Detroit 3, St. Louis 1  —  DETROIT (AP) — Now you see it.  Now you don't.  —  Whatever was on Kenny Rogers' hand, even after he cleaned it off, the St. Louis Cardinals couldn't hit him.  —  Virtually untouchable this October, Rogers shut down the Cardinals on two hits over eight shutout innings …

Questions linger over substance on Rogers' hand  —  DETROIT — Kenny Rogers pitched eight scoreless innings Sunday, running his shutout streak this postseason to 23 innings, but that may be the least of the news about the 41-year-old left-hander coming out of Game 2 of the World Series.

Players, owners agree to tentative 5-year labor deal  —  DETROIT — Baseball players and owners have reached a tentative agreement on a five-year labor contract, a person with knowledge of the negotiations told The Associated Press.  —  The deal, struck during bargaining in New York …

Actor de la Rosa, Pedro's tiny good luck charm, dies  —  SANTO DOMINGO — Nelson de la Rosa, the world's shortest actor and a ubiquitous good-luck charm for the Boston Red Sox during their victorious 2004 World Series run, died at a New York hospital on Sunday, his agent said.

Cards Blogger Dan: Reyes the Titanic  —  Normally I stick to game recaps, but it's the World Series — gotta pull out all the stops, right?  I'll be adding to this post on an irregular basis throughout the game, hopefully to count up Anthony Reyes's strikeouts and otherwise celebrate what would be a huge win today.

Shortchanged by 'Moneyball'  —  DETROIT — You could see clearly that Ken Macha and Billy Beane were not going to coexist indefinitely, whether the Oakland A's were World Series champions or not.  There was a clash of philosophies — the traditional manager vs. the general manager and his pioneering "Moneyball" theory.

World Series Probabilities After Game 2  —  Now that the World Series is heading back to St. Louis knotted at one apiece, the Tigers still have an edge—but just barely.  Adjusting for league, Detroit has a 59% chance of taking the title; without the adjustment, it's just over 52%.

Flyers fire Hitchcock; Clarke resigns  —  A historic era of Flyers hockey ended today with the resignation of general manager Bob Clarke along with the firing of coach Ken Hitchcock.  —  John Stevens, who coached the Phantoms to the Calder Cup championship two seasons ago, is taking over the Flyers' coaching duties.

RONNIE BELLIARD'S GLORIOUS 'FRO  —  Wow.  Unlike 2004, even if we don't win this series, at least we'll have something to remember fondly.

Center field, bullpen are main targets  —  With the general managers' meetings three weeks away, the Marlins are setting their sights on plugging the most significant holes in their roster: center field and the bullpen.  —  Baseball sources said the Marlins particularly are interested …

Lou's sweet home in Tampa  —  Family, friends back in Tampa have been with Piniella every step of the way  —  TAMPA — You are a reflection of the company you choose to keep.  Isn't that what your parents always told you?  Only Lou Piniella never really chose.  He just got lucky.