Cubs left with Loney feeling  —  Slam in fifth, Dempster's lack of control have Cubs in early hole  —  Uh-oh.  —  If this is what the rest of the Cubs' postseason is going to look like, it's going to be a short playoff run.  —  And a long century.  —  The worst fears of the Cubs' high …

Sox shocked Cubs in 1906  —  N. Siders had won 116 games, but S. Siders won it all  —  Everybody who played the last time the Cubs and the White Sox made it to the same postseason is dead.  In 1906, neither Wrigley Field nor Comiskey Park was built yet.  So the once-in-a-century …

Brian Cashman has to realize youth movements are getting old  —  It isn't often we see the ultra-cool Brian Cashman bristle and moan.  But there he was Wednesday in the stripped-bare basement of Yankee Stadium, acting feisty and impatient about New York's feistiness and impatience.

C-Money comes out swinging  —  A few things that came out of the Cashman press conference today:  —  * The team has changed how it scouts players in Japan, particularly pitchers.  Scouts have been changed and more “sets of eyes” have been added to the process.

Mets to lock up Minaya through 2013  —  The Mets plan to announce the four-year contract extension for general manager Omar Minaya on Thursday.  The new deal, a nice raise, is expected to pay Minaya between $5-6 million over its four-year term.  The deal also includes bonuses tied to the team's financial performance.