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 …

Red Sox lose again — then lock up AL wild card … BOSTON(AP) Behind a closed clubhouse door, the Boston Red Sox celebrated their sixth playoff berth in seven years in the usual way: with spraying beer, commemorative hats and T-shirts, and the customary promises that they will play better once the postseason begins.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Knoblauch charged with assault  —  HOUSTON — Former major leaguer Chuck Knoblauch was charged with assaulting his common-law wife.  —  A judge set Knoblauch's bond at $10,000 after he appeared in court Tuesday.  According to a criminal complaint, Knoblauch's wife told police he hit …

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.

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.

Marlins' 5-4 win slows Braves' postseason drive … ATLANTA(AP) Manager Bobby Cox wasn't terribly concerned after the Atlanta Braves lost a tight game in a close playoff race.  —  “We almost pulled it off,” Cox said.  “We had the bases loaded.  We had a couple chances.  Anything can happen.”

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?)

Some good news to share with you  —  Now that everything is finalized, here is some more news for you.  —  I'm thrilled to announce that The Journal News has hired Chad Jennings of the Times-Tribune in Scranton and the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees Blog to cover the Yankees.  Chad starts on Oct. 7.