Byrd's uplifting outing clinches ALDS  —  Tribe beats Yanks in Game 4 for first ALCS trip since 1998  —  NEW YORK — Overmatched in payroll, but not in perseverance, the Indians have toppled the vaunted Yankees and punched their ticket to an American League Championship Series berth against the Red Sox.

An Error-Plagued Game, but From the Broadcast Booth  —  No announcer is perfect.  A mistake now and then is expected.  The best ones realize that they've made errors and often do their best to fix them quickly.  —  Then there is Chip Caray, TBS's lead baseball announcer …

Mailbag: Who will close for Texas in '08?  —  Rangers reporter T.R. Sullivan answers fans' questions  —  Since the Rangers rotation was a little shaky this year, do you think they should dip into the free agency pool this winter?  And if so, who are the top free agents out there?

Ready, set ... start your Braves rumors  —  This could be a slow couple of weeks for Braves fans, since the free-agent and trade markets won't heat up until after the postseason and the Braves and Tom Glavine seem determined not to screw up and let slip any sort of earlier-than-permitted negotiations …

Fox Considers Joe Buck for Late-Night Show  —  With Jay Leno Likely to Remain in Play if and when Conan O'Brien Takes Over The Tonight Show, the Late-Night Scene Promises to Get Interesting  —  Could Joe Buck be the next name to enter the late-night world?

ALDS Game 4: Indians at Yankees  —  Here are the lineups:  —  YANKEES  —  Johnny Damon LF  —  Derek Jeter SS  —  Bobby Abreu RF  —  Alex Rodriguez 3B  —  Jorge Posada C  —  Hideki Matsui DH  —  Robinson Cano 2B  —  Melky Cabrera CF  —  Doug Mientkiewicz 1B  —  Chien-Ming Wang RHP

Mailbag: Looking back on 2007  —  Beat reporter Bill Ladson answers fans' questions  —  What was your biggest disappointment and your most pleasant surprise in 2007?  —  My biggest disappointment was the Nationals' offense, which I thought would be good enough despite losing Alfonso Soriano and Nick Johnson.

How Rockies, Diamondbacks match up … Two unexpected sweeps give us a four-day respite before the start of the NLCS, which is in its first year with a new schedule (including a new off day between Games 4 and 5).  —  Although the Diamondbacks had the better record and will have home-field advantage …

Jose Mota said wha??  —  By and large, this whole experiment of having playoff baseball on TBS has been interesting... and not all that great.  How not all that great, you ask?  Well, if you can transcribe what reporter Jose Mota says in this clip, I'll give you a dollar:  —  Uh, so tripping over his tongue, or what?

What a series.  —  They may have been banged up, no denying that, but regardless of the 3-0 result that's a good team.  To say anything else diminishes the incredible job done by a lot of people, some not wearing uniforms.  —  Regular season or post season the guy that starts a series …

Could the Mets come to CNY?  —  Now that the grass is greener, Syracuse has a strong case to make  —  The new grass field at Alliance Bank Stadium should be in by the end of this month.  —  Can the New York Mets be far behind?  —  The Syracuse baseball community is buzzing about the possibility …