Win symbolizes amazing season  —  The Florida Marlins didn't win a wonderfully tense baseball game Saturday night as much as they slalomed on one ski in a panic through a treacherous field of land mines, bear traps and bottomless wells.  The only way this night could have been more difficult …

Catalanotto solves puzzle of Escobar  —  Jays outfielder doubles in winning run off longtime nemesis  —  ANAHEIM — Frank Catalanotto had some homework to do.  Prior to Saturday's game in Anaheim, the Toronto outfielder picked up his book on opposing pitchers and flipped to section "E."

Royals pound staggering Sox one more time  —  The Red Sox may have crossed into the garbage time portion of their season, but there are still evaluations to be made that will affect decisions made in the offseason.  And while owner John W. Henry responded to questions about the team's direction by saying …

Wang's still Cy-high  —  Has O's talkin' in Yank win  —  BALTIMORE - Johnny Damon was at first base in the fifth inning yesterday when he began chatting with his old Boston teammate, Kevin Millar.  One of the topics was Chien-Ming Wang, and Damon said Millar, who now plays first for the Orioles …

Webb silky smooth, one-hits Cards  —  Arizona ace tosses third shutout of the season  —  PHOENIX — As he warmed up before his start on Saturday night, Brandon Webb didn't have the feel for the sinker, his signature pitch.  —  "In the bullpen, it didn't seem like I had a whole lot of control with it," he said.

Notes: Soriano leaves all options open  —  Outfielder's top choice remains staying with Nationals  —  DENVER — In the midst of compiling a season that his manager has called possibly the best ever by a leadoff hitter, Alfonso Soriano is more concerned about reaching milestones than pondering his future.

Giambi Receives 2nd Shot  —  BALTIMORE — Jason Giambi received a second cortisone shot in his ailing left wrist Saturday, but this time he will take a few days off to let the injection work.  —  "The doctor said last time maybe we didn't give it a chance to set in," Giambi said.

Brenly thinking about his next act  —  Bob Brenly knows what it's like to manage a champion; could he do it with the Cubs?  —  Bob Brenly gazed at the diamond and amethyst encrusted ring earned five years ago this November and considered what it has given him since: admiration and respect, perhaps.

Insider: What could the Cardinals buy with $26 million?  —  Last summer, the Cardinals played a 100-win season under the "Red Means Go" marketing slogan.  It fell to pitcher Jeff Suppan last week to summarize this year's campaign — "a different team playing a different season."

Platoon at catcher new plan with Torrealba out  —  Opportunity was the reverberating theme Saturday with the Rockies' catching position.  —  Yorvit Torrealba will miss the remainder of the season with a strain in his right shoulder, injured while slipping on a throw between innings Thursday.

Departing Lopez didn't quite catch on  —  The failed Javy Lopez experiment came to a quiet end yesterday, when the Red Sox released the veteran catcher five weeks after acquiring him from the Baltimore Orioles in the wake of Jason Varitek's knee injury.  —  The former All-Star …

Redman tries to finish sweep of Sox  —  Kansas City (54-89) at Boston (75-67), 1:05 p.m. CT  —  Now here's something the Royals could pull off for the first time in 10 years: a three-game sweep of the Red Sox at Fenway Park.  —  The Royals haven't done that since April 26-28, 1996.

Maddux, Dodgers upended by Mets  —  Veteran right-hander runs into trouble in the sixth  —  NEW YORK — Some baseball games for a manager, every move is golden, so the second-guessers wait for games like Saturday's 3-2 Dodgers loss to the Mets for something to really chew on.