


Yankees star Alex Rodriguez said he is at ease with his ties to a Canadian sports doctor embroiled in cross-border investigations involving HGH and another drug, though he doesn't know when he'll talk to federal authorities about the case. Speaking a day after Dr. Anthony Galea told The Associated Press he treated Rodriguez last year and prescribed anti-inflammatories but never gave him or...
Ubaldo Jimenez showed little rust Tuesday with three scoreless innings to help the Colorado Rockies to a 12-0 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers. Jimenez, the Rockies' projected opening day starter, made his first start of the spring look easy by giving up one hit with two strikeouts -- but he did walk three batters.
Rockies manager Jim Tracy really enjoyed Aaron Cook's spring debut Sunday, and he was very pleased with Manuel Corpas, too. Cook worked three solid innings and Corpas got four outs to help Colorado beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 4-1 in a split-squad game that was stopped with one out in the seventh inning because of rain.
Seth Smith might have hit for the cycle had he stayed in the game for a fourth at-bat. Come on, he said afterward, it's spring training. Smith had a three-run homer along with a single and double as the Colorado Rockies routed the Arizona Diamondbacks 11-1 in the teams' spring opener on Thursday.
Colorado Rockies closer Huston Street is experiencing inflammation in his right shoulder, a condition he calls normal for this point in spring training and one he said is improving. Street, who converted 35 of 37 save opportunities last season, has thrown four times in spring training, three bullpen sessions and 10 minutes of live batting practice Friday.