects of a flu bug.

Mark Redman saw his ERA jump after the Braves got pounded by the Red Sox in Game 1 Saturday.

Bill Hall took grounders in the infield for the Brewers before Saturday’s game.

Albert Pujols is starting to heat up for the Cardinals.

Derek Lee hit a grand slam for the Cubs on Saturday after being diagnosed with neck spasms.

Devil Rays OF Johnny Gomes participated in a wrestling match after Friday’s game.

The Diamondbacks activated Alberto Callaspo from the restricted list.

Dodgers manager Grady Little wants to see his team do better with situational hitting.

Tim Lincecum will stay in the Giants rotation when Russ Ortiz returns from the DL.

Andy Marte didn’t get his starting spot back for the Indians when he returned from the DL on Saturday.

Mariners manager Mike Hargrove isn’t a fan of interleague play.

Marlins pitcher Ricky Nolasco has found himself back on the DL.

Mets manager Willie Randolph gave the commencement speech at Fordham University on Saturday.

Micah Bowie will make his first start since 1999 for the Nationals on Sunday.

In some more questionable moves, Orioles manager Sam Perlozzo had Jay Gibbons and Aubrey Huff on the bench for the first two games against the Nationals.

Padres pitcher Chris Young has allowed 15 opponents to steal bases off of him so far this season.

Charlie Manuel would like to see his Phillies’ pitchers go deep into games.

Tony Armas lost his starting rotation spot with the Pirates.

Jerry Hairston was placed on the 15 day DL by the Texas Rangers with a pinched nerve in his neck.

The Reds got a scare when Josh Hamilton went to the emergency room with a stomach ailment.

John Mabry was designated for assignment by the Rockies.

Royals OF Emil Brown is starting to heat up at the plate.

Sean Casey feels comfortable at the plate for the Tigers in interleague play.

Twins catcher Joe Mauer is eligible to come off on the DL Sunday but isn’t ready to return.

White Sox OF Darin Erstad hits well in interleague play.

TONIGHT’S GAME BETWEEN ATLANTA AND BOSTON HAS BEEN POSTPONED DUE TO RAIN. IT WILL BE MADE UP AS PART OF A DAY/NIGHT DOUBLEHEADER ON SATURDAY, MAY 19 AT 1:05 AND 7:35 PM EDT.

I just found out via the ProJo Sox blog that Daisuke Matsuzaka will still pitch the first game of the doubleheader but instead of being opposed by John Smoltz, Anthony Lerew will take the hill.

Smoltz will pitch in the nightcap and tonight’s Sox starter, Devern Hansack will throw against him.

It is still Tim Hudson vs TBA on Sunday. But as I have in the post below with the pitching matchups, I and numerous other sites are speculating that it will be Kason Gabbard.

Gary Matthews and the Angels are ready to play the Dodgers in the “Battle of Los Angeles“.

A’s reliever Justin Duchscherer may not be available this weekend due to an ailing hip.

Due to Game 6 in the NBA playoffs, Diamondback fans will have to change the channel to catch the end of their game.

Dodgers pitcher Jason Schmidt is making progress in his recovery from shoulder troubles.

Fred Lewis hopes the Giants will keep him up for the long haul.

Ichiro has broken out of his slump for the Mariners and has a 10 game hitting streak.

Padres closer Trevor Hoffman isn’t changing his routine due to inactivity.

With injuries to a few players, the Rangers had to make some roster moves.

Brian Fuentes has been the only consistent member of the Rockies bullpen.

Jason Lane of the Astros is taking extra BP to make up for his lack of playing time.

The Brewers were dubbed as “Hardy’s Wallbangers” by a three year old.

Adam Wainwright has been battling elbow soreness in his starts for the Cardinals.

Mark DeRosa is day to day for the Cubbies after spraining a ligament in his right hand.

The atmosphere in the Indians clubhouse is a lot looser than last year.

Ryan Doumit got only his second day off for the Pirates since being recalled on April 26th.

Reds OF Josh Hamilton is learning how to adjust to life in the bigs after going through a big slump.

Scott Elarton feels good in his return to the Royals after his third shoulder surgery.

The Tigers called up top pitching prospect Andrew Miller to start on Friday.

Jesse Crain got some bad news when he found he will all of this season for the Twinkies with a torn rotator cuff.

Paul Konerko is in the midsts of a bad slump for the White Sox.

I couldn’t get this up earlier due to my weekly commitment to our radio show but I am sure you already know this by now that the Red Sox-Tigers game was postponed tonight due to the absolutely lovely weather we are having here. We had a big line of thunderstorms pass through the New England area and in fact it is still raining here.

The Sox announced that the game will be made up as a day-night doubleheader. First game will be 12:35 PM and the second game will be at the regularly scheduled time of 7:05. Julian Tavarez will start game 1 for the Sox and be opposed by Mike Maroth. Curt Schilling will make his regularly scheduled start and will be opposed by Chad Durbin.

Both games will be shown on NESN.

Morgan Ensberg understands why the Astros benched him.

Braves pitcher Mike Gonzalez has no clue as to why his velocity has dropped.

Derrick Turnbow is struggling out of the Brewer bullpen.

The Cardinals claimed Todd Wellemeyer off waivers from the Royals.

Derek Lee was told to stay in Chicago by the Cubs doctors due to neck spasms.

