Brewers fire Yost, promote 3B coach Sveum as interim manager  —  MILWAUKEE — The Milwaukee Brewers fired manager Ned Yost on Monday in the midst of a late-season slump that has jeopardized the team's chances of making the playoffs for the first time since 1982.

Posada: Yankees should keep Chamberlain in 'pen  —  NEW YORK — Jorge Posada wants Joba Chamberlain kept in the bullpen and predicts more injuries for the young pitcher if the New York Yankees put him in their starting rotation.  —  “I think if you start him and he pitches 200 innings in one year, you're going to lose him.

Justice: Astros might as well have played at Wrigley  —  MILWAUKEE — Neutral field?  Are you kidding me?  There's ridiculous and more ridiculous and whatever this was supposed to be.  —  Commissioner Bud Selig should be embarrassed to have thrown a team in the thick of playoff contention into this situation.

Game 150: White Sox at Yankees  —  YANKEES (79-70)  —  WHITE SOX (83-65)  —  Alfredo Aceves (1-0, 1.29) has not faced any of the Chicago hitters.  —  Mark Buehrle (13-11, 3.88) vs. the New York hitters.  —  Notes: Joe Girardi is sitting Cano for not hustling yesterday. ...

Mets' NL East lead down to one-half game  —  WASHINGTON (AP)—There was no late-game meltdown by the Mets this time, no real reason to point fingers at the relievers.  This was a start-to-finish loss, New York's third loss in four games, and there will be no escaping the references to September 2007 now.

Joba's mother talks about her son and her life  —  Joba Chamberlain's mother talks about the pain of separation, her son and her life.  —  Apartment No. 1 in this brick building is a shrine to Joba Chamberlain.  —  Baseball jerseys from the Yankees and Huskers hang in a line on the living room wall …

Betemit lifts Yanks to third straight win  —  Seventh-inning double the difference; Aceves has quality start  —  NEW YORK — Considering the quality of their competition — the White Sox are fighting for a division crown — the Yankees certainly seemed to fit the role of a contender on Monday.

Rumor: Ricketts Will Land Chicago Cubs  —  File this under rumor...  Word on the street is that Thomas Ricketts and the Ricketts family are the winning bidders for the Chicago Cubs, Wrigley Field, and a 25 percent stake in ComcastSports Chicago.  Thomas Ricketts is the chief executive …

Twins to name new stadium Target Field  —  The Target Corp. got the rights to name the field under a 25-year partnership agreement.  —  The Minnesota Twins have reached an agreement in principle on a 25-year partnership with Target Corp. that includes the right to name the team's new ballpark Target Field, the team announced today.

ON BURRELL, BLANTON & EYRE  —  So much to talk (and write) about after the Phils' 7-3 win in the opener, and the nightcap already is underway here at the Bank, where fans are waving rally towels and cheering madly, just like last September.  Without further ado, then, a few notes: