MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

The Los Angeles Dodgers are looking for a big bat, and rumors are swirling that L.A. is targeting Houston Astros slugger Carlos Lee in a trade. But is El Caballo willing to go to the Dodgers?

Rhode Island taxpayers are on the hook for more than $100 million over the next eight years because of the collapse of 38 Studios, Former Red Sox and Phillies pitching ace Curt Schilling's video-game enterprise, which filed for bankruptcy earlier this month

A Kevin Youkilis joke by President Barack Obama elicited boos from a Boston crowd during a campaign speech Monday.

Curt Schilling plummeted from riches to rags when his video-game outfit, 38 Studios, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy on June 7. The company's failure to raise funds from external investors crushed its cash flow, costing about 400 jobs and $75 million from taxpayers thanks to a loan guarantee from Rhode Island last year.

Guess Kevin Youkilis has gotta buy new socks. After nine years of playing for the Boston Red Sox, Youkilis was traded to the Chicago White Sox on Sunday. His role as a key member of two Red Sox championship teams -- in 2004 and 2007 -- made him a Boston icon.

Youkilis and cash considerations were dealt to Chicago on Sunday.

After blowing a lead in the top of the ninth, Papelbon offered a $5,000 bounty for a walk off hit.

Rumors are flying that Kevin Youkilis, one of the darling veterans of the Red Sox, may be traded soon, as the Chicago White Sox, Los Angeles Dodgers, Cleveland Indians and Pittsburgh Pirates are reportedly eying the star third baseman.

The Boston Red Sox and Chicago White Sox are reportedly finalizing a deal that would send the third baseman to the windy city.

New Jersey woman Elizabeth Lloyd filed a lawsuit for more than $150,000 after an 11-year-old baseball player hit her with a ball during a Manchester Little League game two years ago. Lloyd was sitting at a picnic table near a bullpen which had a fence when she was hit in the face with a ball by the catcher, then 11-year-old Matthew Migliaccio. She is seeking $150,000 in damages for medical expenses and an undefined amount for pain and suffering.

Under Armour will begin selling That's a clown question, bro T-shirts after the phrase was made famous by Washington Nationals outfielder Bryce Harper and U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., subsequently used the retort at a news conference.

The former baseball MVP will appear on the next season of Survivor according to a report.

New York is currently interested in a trade for the Astros Wandy Rodriguez

Tampa Bay relief pitcher Joel Peralta is catching head after being ejected for allegedly using pine tar during the eighth inning of the team's June 19 victory over the Washington Nationals. Umpires reportedly found the pine tar after the Nationals requested Peralta's glove be examined shortly after he entered the game in the eighth inning. The glove was confiscated and Peralta was ejected.

The federal government has lost another trial against a professional athlete.

The Mets will appeal R.A. Dickey's one-hit performance against the Tampa Bay Rays.

Of all the perfect games that the major leagues has ever seen, Cain had one of the more impressive ones. Was Cain's performance against Houston the greatest game ever pitched?

Pitcher Matt Cain threw the first perfect game in San Francisco Giants history on Wednesday night against the Houston Astros. Cain pitched perhaps the greatest game in baseball history, as he struck out 14. It was the 22nd perfect game in baseball history.

Pedro Borbon, a 10-year veteran pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds baseball team, died of cancer on Monday, June 4, at the age of 65. Borbon played a key role in the Cincinnati bullpen during the 1975-76 seasons, as the Reds took the home the World Series Championship for two consecutive years.

Johan Santana threw the first no-hitter ever for the New York Mets as he blanked the visiting World Series champion St. Louis Cardinals 8-0 at Citi Field on Friday.

The Yankees have their eye on Matt Garza.