--INF/OF Mark DeRosa ran lightly Sunday and will do so again Monday to test his strained left calf. 

MEDICAL WATCH: C Geovany Soto (sore left hand and wrist) sat out Sept. 

After a week of playing meaningless games for themselves and trotting out makeshift lineups, the Cubs are ready for some playoff action. 

On the very first day of spring training, Ryan Dempster made a bold statement. 

A look at the best-of-five National League division series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs:Schedule (All times EDT): Game 1, Wednesday, at Chicago (6:37 p. 

Steve Bartman, I have a confession to make. 

American League 

CC Sabathia and Ryan Braun put the Milwaukee Brewers on the verge of their first playoff appearance since 1982. 

Thanks to CC Sabathia and Ryan Braun, it suddenly didn't matter that the Milwaukee Brewers spent much of the past month squandering a shot at their first playoff appearance since 1982. 

CC Sabathia and Ryan Braun put the Milwaukee Brewers in the playoffs for the first time since 1982 - with big help from the New York Mets. 

Mike Vaccaro notes Shea Stadium is getting a sendoff Yankee Stadium didn't — a regular-season finale with something at stake. 

CC Sabathia has already turned in some stellar performances as a member of the Milwaukee Brewers' rotation, but his upcoming outing is his most crucial one yet. 

Ben Sheets was roughed up in his return from an injury, and the Milwaukee Brewers fell back into a tie for the NL wild card with one game left in the season after a 7-3 loss to the Chicago Cubs on Saturday. 

Now, the Chicago Cubs won't start Carlos Zambrano in their regular-season finale Sunday against the Milwaukee Brewers. 

Given the wild fluctuations of the Milwaukee Brewers' season, it's only natural that the final push for their first playoff appearance since 1982 would come down to game No.