Dodgers add Kuo to NLCS roster  —  Southpaw could neutralize Philly's lethal lefty bats; Saito left off  —  PHILADELPHIA — Closer Takashi Saito's comeback from elbow problems was derailed Thursday when he was left off the Dodgers' roster for the National League Championship Series …

Mets Sell Out $500,000 Luxury Suites Amid Wall Street Crisis  —  Oct. 9 (Bloomberg) — The New York Mets sold out the luxury suites in their new stadium for as much as $500,000 a year, avoiding the financial crisis, said Dave Howard, the team's executive vice president for business operations.

Reds manager Baker will coach his kids' team … SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Dusty Baker is going back to youth baseball.  —  This weekend, Baker will be the fill-in coach for 9-year-old son Darren's 10-and-under traveling tournament team, Hard 90 Pastime out of Roseville, Calif., near the Bakers' Northern California home.

Mets' Burgos to be jailed 3 months awaiting trial  —  NAGUA, Dominican Republic — New York Mets pitcher Ambiorix Burgos will be jailed for three months while awaiting trial for a hit-and-run accident that killed two women.  —  The 24-year-old reliever told The Associated Press …

Ex-big league pitcher, coach Dal Canton dies at 66  —  CARNEGIE, Pa. — Bruce Dal Canton, a former high school teacher who turned a good showing at a tryout camp into a lengthy career as a major league pitcher and coach, has died.  He was 66.  —  Dal Canton died Tuesday of esophageal cancer.

RUSSO: BELTRAN/CANO DEAL IN THE WORKS?  —  Frank Russo, on New York Baseball Digest Radio's Yankee Special, mentioned that his connections have shared that the Mets are accepting inquiries for Carlos Beltran.  And, further, according to Russo, his sources have also shared that there's a rumor …

Chat with Scouts Inc.'s Keith Law  —  Welcome to The Show!  On Thursday, Scouts, Inc. senior baseball analyst, Keith Law, will stop by to talk some baseball.  —  Keith was formerly the special assistant to the general manager with the Toronto Blue Jays and has a wealth of knowledge for you to tap into.

Dodgers / Phills  —  Rob Neyer and David Cohen both make convincing cases that Philadelphia is every bit the team Los Angeles is and then some.  Here's Rob: … And here's David: … Ok, let's dig a little deeper now.  Here are some relevant numbers for the final few months of the season.

Baseball Hall to display “treasures” from 2008 season  —  That's the HOF's word — “treasures” — not mine.  —  See if you can guess which local team's dead stadium will be honored a wee bit more than the other.  Some of the “treasures”:  — Derek Jeter's spikes when he set the record …

Female Rays Fans Getting Mohawks Too...Down There  —  That's right, for women out there who want to get in on the “Rayhawk” craze that is sweeping all of Tampa Bay in support of their Rays playoff run, there is a way to show their support...a little more discretely...and much to the joy of their significant others.

Facts About Manny Ramirez  —  Fox broadcaster Tim McCarver joined the chorus-well, actually he stepped in front of the chorus, grabbed a mike, waved down the band and called for a spotlight-Wednesday, slamming Manny Ramirez based largely on the same secondhand stories that have passed around for more than two months.

Higashioka hopes to hop on fast track  —  Catching prospect departs instructs with eye on full-season ball in '09  —  While many teams have instructional league sessions that last four to six weeks, the Yankees prefer more of a short-and-sweet version of the fall gathering.

Armstrong opens up about club's future  —  President expounds on GM search, direction of Mariners  —  SEATTLE — Mariners president Chuck Armstrong said this week that an intense determination to get the Mariners back on course via a “collaborative and inclusive” management style that worked …