Speaking of broken cores, Carlos Delgado’s injury — what a shocker — might be more serious than the Mets originally thought. Turns out the slugger could even need season-ending hip surgery, bad news for the Mets and really bad news for A-Rod’s hip, which did not plan on being upstaged this season.

The Yanks return to the Bronx tonight, where A-Rod will make his long-awaited debut at the House that Loot Built. “I’m excited to see the locker room, batting cages and video room,” he said, adding, “but mostly the mirrors, and the giant posters of me. There are giant posters of me, right?” Ooh… awkward.

Federal investigators have questioned Glenn Dunn, a mutual friend of both Roger Clemens and Jose Canseco, though it should be noted that they weren’t asking Dunn about steroid use in baseball, but rather about why in hell anyone would choose to hang out with Roger Clemens and Jose Canseco.