known for his durability, ortiz has thrown 150-plus innings a year for some 18 years. we hope for the best for him. >>> baseball great jackie robinson's glove right there sold for big bucks, one he used in the 1955 and '56 world series auctioned for $373,000, the highest ever paid for a glove, $387,000 for lou gehrig's. >>> new york yankee mark teixeira hit his first home run of the season. where did it go? out of the park. that was a grand slam right there. scooping it up with his baseball cap. a young yankees fan, yeah, you got it, my friend. new york beat cleveland, 7-4. >>> at a detroit racetrack, a mother duck and her five little ones, they decided to cross the road. only there were these 200-mile-an-hour indy cars around them, lots of them, to be honest. track worrs escorted the half dozen safely. >>> "early today sports" is brought to you by new just for men autostop. gray is over. >>> just ahead for you, celebrities stand up to bullying, and which tv series tops the list of best written? >>> plus, it looks like al pacino got an offer he could refuse. we'll tell you about the action movie blockbusters he turned down