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Liverpool's Joe Cole misses a penalty as his side have to make do with a slender first leg lead over Trabzonspor in their Europa League qualifier.

CC Sabathia actually likes starting on three days' rest. "I hate to throw bullpens," the New York Yankees big man said.

"I don't have to throw a bullpen when I pitch on three days' rest." Sabathia will throw on short rest for the second time this postseason when he starts Game 4 of the World Series on Sunday night against Philadelphia's Joe Blanton.

Six years after Michael Lewis' seminal tome, not many small-market teams appear playoff-bound. SI.com's Joe Posnanski says that the little guys simply can't go by the book anymore.