Is Ricciardi’s Luck Changing?
dugoutcentral.com 5/27/2008 — After more than a decade holding various front office roles, beginning with the Oakland A’s organization, Toronto’s Senior VP of Baseball Operations, J.P. Ricciardi, may finally be seeing some of the lessons he learned from one-time mentor Billy Beane taking hold north of the border.

Memories of Mickey at Yankee Stadium
dugoutcentral.com 5/27/2008 — The author does not apologize to anyone when asked, “Who was your favorite player growing up?” He even named his cat after Mickey Mantle!

TPoSGD: Jays talk...
blog.baseballdigestdaily.com 5/27/2008 — Dare to dream and not to scream.

Minor Notes: Tribe prospect Miller back on DL; Dodger lefty Elbert could return soon
blog.baseballdigestdaily.com 5/27/2008 — The Buffalo Bison placed Cleveland's top prospect righty Adam Miller on the disabled list with a blister on the middle ...

Fans Who Boo Loudest Suffer Least
joeposnanski.com 5/27/2008 — Well, you may have noticed that the Royals are in the midst of an eight-game losing streak. Again. In my mind, an official losing streak begins at eight because … well, just because, OK? Sheesh, why do I have to explain everything?* *Yeah, ...

10-second scouting reports — Nationals Journal 5/27/2008
San Diego -- great town. Maybe I'm a pushover, but I don't think so; I actually fancy myself a pretty tough coconut. You won't hear me say good things about Lubbock, for instance, nor Rochester. Though Buffalo -- another among the Commonly Scorned -- ...

Towers bears blame for woeful Padres — FOXSports.com News for MLB 5/27/2008
You can't blame Bud Black for playing the hand he was dealt in San Diego. Responsibility for the Pads belongs to GM Kevin Towers.

Marte to get some starts for Indians — Major League Baseball News 5/27/2008
In discussing his ongoing inability to find a lineup that gels, Indians manager Eric Wedge told reporters before Tuesday's game against the White Sox, in which Andy Marte made just his ninth start of the season at third base, that Marte will be in the ...

Indians' Hafner out of lineup with sore shoulder — Latest Sporting News Articles for MLB 5/27/2008
CLEVELAND (AP) -- Cleveland Indians designated hitter Travis Hafner was on the bench for the second ...

Indians DH Hafner may be headed to DL (AP) — Yahoo! Sports - MLB News 5/27/2008
Cleveland Indians designated hitter Travis Hafner was on the bench for the second straight game Tuesday night because of a sore right shoulder and could be headed for the disabled list. "I'm really trying to take it day-by-day, but if it's something ...