For a Red Sox fan just out of high school, there couldn't have been a better summer job. John Donnelly is 100 years old now. But back in the 1930s, he was thrilled to become a candy vendor at Fenway Park.

The caps and jerseys rolled back the clock to a less thunderous time in baseball history, but the Yankees honored the live ball by slugging five home runs, including two by Eric Chavez, in a 6-2 victory over the Red Sox on Friday.

Michael Cuddyer was already scheduled to get a game off this week. So, with his injured toe still bothering him a bit on Friday, Cuddyer was given an extra day of rest.

Dodgers shortstop Dee Gordon was not in the starting lineup for Friday night's game at Houston. Justin Sellers started at shortstop in place of Gordon and batted leadoff.

Major League Baseball and the Players Association have come to an agreement that the 30 teams will no longer be able to offer personal service contracts or special milestone bonus clauses in future player contracts, MLB's top labor official said on Friday.

D-backs outfielder Justin Upton knows his injured left thumb is getting better, but he isn't ready to test it yet.

According to manager John Farrell, it's going to be a while until Blue Jays pitcher Dustin McGowan is back to full strength.

There aren't many places where a trip to a sporting event takes on aspects of a religious pilgrimage, but a 100-year-old ballpark in Boston still supplies that experience.

The Rangers' game with the Tigers on Friday night was postponed by rain, and the two teams will play a day-night doubleheader on Saturday at Comerica Park.

It's not much, but manager Jim Leyland had some good news to offer Friday about injured starter Doug Fister

On Friday, outfielder Jon Jay reported his sprained right shoulder to be feeling “better than expected” one day after jamming it against the outfield wall during the Cardinals' 6-3 loss to the Reds the previous day.

Brewers left-hander Chris Narveson faces the prospect of season-ending surgery for a torn rotator cuff in his throwing shoulder, but wants a second opinion before succumbing to the knife.

The Tigers will have to wait a day to resume their American League Championship Series rematch with the Rangers. A line of showers passing through Michigan slowed over Detroit on Friday night, washing out the second game of this four-game set.

Kyle Farnsworth (right elbow strain) stood by his locker before Friday night's game and said things were going “good” and “a lot better.”

Before any other aspect of Dave Righetti's extended tenure as pitching coach of the San Francisco Giants can be discussed or evaluated, a few names need be mentioned.

Rockies right-hander Jeremy Guthrie has not been shy about using his visibility to promote conservation and protecting the environment. It's a fitting coincidence that Guthrie's next start will be at Milwaukee on Sunday — Earth Day 2012.

Rangers third baseman Adrian Beltre, who played one year for the Red Sox, said he asked manager Ron Washington for a day off so he could fly back to Boston for the 100th anniversary of Fenway Park.