Harper: Yankee failure starts with A.J.  —  ANAHEIM - A.J. Burnett was at his dazzling best Thursday night as long as he was losing by four runs.  When it really mattered, however, he didn't look at all like the guy the Yankees saw as a big-game pitcher when they gambled $82.5 million on him last winter.

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.

Highest Payroll, but Short a Run  —  Money still talks, although its impact is a bit muted right now, after the Angels, with their payroll of a mere $116 million, managed to stun the Yankees, with baseball's highest payroll of about $206 million, by a 7-6 score, on Thursday night.

For Angels, Thrill of Victory, Then a Rush of Relief  —  ANAHEIM, Calif. — If it was going to end, this was not the way the Los Angeles Angels wanted it to.  Not with Manager Mike Scioscia wondering if he had handled a pitching change like Grady Little.  Not with John Lackey seething about a strike that the plate umpire said was not.

Dodgers' owner Frank McCourt fires wife Jamie  —  She had been the club's chief executive.  The couple announced last week that they had separated.  —  Dodgers owner Frank McCourt watches as his estranged wife Jamie enters their field level box for Game 1 of the National League Championship Series last week.