LYMAN WESLEY BOSTOCK, JR. BELOVED HUSBAND-SON NOV. 22, 1950-SEPT. 24, 1978  —  “I used to go and kneel at his grave and cry,” she says.  “And one day I went and I said — it was like a voice was speaking to me — I said, 'You know what?  He's not here.  Why are you doing this to yourself?'

postGame: Mets 7 Nationals 2  —  The Mets (85-67) defeated the Nationals (58-95) by the score of 7 to 2 in Washington, D.C., tonight.  —  For a recap, boxscore and stats from tonight's game, click here.  —  Lastings Milledge misjudged a hit by Daniel Murphy in the first inning, which allowed Jose Reyes to score the game's first run.

9/16/08 at Yankee Stadium  —  I attended this game with my friend Jordan (aka “hockeyguy1011” if you read the comments) and his friend Josh.  They'd flown in from Florida just to see Yankee Stadium, and of course they were each hoping to catch a commemorative ball.

Angels hold on to beat A's  —  They take a 6-0 lead into the ninth inning and nearly give the game away before Francisco Rodriguez regains control.  —  OAKLAND—After a lackluster loss Tuesday night and a messy, error-marred defeat Wednesday night, the Angels regained their edge …

Bobby Abreu slugs Yankees to 9-2 win over White Sox at Stadium  —  Bobby Abreu homered twice and drove in six runs, Mike Mussina kept up his hopes for a 20-win season and the Yankees beat the AL Central-leading Chicago White Sox 9-2 Thursday night.  —  The White Sox have lost seven of 11.

Bedard's injury seldom leaves players the same  —  Of 36 pitchers with torn labrum, only one returned to earlier form  —  A double play is known as “a pitcher's best friend.”  A torn labrum should probably be known as his worst enemy.  —  A broken arm, a torn rotator cuff, even the dreaded …

Jays send Marcum's MRI results to Dr. Andrews  —  TORONTO (AP) -Blue Jays right-hander Shaun Marcum got an MRI exam Thursday, and the team said he won't pitch again this season.  —  Marcum, 9-7 with a 3.39 ERA in 25 starts, left Tuesday's game against Baltimore after two-plus innings with a sore arm and numbness in his pinkie.

Burrell and Phillies continue to own Braves  —  ATLANTA (AP) — Pat Burrell hit a tiebreaking two-run homer in the sixth inning and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Braves 4-3 on Thursday night to complete an unprecedented sweep of the nine-game season series in Atlanta.

Santana, Schneider power Mets over Nats  —  WASHINGTON (AP)—Jerry Manuel was kidding, of course, when he declared that Johan Santana needed to go nine innings Thursday, even if it took 170 pitches.  Still, Manuel was well aware he couldn't expect much from a bullpen that offered up seven relievers a day before.

Cubs score 4 in 9th, beat Brewers in 12  —  CHICAGO (AP)—Geovany Soto and the Chicago Cubs can almost taste the champagne after one of their sweetest and most improbable victories of the season.  —  Soto hit a tying three-run homer with two out in the ninth inning, Derrek Lee singled …

Firing line (cont.)  —  Epstein extended ... another smart move by Red Sox  —  Red Sox star GM Theo Epstein's contract negotiations went much smoother this time than they did three years ago, and the reason for that is that Epstein is said to feel much more comfortable in that job now.

Dodgers-Giants rivalry crosses country, generations  —  The teams' three-game series this weekend at Dodger Stadium brings up the emotions, beanballs and brawls of a storied competition.  —  “Horse face!”  —  The insult, despite emanating from the distant outfield seats at the cavernous Polo Grounds …

Drunk fan at Shea falls victim to fans' prank  —  If you are going to get drunk and pass out in a public place, Shea Stadium might not be the best place to do it.  —  One fan during the second game of a doubleheader in Queens learned this the hard way when he apparently passed out in his box seat …

TBS Announces Broadcast Teams for MLB Postseason  —  TBS announced today its broadcasting roster for its exclusive coverage of all four MLB League Division Series (LDS) and the American League Championship Series (ALCS).  The play-by-play voices for the ALDS and NLDS will be “Sunday MLB on TBS” …

The genius of Manny Ramirez … “The reluctance to put away childish things may be a requirement of genius.”  —  The following column is dedicated to the admittedly bizarre proposition that one Manuel Aristides (Onelcida) Ramirez, sometimes known as Man-Ram or Manny Being Manny or just plain Manny, is a genius.