Rockies rally in 13th, win NL wild card  —  DENVER (AP) — They played as if they never wanted the season end, and they had already gotten an extra day.  —  The NL wild card came down to a wild, 13-inning finish Monday night that put Matt Holliday and the Colorado Rockies into the playoffs …

Source: Mets lefty Schoeneweis received steroids … Scott Schoeneweis, the veteran New York Mets reliever and a survivor of testiticular cancer, received six steroid shipments from Signature Pharmacy while playing for the Chicago White Sox in 2003 and 2004, ESPN has learned.

Cardinals payroll experiencing growing pains?  —  The Cardinals learned this season that $101 million mixed with rampant injuries is worth only third place.  In the upcoming weeks they must decide what a return to first place will cost.  —  With nearly $84 million already committed …

A time for change  —  Plenty went wrong for Mets, who face tough choices  —  Also in this column:  —  Break up the Mets.  And I mean that literally.  —  Following one of the bigger collapses in major league history, the Mets need to make some significant personnel changes for 2008.

Baseball's biggest chokes (cont.)  —  9) 2003 Red Sox lose ALCS to Yankees  —  What the math says: 26-to-1 against.  Those were the Yankees' odds, down by three runs with no one on base and five outs remaining in Game 7.  —  Aggravating circumstances: Grady Little refusing to remove Pedro Martinez …

Division Series broadcast times set  —  Games, beginning Wednesday, to be aired by TBS  —  Start times have been set for the first round of the Major League Baseball playoffs, and fans will be able to enjoy at least two or three games every day during the opening week of the postseason.

Mets lost millions (of $) in collapse  —  Franchise could have seen $15 million or more in postseason revenue if it had made it to series.  Now it has to worry about next year's ticket sales.  —  NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — The New York Mets lost more than a playoff spot, their pride and probably some of their fan base this past week.

BoSox set rotation: Beckett, Dice-K, then Schilling  —  BOSTON — Daisuke Matsuzaka will follow Josh Beckett in Boston's postseason rotation against the Angels, leaving Curt Schilling for Game 3 when the series shifts to Anaheim.  —  The Red Sox decided to have Schilling pitch on Sunday instead …

Blue Jays look ahead to 2008 season  —  TORONTO - The internal projection for the Toronto Blue Jays this season was somewhere between 90-92 wins, a total that would have had them in legitimate contention for the post-season.  —  Had things fallen their way after that, the feeling was this group …

Webb-Zambrano battle may decide series  —  LIKE THIS STORY?  —  It's easy to underestimate the Diamondbacks — most of us have done it all season.  When a team wins the most games in its league while scoring the third fewest number of runs, the only sensible response is, "Kids, don't try this at home!"

Dombrowski speaks on Leyland, Tigers  —  Team president/general manager details state of club for '08  —  DETROIT — To some people's surprise, Tigers manager Jim Leyland left Comerica Park for his Pittsburgh home on Monday without the one-year contract extension that he was seeking.

MOISES WANTS TO RETURN  —  Moises Alou, who ended his first season as a Met with yesterday's 8-1 loss to the Marlins, likely will return to the club next season, assuming they exercise his $7.5 million option.  —  "If they pick it up, I think I'm coming back," the 41-year-old outfielder said.