Cleveland Indians fire manager Eric Wedge … CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Indians have fired manager Eric Wedge in the final days of a terrible season.  —  Wedge  —  Wedge guided the Indians to one playoff appearance in seven seasons, and this year the club fell out of contention early …

Nats 4, Mets 3: Magic number 4 for season to be over  —  Pedro Feliciano matched the franchise record he set last season when he made his 86th relief appearance and struck out Adam Dunn, but the Mets lost, 4-3, to the Nationals on Tuesday night when the eighth inning unraveled after Feliciano departed.

Longball onslaught tailed off at Stadium  —  Mark Teixeira and the Yankees have had many memorable home runs this season, but after a record pace to start the season ...  The new Yankee Stadium has produced more homers than have ever been hit in the Bronx before and the most homers in the majors this year.

Sox in postseason as Wild Card winners  —  Despite losing to Jays, Rangers loss clinches playoff berth  —  BOSTON — A couple of hours after a nearly epic comeback against the Blue Jays fell short in an 8-7 loss, the Red Sox at last got the ending they were looking for, even if it occurred 3,000 miles from Fenway Park on Tuesday.

History vs. Sox means nothing to Angels  —  Hunter wipes slate clean as ALDS with nemesis looms  —  ANAHEIM — Torii Hunter doesn't believe in ghosts.  —  “I don't want to hear about the history and any so-called Red Sox jinxes and hexes,” the Angels' center fielder and emotional leader said.

Morning links: The Sano saga  —  CHICAGO — As someone who spoke almost daily for several months with Miguel Angel Sano's agent, Rob Plummer, I can attest in the strongest terms that blame will be hard to assign for the Pirates not getting this player.  —  Plain and simple, these sides grew to dislike each other.

Dodgers in talks with GM Ned Colletti on contract extension  —  'He's obviously done a very good job,' owner Frank McCourt says.  —  The Dodgers have reached the postseason for three times in four years under General Manager Ned Colletti, whose current deal includes a mutual option for 2010.

Miranda's single helps Yanks walk off  —  NY turns tables on KC in ninth as Burnett fashions 15th pie  —  NEW YORK — Try telling Juan Miranda that these games don't matter.  After a successful season at Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, Miranda has never seen a stage this big.

Moyer exits game with left groin strain  —  Veteran left-hander's status for Wednesday unknown  —  PHILADELPHIA — Jamie Moyer limped off the field after the top of the seventh inning in the Phillies' 7-4 victory over the Astros on Tuesday at Citizens Bank Park.

Firings in Mets organization sending a message  —  is not the White House favorite he used to be during the George W. Bush years, but the general manager still enjoys the Mets' trips to the nation's capital even though the former Rangers owner has turned over the keys to Air Force One.

Selig should come here  —  As the Bengals hook us with hope and the Bearcats delight us with possibility, the Reds limp home to finish another disappointing six months.  We'd offer the traditional “wait 'til next year.”  But we did that two months ago.  —  Cincinnati still wants …

Thoughts from the 2009 New England Symposium on Statistics in Sports  —  On Saturday, Harvard hosted NESSIS, a gathering of sports statisticians that could be billed as the little brother of the sports analytics conference at MIT, only geekier.  I say that as a compliment.  —  Academia vs. Industry (vs. Internet?)

Tigers-Twins winner faces stacked deck … As close a race as is the American League Central, a winner already has emerged as the Tigers and Twins battle to the wire: it's the New York Yankees, the winner's Division Series opponent.  —  Detroit could have salted away the division …

Duda and Havens to AFL  —  Monday, the Mets announced that OF Lucas Duda and SS Reese Havens would complete the Mets contributions to the Surpris Rafters in the Arizona Fall League.  Duda and Havens join 1B Ike Davis, RHP Jenrry Mejia, SS Ruben Tejada, RHP Scott Moviel, LHP Eric Niesen and RHP Josh Stinson in the desert.