Phils drop to second with loss to Fish  —  Righty gives up 10 runs in four-plus innings; Howard rips 46th  —  MIAMI — Brett Myers used to have days like these, not that he'd care to remember.  —  They seemingly happened often from March 31-June 27, while compiling a 5.84 ERA that necessitated a head-clearing trip to the Minors.

Carmona, Sheffield ejected after brawl  —  CLEVELAND (AP)—Gary Sheffield was still plenty angry—though much more in control after the Detroit Tigers endured a ninth-inning loss.  —  Sheffield was one of two players from both teams ejected during a seventh-inning brawl before Jamey Carroll hit …

Yankee Stadium, Going the Way of Joe DiMaggio  —  I was sitting on my father's lap listening to a Yankee game on our old Philco radio.  It was 1948 and I suddenly realized I was a Yankee fan.  The team was headed for a dismal third-place finish.  I was 7, and there was nothing to do but wait …

Marcum to learn injury fate  —  The Toronto Blue Jays are expecting their worst fears will be realized today when it is confirmed that starting pitcher Shaun Marcum needs to have Tommy John ligament replacement surgery to his right elbow.  —  Marcum has been sent to Birmingham, Ala. …

Yanks to allow fans on field before Sunday's finale  —  NEW YORK — Fans will be allowed to walk on Yankee Stadium's field for three hours before the ballpark's final game Sunday.  —  Gates will open at 1 p.m. — about 7 hours, 15 minutes before New York plays the Baltimore Orioles in its final game at the 85-year-old stadium.

America's 100 most important sports venues  —  2. Camden Yards … Location: Baltimore.  Opened: 1992.  Capacity: 48,876.  —  Because it started the entire retro-stadium craze and the tsunami of taxpayer-funded facilities that dramatically changed revenues and altered the sports landscape.

Mets win coin toss over Brewers  —  One-game playoff to determine Wild Card would be at Shea  —  ATLANTA — The Mets won a coin flip against the Brewers on Friday afternoon, to determine home-field advantage for a potential one-game playoff between the two teams.

Zambrano roughed up in Cubs' loss  —  Coming off no-hitter, right-hander knocked out in second  —  CHICAGO — Johnny Vander Meer's record is safe.  There was no repeat no-hitter for Carlos Zambrano on Friday.  There was no whiff of champagne for the Cubs either.

Historic call helps Rays pound Twins  —  Tampa Bay one game away from clinching first playoff berth  —  ST. PETERSBURG — Throughout their improbable run, the Rays have talked all season long about taking it one game at a time.  —  Now, after Friday night's 11-1 win over Minnesota, one game is all they need.

Alexei's slam gives Sox 2 1/2-game lead  —  Youngster ties a rookie record with third bases-clearing shot  —  KANSAS CITY — Results from the 9-4 pasting administered by the White Sox upon the Royals on Friday night at Kauffman Stadium prove a couple of facts about this AL Central Division leader to be true.

@-bat music: New York Mets  —  For their last stand at Shea, Mets bring the noise  —  The New York Mets have had Shea Stadium rocking in the ballpark's last year of existence, and it hasn't all been because of the fact that they're in the mix for a National League East title or Wild Card berth.

Cabrera to DL, sees season end  —  Elbow sprain had O's righty wild, pitching in pain since break  —  NEW YORK — The Orioles placed Daniel Cabrera on the disabled list on Friday, ending the starter's season due to a right medial elbow sprain.  Cabrera is the second Baltimore starter …

Dodgers inch closer to title despite loss  —  Maddux roughed up, but magic number drops to six  —  LOS ANGELES — Bengie Molina homered and drove in four runs Friday night and Barry Zito outpitched Greg Maddux in the Giants' 7-1 win over the Dodgers, whose magic number was reduced to six anyway with Arizona's loss to the Rockies.

Yankees winning but running out of time  —  NEW YORK - The last time they played October baseball without the Yankees, Bill Clinton was a first-term president and David Letterman had just moved to CBS.  Down south, in the Single-A town of Greenville, S.C., the South Atlantic League offered …

Manuel's sense of humor helps keep Mets loose  —  With the shadow of last September's collapse haunting these Mets, and his bullpen more volatile than the teetering U.S. economy, Jerry Manuel should be one freaked-out manager right now.  He could be paranoid that general manager Omar Minaya …