BOSTON -- The Boston Red Sox brushed aside the 100-win Angels in four games, dismissing their best-in-baseball regular season as last month's news. (Today)

CHICAGO -- B.J. Upton and these Tampa Bay Rays are headed home -- to get ready for the American League championship series. (Today)

PHILADELPHIA -- Charlie Manuel looked on from the dugout while his players celebrated its division championship, and sat in his office after they took the party back on the field. (Today)

BOSTON -- Mike Lowell's sore right hip kept the World Series MVP out of Boston's starting lineup for Game 4 of the AL playoffs against the Los Angeles Angels last night. (Today)

The playoff between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies for the National League pennant comes 25 years after the teams last met in postseason play. (Today)