Turn Out The Lights: Yankee Stadium Final Game Coverage by ESPN & MLB.com  —  This coming Sunday will mark the final game at Yankee Stadium, thus marking an end to baseball's greatest cathedral.  On that day, the media will be swarming with stories about The House That Ruth Built, and ESPN and MLB.com are no exception.

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.

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.

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 …

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.

Ranking the Series matchups I'd like to see (cont.)  —  Once again, VORP has nothing to do with MVP  —  Zero.  There's a number the stat people will understand.  —  That's the relationship between VORP, the stat that the stat people love, and MVP.  —  Baseball Prospectus, as of a few days ago …

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.

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.

Drew dejected over balky back  —  Right fielder tightens up after taking swings, feels time crunch  —  TORONTO — The one thing Red Sox right fielder J.D. Drew had been during his lengthy absence from the lineup was optimistic.  But Drew, who has been on the shelf with a troublesome lower …