Dodgers' nucleus will be back in 2010  —  Starting rotation likely to be fortified around young stars  —  PHILADELPHIA — Dodgers general manager Ned Colletti felt little consolation Wednesday night following his team's defeat in the National League Championship Series …

ALCS Game 5: Yankees at Angels  —  YANKEES  —  Pitching: RHP A.J. Burnett (0-0, 2.19 ERA in postseason)  —  ANGELS  —  Pitching: RHP John Lackey (1-1, 1.38 ERA in postseason)  —  WEATHER: More of the same - clear skies, temps in the 60s and 70s and plenty of sun.  Check out the full forecast here.

Good Decisions Have the Yankees in Control  —  Money talks.  Otherwise, why were the Yankees, with baseball's highest payroll of some $206 million, holding such a commanding lead over the Angels, with their payroll of a mere $116 million?  —  The doomsday scenario is reasserting itself …

Burnett tries to pitch Yanks into Series  —  ANAHEIM - A.J. Burnett didn't come to the Yankees to be a cream-pie throwing sideshow.  —  He accepted $82.5 million to complete a formidable 1-2 punch atop the starting rotation with fellow free-agent signing CC Sabathia and to pitch the Yankees …

Replay for the World Series could work  —  Don Denkinger, an umpire who had one of the most famous blown calls in history, tells Bob Klapisch: It's time to go to replay.  —  Here's the thing: Eventually, expanded use of replay is going to happen.  It's as inevitable as a Democrat or Republican winning the next presidential election.