Yanks prez: Team wants Cashman back as GM  —  NEW YORK — After a successful regular season, the New York Yankees would like Brian Cashman to remain as the team's general manager beyond this year.  —  “Clearly, we want him back,” Yankees president Randy Levine told ESPNNewYork.com.

Rays pick 1 road game if 3-way tie in wild card  —  NEW YORK (AP) — The Tampa Bay Rays have chosen to play one road game rather than two at home if they finish tied with the Boston Red Sox and Los Angeles Angels for the AL wild card.  —  Tampa Bay had first choice because of a 16-10 record …

Mariners' nearly invisible owners stand firmly behind struggling team  —  The prevailing wisdom among Mariners fans is that finding the team's owner requires a transpacific flight and a whole lot of luck.  —  But while Japanese billionaire Hiroshi Yamauchi has not been to the United States since becoming …

2011 New York-Penn League Top 20 Prospects  —  With negotiations with most premium 2011 draftees dragging late into the summer, the short-season New York-Penn League lacked its usual college star power this summer.  Instead, most of the circuit's top prospects were 2010 high school draftees or international players.

Ten worst career-ending performances of all time  —  It's that time of the year again.  The regular season is winding down, and with it quite a few major league careers will come to an end.  —  Everyone wants to go off with a nice storybook ending where you get the bit hit or throw …

Source: Frustrated Marlins to consider trading underperforming Nolasco  —  Nolasco in his final start took the loss after giving up seven runs (six earned) on nine hits in two-plus innings to Brewers.  —  MILWAUKEE — Ricky Nolasco's season ended Sunday.  So perhaps did his tenure with the Marlins.

Red Sox Pitcher John Lackey Divorcing Wife Battling Cancer  —  Boston Red Sox pitcher John Lackey has filed to divorce his wife, Krista ... who is in the middle of battling breast cancer.  —  Lackey filed on August 30, according to court docs in Texas, claiming “the marriage has become insupportable …

Florida Marlins manager Jack McKeon will retire after Wednesday's game  —  Marlins manager Jack McKeon just announced he will retire after Wednesday's game.  —  “I hate it but I'll still be on call,” he said.  —  “I hope to continue to do some kind of work for them if they will have me.

Matt Kemp's NL triple-crown ambitions take hit in Dodgers' win  —  SAN DIEGO — At one point during the Los Angeles Dodgers' 8-2 victory over the San Diego Padres on Sunday, a fan at Petco Park shouted at Matt Kemp.  —  “Braun got two hits!” the fan alerted him.  “Braun got two hits!”

Brewers scratch Yovani Gallardo from Wednesday start  —  Unlike the rest of the teams already in the postseason, the Brewers don't know exactly who their No. 1 starter is.  It looks like they may have made the decision today, as they went from listing Yovani Gallardo as Wednesday's starter to a TBA for the day.

Nationals' Jonny Gomes wants to return in 2012  —  Outfielder Jonny Gomes has been with the Nationals for only two months, but that's been enough time to convince him he wants to play in Washington for at least another season.  Gomes, whom the Nationals acquired in a late-July trade …