Yanks stock up on arms in 11th hour  —  ALDS roster includes 11 pitchers; Gaudin, Joba make cut  —  NEW YORK — The Yankees finalized their 25-man roster for the American League Division Series on Wednesday, reversing course and opting to take an 11-man pitching staff to face the Minnesota Twins.

Kemp's home run powers Dodgers past Cardinals 5-3  —  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Randy Wolf (FSY) and the Dodgers bullpen outpitched St. Louis ace Chris Carpenter (FSY), earning Los Angeles a 5-3 victory over the Cardinals on Wednesday night in an NL playoff opener full of missed chances for both teams.

AL dominates my 2009 playoff-team seedings (cont.)  —  7. Rockies  —  Plusses: That it's hard to name a weakness may be their biggest plus.  They were easily the best team in the NL in the second half and are 74-42 under manager Jim Tracy.  Troy Tulowitzki (1.042 second-half OPS was third-best …

Insider Intel: Phillies-Rockies  —  Philadelphia's patient pitchers do battle with Colorado's count-workers  —  STAY AHEAD OF THE GAME Become an Insider Today  —  Pack a lunch.  Two good offensive teams playing in two good hitters' parks may mean some long games, even with big arms …

ALDS Game 1: Twins at Yankees  —  YANKEES  —  Pitching: LHP CC Sabathia (19-8, 3.37 regular season)  —  TWINS  —  Pitching: LHP Brian Duensing (5-2, 3.64 ERA regular season)  —  WEATHER: October-ish.  Cloudy and cool.  Forecast calls for temps in the 50s tonight and windy conditions.

WAR: It Works  —  We use Wins Above Replacement around here a lot, as one of the focuses of the site is to accurately quantify the value each player produces, and WAR is the best tool we have to do that.  However, it faces a decent amount of skepticism from people who don't trust various components …

Mat Gamel, Trade Bait?  —  Tom Haudricourt of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is speculating that Mat Gamel might be a candidate to be traded in the offseason based on comments made by Milwaukee general manager Doug Melvin and assistant GM Gord Ash during their end-of-season press conference on Wednesday.

Ex-Padre Marcus Giles arrested on domestic battery charges  —  EL CAJON — Former Padres player and All-Star second baseman Marcus Giles was arrested early Wednesday morning on charges of domestic battery involving his wife, police said.  —  El Cajon Police Acting Lt. Fenton Sue said officers …

Florida State League Top 20 Prospects  —  Stanton-Montero debate leads off the FSL list … The teams may play in front of smaller crowds and in bigger parks than most minor leaguers.  But the combination of good weather and proximity to team's training bases means that the high Class …

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Alex's ordeal  —  Red Sox shortstop keeps his eye on the ball, his heart with his ailing son  —  BOSTON — Minutes before each game, the ritual begins.  First, a prayer.  Then, the visualization of nine imagined innings: balls hit to him, time spent inside the batter's box, swings at fastballs …

Casilla's hit in 12th lifts Twins in AL Central tiebreaker  —  MINNEAPOLIS — The Metrodome erupted in a jet-like roar as Carlos Gomez zoomed home with the winning run to finish off an AL Central race — and a thrilling tiebreaker — that didn't want to end.