Yankees are mum on future of Torre  —  NEW YORK - Yankees fans wanted to know Tuesday whether owner George Steinbrenner will keep longtime manager Joe Torre or let him go after 12 straight playoff appearances.  —  No answers yet.  —  "Have some patience.  Things take time.

Taking an overview  —  Francona tweaks rotation: Schilling will start Game 2  —  David Ortiz was walking out of a movie theater Monday night with his kids, having just seen "The Game Plan" ("Outstanding," he said), when he heard someone yelling his name.  —  "This lady's screaming at me …

He said, he said  —  Sitting in limbo somewhere near the Bay Area, Tony La Russa emphasized Tuesday that he won't commit to another term as Cardinals manager until chairman Bill DeWitt Jr. can at least provide direction where the club's general manager search might end.

NLCS features homegrown talent  —  Last week, on the day that the Diamondbacks were to play their first postseason game in the past five years, General Manager Josh Byrnes spent part of his morning with farm director A.J. Hinch in Tucson, watching some of the organization's top prospects compete in the instructional league.

Despite little fan-fare, Byrd leads Indians  —  LIKE THIS STORY?  —  Ladies and gentlemen, presenting the Rodney Dangerfield of baseball.  —  Indians right-hander Paul Byrd gets no respect.  —  "I'm not tall.  I'm right-handed.  I'm balding.  I don't throw hard.  And my breaking ball isn't that great," Byrd jokes.

Giants part ways with hitting coach, first-base coach  —  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The San Francisco Giants fired hitting coach Joe Lefebvre and first-base coach Willie Upshaw on Tuesday.  —  Lefebvre just completed his sixth season on the Giants' staff, fifth as hitting coach, and worked closely with slugger Barry Bonds.

Chien-Ming Wang's needs are sinking in  —  The Yankees' latest first-round meltdown was a team-wide affair, and it's unfair to pin their demise on any one culprit.  —  But two-time 19-game winner Chien-Ming Wang certainly didn't distinguish himself at the front end of the rotation against the Indians …

Everybody loves Manny these days  —  BOSTON — Very slowly, Manny Ramirez is allowing civilization into his world.  —  It's been an obvious change ever since he returned to the lineup for the last few games of the regular season after he missed 24 due to a strained oblique.

New York Yankees vs. Cleveland Indians  —  Game Four: 6-4, Indians — Cleveland wins series: 3-1  —  The Cleveland Indians celebrate on the Yankees' home turf after winning game four of the ALDS on the road.  Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images.  —  Scott Raab: Derek Jeter is a no-doubt future member …

Playoff payoff: Phils give Manuel 2-year extension  —  PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia Phillies and manager Charlie Manuel agreed to a two-year extension with a club option for 2010 on Tuesday night, keeping around the folksy manager who led the franchise to their first NL East title since 1993.

BASEBALL: Another fizzled season for Alex Rodriguez and the Yankees  —  NEW YORK: Alex Rodriguez's brown eyes were moist and bloodshot, obvious evidence of how he had reacted on a gloomy night.  He watched the Yankees lose to the Cleveland Indians, 6-4, to end a potentially memorable season and perhaps end his career, too.