Ozzie Guillen's late-night tweets on Thursday had nothing to do with the White Sox loss or his club's elimination from American League Central contention. Rather, he was unhappy that the media were criticizing New York Mets manager Terry Collins.

Twins left-hander Francisco Liriano was activated from the disabled list before Friday's game against the Indians, and is expected to pitch out of the bullpen for the next week.

Blue Jays left-hander Brett Cecil was scratched from Friday's start against the Yankees after he sustained a cut on his left index finger.

The immediate news wasn't positive. Despite the expectation that Alex Rodriguez would return to the Yankees' starting lineup for the first time in a week, his nagging thumb made manager Joe Girardi believe waiting an extra day would be best.

Joe Mauer's season is over after the catcher visited the Mayo Clinic on Thursday and was diagnosed with mild pneumonia. It ends a tumultuous season for Mauer, who played in just 82 games this year.

Matt Holliday is not with the Cardinals at Citizens Bank Park, as he remains in St. Louis with an inflammed tendon in his right middle finger.

Hanley Ramirez had open repair — not arthroscopic — surgery performed by Dr. James Andrews on Thursday in Pensacola, Fla. The procedure went as well as expected, and the timeline for his return is the 2012 season opener.

David Price has made a custom of building a makeshift dog house on the top of the Rays' dugout in which he houses one of the figurines of Astro, his pet French bulldog.

Alex Ovechkin was in Baltimore Friday to throw out the first pitch before the Baltimore Orioles hosted the Los Angeles Angels.

Angels ace Jered Weaver will pitch on three days rest to ensure he gets three more starts before the end of the regular season.

As expected, Kevin Youkilis was not in the Red Sox lineup against the Rays on Friday, and manager Terry Francona said the All-Star third baseman will also be held out of Saturday's contest.

MLB.com columnist Hal Bodley says the D-backs are this year's best Cinderella story, and he doesn't expect their fairly tale season to go sour anytime soon.

Could Mariano Rivera have been the all-time saves leader if he played for another team? Would the Yankees have won five World Series titles since 1996 without him? Maybe not, but together they were a perfect fit.

The Tigers have seen plenty of great players wear their beautiful home uniforms over the years, and along the way they've been an easy franchise to get behind.

Fredi Gonzalez has not allowed himself to even start thinking about the rotation he might use in the playoffs, but he is certainly keeping tabs on Tommy Hanson, who is holding out hope that he can rebuild his arm strength in time to make a start in the National League Division Series.

After the Mets completed a 1-8 homestand, a frustrated Terry Collins said, "The perception I have right now is we've folded up." On Friday he said he wasn't referring to a lack of effort, but a lack of focus and poor execution.

A team from the Puerto Rico Baseball Academy and High School has been selected to compete at Perfect Game USA's WWBA World Championship in Jupiter, Fla., from Oct. 20-24.