Brewers to make surprise run at CC? … MILWAUKEE — The rising small-market Milwaukee Brewers are seriously considering a surprise run at keeping superstar pitcher CC Sabathia, but while Sabathia said he enjoyed his time in Milwaukee very much after the Brewers were eliminated by the Phillies …

White Sox Threaten  —  JIm Thome leads off the bottom of the fourth, 1 for 10 in the series with a single.  Matt Garza stays with the heat, and Jim smacks one to the wall in centerfield for a double.  The White Sox have a chance to take the lead here.  —  Update: Konerko walks and the White Sox …

Cubs swept out of playoffs by Dodgers  —  Big bats fail again as L.A. completes sweep  —  LOS ANGELES - It's going to take some time for the Cubs second straight playoff disaster to really sink in, but the mood in the clubhouse after Saturday's 3-1 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 3 …

Phillies advance to first NLCS since '93  —  MILWAUKEE (AP)—With plenty of power to go with their improved pitching, the Philadelphia Phillies are ready for anything in the NL championship series.  —  Bring on the Los Angeles Dodgers.  —  “I like our chances,” Phillies manager Charlie Manuel …

Retirement one options for Edmonds  —  LOS ANGELES — If Jim Edmonds has proved nothing else this season — to himself and the Cubs, if not the Cardinals and Padres who sold him short before that — it's that he can still play at a high level.  —  But whether he wants to do it again next year probably …

Red Sox try to close out ALDS  —  I'm here at Fenway Park, where the Red Sox are trying to close out a series sweep of the Angels.  The Dodgers have already closed out the Cubs, and the Phillies the Brewers, while the White Sox are leading the Rays right now in an elimination game.

Padres' Peavy could be an option for the Yankees  —  In this baseball winter that will be dominated by free-agent starting pitchers, the most intriguing commodity might be a young, frontline starter who already is signed to a reasonable contract.  —  Whom would you rather have?

Emotional Sheets says goodbyes  —  Ben Sheets was emotional after the Brewers' season ended today with Game 4 of the NLDS, and for good reason.  —  Sheets knew he almost certainly had worn a Milwaukee uniform for the last time.  —  “Never say never,” said Sheets.  “Cirillo thought he took it off and came back years later.

Transcript: Mike Scioscia pregame in the interview room  —  Lineup?  —  MIKE SCIOSCIA: We'll have Figgie, Garret Anderson, Tex, Vlad, Torii, Rivera, Napoli, Kendrick and Aybar.  —  Can you just comment on how Figgins gets this machine going and his capacity as leadoff hitter?

Pregame notes  —  There is no need to be alarmed about the lack of J.D. Drew from the Red Sox lineup, although his ailing back did factor in to why he is sitting to start tonight's game.  Sox manager Terry Francona explained that Drew is sitting partly for health reasons, and partly for baseball reasons.

Script is near perfect  —  Beckett set up as the executioner  —  Josh Beckett, who has been battling a strained oblique, takes a 6-2 postseason record into tonight's start against the Angels.  (Barry Chin/Globe Staff)  —  Before Game 1 of the American League Division Series, Josh Beckett passed along a bit of advice to Jon Lester.