Yankees ticket deals

Oliver Perez gave up a run in six and a third innings, but Felipe Lopez’s grand slam off Raul Valdes in the seventh rallied the Cardinals to a 4-3 victory.

The union warns player agents not to return autographed items to the company, which no longer has a licensing agreement with baseball.

Creditors want all of the $300 million or so that Thomas O. Hicks would make on the transaction, not the roughly $270 million he is offering.

Curtis Granderson will get the 2009 Marvin Miller Man of the Year award, which honors a player who combines ability on the field with community service.

I simply refuse to read any books whose authors or characters have any affiliation with the Yankees, the Dallas Cowboys or the Duke University men’s basket­ball team.

Thurman Munson Way, better known to residents of the South Bronx as 156th Street.Thurman Munson, a Yankees catcher who died at 32 in 1979, is memorialized by a narrow road in the Bronx between a rail-yard bed and a housing complex. To many, it hardly seems a fitting tribute.

The sale of the team is being held up because creditors want all of the $300 million or so that Thomas O. Hicks would make on the transaction, not the roughly $270 million he is offering.

Ron Washington is working on winning back trust from management, players and fans after testing positive for cocaine.

Robinson Cano, who was named after Jackie Robinson, hit two home runs to give the Yankees their third series victory of the season.

Gary Matthews Jr. is the only black player on the Mets, a vivid example of the diminishing participation of African-Americans in baseball.