The Red Sox right hander Bartolo Colon signaled his return to the Boston Red Sox team with six hits in five innings and allowed just two runs in the Red Sox 6-3 victory over Kansas City Royals last Wednesday night. Bartolo Colon said that he was really impressed with the way his elbow supported him at the mound. This soon to be 35 year old super baseball veteran has now made 307 starts in his illustrious career and was cheered by his loyal fans throughout the game. Colon revealed that he was feeling really tense during the first inning and all the butterflies in the stomach subsided once he settled down.

The Florida Marlins were proud to announce the signing of a six year contract with super baseball player Hanley Ramirez for an astronomical sum of $ 70 million. The Marlins are also going all out to create a new ballpark in order to increase the revenue for the franchisee. About 250 odd fans cheered the Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria and the newly signed Ramirez for their attempts to help MLB stay in South Florida. Ramirez said that he was very much excited about joining the Marlins team and expects to play many a bigger role for the soon to be renamed Miami Marlins in the new stadium that is getting ready.

The Philadelphia Phillies played some sensible baseball in the fourth, fifth and seventh inning of their baseball game against the Atlanta Braves to beat them by 5-4 last Tuesday night. It was the four run contribution by Jayson Werth and the match winning pitching skills of Kyle Kendrick that handed the defeat to the Phillies. The deafening noise in the stadium made Werth to miscue a shot even though he read the swing of the ball. The Phillies came up with a stupendous performance after trailing 3-0 in the first inning. The super hitter Werth said that he was not hitting the guys properly during practice, but was really pleased that all his hitting came good when it really mattered.

The slugger of the Seattle Mariners team Richie Sexson has been suspended from playing six games for his team by the Major League Baseball for charging the mound and throwing the helmet on Texas pitcher Kasan Gabbard last Thursday night. Sexson has asked the players association to go for an appeal against the ban and wants his suspension to be delayed until the hearing of his case. The reason for the super duel between Sexson and Gabbard is a throw that was eye high for slugger and was over the plate than being inside. Seattle manager John McLaren felt that the ban was long due to the helmet incident and the fans will be missing the hitter for a week

The New York Yankees manager Joe Giradi has said that that the Yankees management will take it easy on their young player Ian Kennedy who has been struggling to play the game of baseball like a true Yankee professional. There have been speculations circulating that the formless Kennedy will be sent to the Minors League to get himself in better shape to play for the Yankees. Giradi said that the team does not need a fifth starter till the game on May 10 and hence a decision on Kennedy will be taken after further discussions.

Giradi is of the opinion that the 23 year old super right hander will be benefited by staying back in the Yankees camp as he could have instant attention from pitching Coach Dave Eiland. The Yankees are also short of players due to injury and hence many fans believe that the think tank of the Yankees will stick on to the services of Ian Kennedy.

The MLB Players Association want to know why big time players who are also free agents have failed to secure much deserved major league contracts. Numerous MLB players that have still yet to be signed on include Kenny Lofton, Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Jose Mesa. When pressed for information, Michael Weiner who was the MLBPA’s general counsel refused to give any updates. Jeff Borris, Bonds’ agent revealed that no one has approached him to take on Bonds’ talents, and instead Bonds have been spending his time working out and keeping a positive mindset. He hopes to see Bonds in a MLB uniform come mid 2008.

The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim came up with a superlative performance to beat the Detroit Tigers at the Comerica Park and kept on their reputation of winning baseball games away from home. The Angels tamed the Tigers in their own home with a 6-2 convincing win, thanks to the super throwing skills of Weaver. The away win records for the Angels now stands as at 10-5 and is the most by any clubs at the Majors.

The batting skills of Aybar and Hunter also played a major role in sealing the game for the Angels. Weaver said that he felt that he pitched pretty well in the game and said that he was concentrating really hard on getting the pitching right against a formidable offensive batting strength. The Angels fans would be really overjoyed with the three consecutive road game wins that the Angels have achieved and will be looking forward to see their team keep up the momentum in the seven home games to follow.

Once upon a time, Cleveland Indians Travis Hafner was one of the most outstanding and promising sluggers to have grazed baseball history. In the 2004 to 2006 seasons, he performed excellently with an average of 34 home runs, a record of .300 as well as 111 RBIs. In comparison, last season saw him batting .267 with only 24 home runs and a mere 100 RBIs.

Now he found himself benched after a series of fruitless hits especially since he was suffering from a 7-for-51 slump. He will be excluded in the starting lineup from the game against Seattle come Wednesday night. Eric Wedge, the Indians’ manager has declined to say how long will Hafner take to recover but he is certain that he will be supporting him and hopes he gets adequate rest. He will also not comment nor reveal if Hafner will still remain at the number three spot in terms of batting order once he returns to the lineup.

What seemed to be a mammoth task for the Blue Jays baseball team think-tank, turned out to be an easy amicable settlement as the veteran hitter Frank Thomas and Jays found a way to sign an agreement to mutually part ways. Thomas was informed that he would no longer be in the starting hitter line up for the Jays and the slugger did not take this matter in his stride. He lashed out publicly against the Jays on Saturday.

The super hitter but aging Thomas had a one on one discussion with the general manager of the Jays Ricciardi on Sunday who explained the grief situation the Jays were facing to make him a part time player. So, the Jays thought that the best way is to have an amicable talk with Thomas and reach a mutual agreement on parting of ways. Jays’s fans will not be able to see the veteran perform for their team anymore.

Alex Rodriguez, or more fondly known as A-Rod, lead the New York Yankees on the victory path and triumphed over the Baltimore Orioles with a final score of 7-1 in last Sunday’s highly electrifying game. In doing so, he has unfortunately sustained an injury in his right quadriceps much to the dismay of his head coach and team mates.

The third baseman strained his muscle as he was running out a grounder. To date, the only players to have the honor of starting every game this season are him and Josh Hamilton from Texas. A-Rod is most thankful that the Yankees are not playing any games this coming Monday, because then he will gain an extra rest day. He could hardly remember the last time he suffered from an injury, and not since high school did he feel such pain. Interestingly before retiring early due to said injury, A-Rod successfully hit an RBI double and scored.