PHILADELPHIA (AP) Three-time All-Star Chase Utley, who anchored the middle of the lineup for the World Series champion Phillies, will have surgery and may not be ready for the start of the 2009 regular season. (MORE)

NEW YORK (AP) For more than three decades, George Steinbrenner's imprints were all over the New York Yankees. (MORE)

NEW YORK (AP) Mike Mussina took a secret to the ballpark every day this season. Maybe that's why he was so successful on the mound, so jovial in the clubhouse. (MORE)

NEW YORK (AP) There has never been a rain-shortened game in the postseason, and now there never will be. (MORE)

NEW YORK (AP) CC Sabathia will have a deadline to accept the New York Yankees' contract proposal. (MORE)

ST. LOUIS (AP) Looking to fill one of their most pressing offseason needs, the St. Louis Cardinals were close to a contract agreement with left-handed reliever Trever Miller. (MORE)

SEATTLE (AP) Don Wakamatsu is proud to be the first Asian-American manager in major league history. He's also keenly aware of what his grandparents endured, generations before he took over the Seattle Mariners. (MORE)

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) The Kansas City Royals picked up the leadoff hitter they had been seeking, acquiring center fielder Coco Crisp from the Boston Red Sox for reliever Ramon Ramirez on Wednesday. (MORE)

NEW YORK (AP) Lew Wolff has a way to shorten baseball's postseason: Make the first round best-of-one. (MORE)

NEW YORK (AP) Bidders for the Chicago Cubs have until Dec. 1 to submit offers, Major League Baseball said Wednesday after a meeting of its ownership committee. (MORE)