Whatifsports MLB Power Rankings - June 9
whatifsports.com 6/9/2008 — Red Sox Nation can rejoice at reaching the top of the rankings, followed by the Rays, Cubs and Braves. Other big movers are the White Sox and Orioles. See where your favorite team ranks. Only statistical performance to date this season is used and each team is simulated against every other team 100 times.

Waxman Calls MLB Testimony on PEDs into Question
bizofbaseball.com 6/9/2008 — Henry Wasxman, the highest ranking member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, is calling into question testimony from March 17, 2005 before the committee from representatives from MLB and the MLBPA. At that time, testimony from Commissioner Selig, MLB Executive Vice-President Rob Manfred, and MLB Players Association Executive Director Donald Fehr said that in 2004, the ...

Emmanuelle Chriqui on the mound for Dodgers | Cuzoogle
cuzoogle.com 6/9/2008 — On Sunday Emmanuelle Chriqu got to throw out the ceremonial first pitch prior to the Dodgers’ game against the Cubs in Los Angeles

These Prospects Were Badly Overrated
dugoutcentral.com 6/9/2008 — Hee Seop-Choi - where are you!!!???

Slotting concerns play less of a role in 2008 draft
baseballamerica.com 6/9/2008 — As the first nine picks showed, the most notable trend at the top of the first round was the willingness of teams to take players according to ability rather than signability.

Struggling Mariners fire Pentland as hitting coach — FOXSports.com News for MLB 6/9/2008
The slumping Seattle Mariners fired hitting coach Jeff Pentland on Monday and replaced him with special assistant Lee Elia. Mariners general manager Bill Bavasi said he hoped a "different voice" would help the team. The 70-year-old Elia was Seattle's ...

Fagan: Baseball Power Poll: Red Sox rise to the top — Latest Sporting News Articles for MLB 6/9/2008
It was a tight race for the top slot, but the Sox get the nod this week because they swept last week's No. 1 team, the Rays, and all the Cubbies did was waltz through the anemic N.L. West.

Sox players didn't ask Guillen to change — Major League Baseball News 6/9/2008
If a Spring Training meeting between manager Ozzie Guillen and his players had gone differently, there might never have been his Cubs-directed blow-up in Toronto or his postgame diatribe last Sunday in St. Petersburg.

Slumping Braves seek to end road woes (AP) — Yahoo! Sports - MLB News 6/9/2008
Three straight home losses to Philadelphia left the Atlanta Braves looking like also-rans again in the NL East. Chipper Jones is more concerned about what 10 straight road games will do for the team's season. The Braves, who were off Monday, are to ...

Percival to throw simulated inning — Major League Baseball News 6/10/2008
Troy Percival, who has been on the disabled list since May 29 with a left hamstring strain, is slated to throw a simulated inning on Tuesday. He is eligible to come off the DL in time for the start of the Rays' upcoming homestand, which begins Friday.