Henry and James Mack were arrested a day earlier after the two met to buy cocaine from a person who was cooperating with authorities, according to an arrest warrant affidavit.

Yeesh, I know he's had some off the field trouble, but this is completely out of the blue.

I hope he's able to get the legal and (if necessary) drug recovery help he needs. Sounds like a bad, bad situation.

The Indians say Scott Elarton has a non-baseball-related medical condition and will be out indefinitely. Fingers crossed that it's nothing too bad.

I know there had been some speculation that Elarton would take CC's vacated roster spot, but Indians.com says it's going to be Juan Rincon.

Can 2008 possibly get any worse?

Why, yes. Yes it can.

After he was called out on strikes in the ninth inning of Triple-A Buffalo's 5-4 extra-inning loss to Rochester, Cabrera raised his bat over his head in the direction of Klein. Cabrera stepped toward the umpire as he continued to shout, while third baseman Andy Gonzalez tried to restrain him.

Torey Lovullo says Cabrera was just trying to hit himself in the helmet with his bat, but the MLB.com report suggests there could be a fine and/or suspension on the way.

Please, please, please tell me this spells the end of the Jorge Velandia era. Is there anything Velandia can do better than Graffanino? On a baseball field, I mean.