White-knuckle time  —  Sox on edge as Wakefield can't stave off third straight loss  —  CLEVELAND - The idea was to pass "Go" and win a trip to Blake Street in Denver for a rendezvous with the Colorado Rockies in the 103d World Series.  Instead, the Red Sox have stumbled into Bleak House in Cleveland …

GM may have quiet winter  —  Compared with his other two off-seasons with the Diamondbacks, General Manager Josh Byrnes' winter could be a quiet one.  —  Two years ago, he traded Javier Vazquez for Chris Young.  Last year, there were deals for Doug Davis and Randy Johnson.

The Sporting News honors Ramirez  —  Slugger voted as top National League shortstop by peers  —  MIAMI — After being named the 2006 National League Rookie of the Year, Hanley Ramirez has been voted by his peers as The Sporting News' top NL shortstop.  —  Just 23, Ramirez has already blossomed …

There's only one October diary  —  Over the last 10 years, my beloved Red Sox are 24-3 when I write a running diary of one of their big games.  All right, I made that number up.  But with things looking increasingly bleak for the spiritless Sox after Game 3, I couldn't resist breaking out the diary for Game 4 in Cleveland.

My Red Sox scrapbook  —  Mike O'Malley, an actor, writer and fervent Boston Red Sox fan, is blogging about the Red Sox during their American League championship series matchup with the Cleveland Indians.  —  At this time of year, fans and journalists alike complain about fair-weather …

Carpenter may return as Nats TV voice  —  Team offers announcer one-year contract to continue role  —  WASHINGTON — During the last week of the 2007 season, it looked like Bob Carpenter was set to do his last broadcast as the TV voice of the Nationals.  A couple of weeks earlier …

Red Sox go where other LCS teams can't — to the revenue races … It was some kind of Saturday tripleheader for Mike Dee, who literally works both sides of the street on Yawkey Way.  At Fenway Park, he is chief operating officer of the Boston Red Sox.  Across the street …

Fox Atomic Scores Home Run With Bill Buckner  —  Former Major League Baseball Player Bill Buckner Appears in Fox Atomic's Film, The Comebacks, Where He Spoofs the 1986 World Series Game  —  LOS ANGELES—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Fox Atomic announced today that former Major League Baseball player Bill Buckner …

Agent says Mattingly ready to manage Yankees  —  Don Mattingly's agent refuted a report Tuesday that said he was uncomfortable replacing Joe Torre as the Yankees' manager.  —  The Star-Ledger of Newark, N.J., citing a friend of the Yankees bench coach, reported that Mattingly had informed …

Quote: $30 M per Year is Idiotic  —  Last Friday, former-Braves GM and current team president John Schuerholz appeared as a guest on Colin Cowherd's ESPN radio show.  —  Schuerholz, on super-agent Scott Boras, and his suggestion that Alex Rodriguez could be worth $30 million per season, while speaking to Cowherd...

SLEEP WITH JETER, PARK FREE  —  IF Bronx Bomber Derek Jeter wants to keep his sex life a secret, he should learn to tie up any post-tryst loose ends.  —  Our spy in the lobby of the Shore Club in Miami early Sunday morning spotted "two scantily clad women screaming at the front desk …

Lowrider: TBS Will See Lowest Rated LCS in History  —  With TBS finishing up their first MLB postseason broadcasts, they can look back fondly at the Division Series, and look painfully at the NLCS.  —  As reported last week, Game One of the NLCS between the Rockies and the Diamondbacks …