Amalie Benjamin Q&A  —  The Globe's Amalie Benjamin checked in earlier today to answer your questions about the Red Sox-Angels ALDS.  Here's a transcript from the online chat:  —  Amalie Benjamin: Welcome all.  I'm guessing we're all a wee bit tired, given the late hour of the game last night, but we'll have to power through.

Soriano blames flop in postseason on Cubs' make-up  —  A team of psychiatrists, theologians, numerologists and seamheads could convene at a secret location on the North Side in search of an explanation for the Cubs' latest October meltdown.  —  But Ryan Dempster said the reason is obvious to anyone paying attention.

LEFTY LIKELY ON RADAR OF METS, YANKS  —  MILWAUKEE - CC Sabathia smiled when told Mets fans are dreaming of a starting rotation that begins with him and Johan Santana.  —  “That sounds good,” the premier free agent pitcher of this winter told The Post.  —  The 28-year-old's season came …

Rays' Upton finding power stroke again  —  CHICAGO — CF B.J. Upton still isn't hitting the ball as often as he would like, going just 3-for-14, a .214 average, in the first three games of the AL Division Series.  —  But at least he is hitting the ball harder.

Backe among 8 held after scuffle with police at isle hotel  —  GALVESTON — Houston Astros pitcher Brandon Backe was among 10 people arrested early Sunday morning during a riot at the San Luis Resort, police said.  —  FEMA coordinator Jaime Forero was also placed in custody during the incident …

Wobbly Beckett grits it out  —  Red Sox ace insists oblique not a factor  —  Josh Beckett insisted his pitches simply missed, just barely, nothing more.  Beckett had transformed from baseball's reigning king of the postseason to just another pitcher not, he said, because of the injury …

My Outrage at Citi Field  —  I have come to terms with The Collapse Part Deux surprisingly easily.  As a general sports fan, I understand that losses are a part of the game and so are devastating ones.  As a Mets fan, I realize that those heartbreaking losses will come more often than they do for your average sports fan.

Mailbag: Where will Atlanta find a bat?  —  MLB.com reporter Mark Bowman answers fans' questions  —  Who are the players Braves general manager Frank Wren will most likely look at while trying to find a power-hitting outfielder?  —  You mean after he's done pursuing Manny Ramirez?

Redskins Owner Dan Snyder Is Fired Up  —  The Washington Redskins beat the Philadelphia Eagles yesterday, and that has Redskins owner Dan Snyder very pumped up in this video:  —  For the first couple of seconds of the video, you hear someone yelling, “Whoo!  Yeah!  4-1!” and you assume it's a fan or a player or something.

Thoughts on the playoffs (and other other random things)  —  Do you think Craig Sager looks at himself in the mirror after he puts on the purple suit with white stripes and says, “Damn I look good.”  —  A few other thoughts on the playoffs:  —  * That Frank Caliendo show on TBS …

Meet The Man Who Felled Kimbo  —  And now, a personal pictorial review of the guy who knocked out Kimbo Slice.  A self described “goofy homo” whose dream is to open a chain of Smoothie Kings.  MORE »