Diamondbacks reliever Brandon Medders leads the NL in homers allowed.

The Dodgers called up Hong-Chih Kuo to help out their bullpen.

Giants OF Barry Bonds still doesn’t want to talk about Curt Schilling’s comments about him.

Marlins 3B Miguel Cabrera is in a 0 for 15 slump.

El Duque should return to the NY Mets rotation in two weeks.

The Nationals pitching is starting to come around.

The Padres made some slight changes to their pitching rotation.

Abraham Nunez is finding his groove hitting for the Phillies.

Jose Castillo made his first career start at third base for the Pirates.

Marcus McBeth is enjoying his first big league call up with the Reds.

Ramon Ramirez has returned to the Rockies bullpen.

Tampa Bay will play it’s next three games at “home” in Orlando.

Despite struggling at the plate, Angels catcher Mike Napoli is getting better defensively.

Nester Aparicio has an account on Jay Payton attacking Melvin Mora after the O’s loss on Monday night (Hat tip to Anthony at the Oriole Post for the tip).

Jack Cust and Dan Johnson from the A’s shared American League Player of the Week honors.

Jesse Litsch is set to make his Major League debut for the Blue Jays after going 5-1 with 0.96 ERA in Double-A.

The Indians are making opposing pitchers work to get them out.

The Mariners are welcoming King Felix back from the DL with open arms.

Kevin Millwood returned from the DL on Monday only to re-injure himself.

The Red Sox offense is firing on all cylinders right now.

Royals pitcher Brian Bannister is being compared to his dad, who was a big league pitcher.

Tigers pitcher Tim Byrdak had an interesting road back to the Majors.

Someone forgot to pay the Minnesota Twins power bill.

The White Sox face the Yankees before starting interleague play.

Roger Clemens will start for the Tampa Yankees on Friday night.

Mike Lowell got the day off Sunday even though he is one of the Red Sox hottest hitters.

Mets pitcher Mike Pelfrey got demoted to Triple-A after 0-5 start.

Anthony from the Oriole Post isn’t calling for manager Sam Perlozzo’s head just yet.

The Phillies wasted a brilliant effort from Jon Lieber on Sunday.

Roger Clemens is on track for a June 2nd start when the Yankees visit Boston.

The Nationals actually swept a team for this first time all season.

People in Toronto are questioning manager John Gibbons’ moves or lack of moves.

J.D. at Sportech Matter tells us the Marlins traded Jorge Julio to the Rockies.

Rocco Baldelli is staying in the leadoff spot despite his slump right now.

Is second place good enough for the fans in Atlanta?

How good is the Red Sox bullpen?

Yankees reliever Scott Proctor dropped the appeal of his 4 game suspension.

The Toronto Blue Jays decided not to get insurance on their player’s salaries.

B.J. Upton learned a valuable lesson in Saturday’s Devil Rays loss.

Baltimore pitchers threw 209 pitches in Saturday’s loss.

White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen is happy with his pitching right now.

Justin Morneau plans to play in tonight’s Twins game, broken nose and all.

One Royals beat writer is saying the Royals season is done.

Travis Hafner got a much needed day off yesterday for the Indians.

Virgil Vasquez will make his MLB debut tonight for the Tigers.

Reggie Willits is comfortable in his lead off spot for the Angels.

The Mariners expect King Felix to return on Tuesday from the DL.

Mark Teixeira will break the Rangers record for consecutive games played on Sunday.

The A’s designated Todd Walker for assignment.

Mike Pelfrey is having a tough time keeping his 5th spot in the Mets rotation.

The reigning NL MVP has found himself on the Phillies DL.

After leaving a potential perfect game, Nationals pitcher Shawn Hill may find himself on the DL.

Chipper Jones may sit out again today’s Braves game with injuries he suffered on Friday.

Why is Mother’s Day so special for the Marlins’ Mike Jacobs?

Cardinals manager Tony LaRussa has some concerns about Kip Wells.

Reds OF Josh Hamilton got a day off on Friday because he’s not used to playing.

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is looking for nicknames for the 2007 version of the Brewers.

Cubs reliever Bob Howry explains what happened in Saturday’s loss to the Phillies.

A look at Hitting 101 by the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Astros pitcher Jason Jennings is heading to Double A to start his rehab.

The Rockies celebrated a Holliday on Saturday night.

Adrian Gonzalez is glad to be back home in San Diego.

The Player’s Union is filing a grievance against the Diamondbacks regarding Alberto Callaspo.

Why is Mother’s Day special for Dodger’s pitcher Brett Tomko?

A Dallas auction house is offering $1 million for the ball when Barry Bonds hits #756.

Angels 1B Kendry Morales is still adjusting to life in America after coming here from Cuba two years ago.

The Oakland A’s signed the land deal that will make Cisco Stadium a reality.

The Diamondbacks remain committed to youth even though they are struggling.

Dodgers pitcher Jason Schmidt threw off a mound for the first time since his April 14th start.

The Giants lost Dave Roberts for six weeks due to surgery on his injured left elbow.

The Mariners finally gave Richie Sexson a day off on Thursday.

Padres manager Bud Black is very happy with Doug Brocail.

Rangers reliever C.J. Wilson actually is throwing a gyroball if you can believe it.

The Rockies hope that Coors Field is nice to them for the next 9 games after winning the first game of a 10 game homestand.