Toronto Quietly Moving Up in the AL East
seamheads.com 5/30/2008 — The American League East is annually the noisiest division in baseball, and this year the division has been even louder than usual. The Red Sox have their usual angst, the Yankees are in last place, which has somehow made more noise than when they are in first, and the Tampa Bay Rays have gotten everyone's attention with their hot start. Even the Baltimore Orioles have gotten a little ...

Manny on a Mission
blog.baseballdigestdaily.com 5/30/2008 — With Boston Red Sox left fielder Manny Ramirez on the brink of a career and historical milestone -- career home run #500 -- I was wondering how long other members of the 500 HR club took to achieve their 500th, among other milestones.

PostCards with Luhnow III: The aluminum factor, ‘Classic Mechanics’ and production vs. projection
stltoday.com 5/30/2008 — TOWER GROVE — The last bundle of mail exchanged between readers and the Cardinals vice president of player procurement and farm director Jeff Luhnow featured some of the finer-tuned questions in this couple weeks of PostCards. Of specific ...

Odds and Ends: Bruce, Ensberg, Boone, Weaver
mlbtraderumors.com 5/30/2008 — Plenty of links for today. Indians top prospect Adam Miller is pretty much done for the season . '09 free agent shortstop Orlando Cabrera and manager Ozzie Guillen are not getting along . Peter Bendix explains the savings the Reds get by ...

Dice-K to be examined Friday
boston.com 5/29/2008 — SEATTLE - Daisuke Matsuzaka will likely accompany the team to Baltimore tonight and then shoot off to to Boston Friday to visit with team physician Dr. Thomas Gill and also be given a precautionary MRI in his ailing right shoulder. Matsuzaka ...

Tough road for Ramirez — Red Sox & MLB - BostonHerald.com
After hitting his 499th career home run Tuesday at Safeco Field, Manny Ramirez joked with reporters that he would hold off on reaching No. 500 until the Red Sox arrived in...

Sox could use bridge work — Red Sox & MLB - BostonHerald.com
Try to imagine the Red Sox pitching staff as a wooden-planked bridge spanning a rocky gorge with ferocious rapids below. On the near and far sides of the gangplank are...

A tough act to follow — Red Sox & MLB - BostonHerald.com
The first nine starts of Josh Beckett's third season with the Red Sox bear more resemblance to his first inconsistent one in 2006 than his stellar 2007 campaign. Opposing...

Davies to replace Tomko in KC rotation — Major League Baseball News
Kyle Davies is in the Royals' pitching rotation and Brett Tomko is out. Davies will start on Saturday night against the Cleveland Indians. Tomko was reassigned to the bullpen.

Early wins have Floyd wanting more — Major League Baseball News
Gavin Floyd reached a minor personal milestone with his victory over the Indians on Wednesday. Although his fifth win set an individual single-season high in that category, Floyd has his sights set on a much higher final number.