On a night when they defeated the first-place Phillies, the Mets faced two potential setbacks when John Maine and Ryan Church exited because of injury.

To Ed Wade's list of mistakes, add the name of Miguel Tejada. Put another $26 million on the general manager's tab. Six weeks ago, Tejada looked like Wade's best acquisition. He was productive and energetic on the field and a delight in the clubhouse.

Mike Mussina stifled the Boston Red Sox for six shutout innings Saturday, giving the Yankees their first win in three games in this series.

The lineup card posted inside the visiting clubhouse at Turner Field on Saturday was quite the conversation piece. That's because third baseman Ty Wigginton was hitting in the leadoff spot for the first time. 'You'd have to be surprised,' Wigginton said.

If I had to pick the true highlight of my autograph-hunting days, it had to be the brief encounter with Honus Wagner, probably the greatest shortstop in baseball history.

After hearing it for the better part of a half-season, I started to believe it as fact, but there was still a little bit of doubt. The Red Sox, Athletics and, to some extent, the Yankees take a ton of pitches, and they've had a pretty good run of it the

Four Boston players led fan voting at their positions for the All-Star Game and that does not include Manager Terry Francona or any of his pitchers.

John Maine pitches well before being forced to leave the game with a cramp in a left arm. PHILADELPHIA - This should have been a night of great hope, a night to believe that after all the gnashing of teeth over these Mets, they do have enough heart,

The Mets are practically guaranteed of not having a player voted into the starting lineup for the first time since 2003.

PHILADELPHIA - Ryan Church left Saturday night's game in the eighth inning complaining of dizziness, and said later that he had merely suffered a migraine. He insisted that the problem was unrelated to the two concussions he has suffered this year.