■ World Series day games: Commissioner Bud Selig says he wants to see a day game during the World Series but acknowledged in a telephone interview with The Associated Press yesterday that he might not get his wish.
The New York Yankees and Philadelphia Phillies will open the Series today at 7:57 p.m. EDT, about 30 minutes earlier than usual.
The sun hasn't shone on the Series since 1984, when the Detroit Tigers beat the San Diego Padres in a clinching Game 5. There was a day game three years later, but it was played indoors in Minneapolis. Since then, the World Series has been played under the lights, with some flickers of fading twilight helping illuminate the first inning of West Coast games.
"I want a day game in the World Series," Selig said. "It's been a favorite subject of mine over the years because I grew up watching the World Series during the afternoon in the ‘40s, ‘50s and ‘60s.
"But our objective is to have as many viewers as possible."
■ Astros: Brad Mills, the bench coach for the Boston Red Sox the past six seasons, is the new manager of the Houston Astros.
He has managed a total of 11 season in the minors, with affiliates for the Chicago Cubs (1987-92), Colorado Rockies (1993-96) and Los Angeles Dodgers (2002), but will be a major-league manager for the first time. He replaces Cecil Cooper, who was fired Sept 21.
The Astros made an offer to former Nationals manager Manny Acta over the weekend, but Acta accepted the Cleveland Indians' offer instead. Mills will be Houston's fourth manager since the middle of the 2004 season and will take over a team that has had two losing seasons in the four years since reaching the World Series in 2005.
■ Rays: Tampa Bay announced a one-year deal yesterday with 34-year-old outfielder Gabe Kapler, who played in 99 games this season and hit .239 with eight homers and 32 RBIs.
Kapler initially signed with Tampa Bay last January and has played with Detroit, Texas, Colorado, Boston and Milwaukee during parts of 11 major-league seasons. He retired briefly in 2007 to manage Class A Greenville in Boston's minor-league system.
■ Blue Jays: Toronto is taking the interim tag off Paul Beeston's title.
He was appointed president and CEO of the club and Rogers Centre for a three-year term yesterday.
Beeston took over from Paul Godfrey on an interim basis in October 2008. He said he didn't want the job full-time, noting it demanded someone willing to make a 5-to-10 year commitment.
■ Mariners: Seattle says that Ken Griffey Jr. has undergone arthroscopic surgery on his left knee to remove a bone spur.
The team says that Griffey had the surgery on Monday in Cincinnati and was performed by Dr. Timothy Kremchek. Normal recovery time is four to six weeks.
It's the second time in a year that Griffey has undergone surgery on his left knee. He was limited by the knee at times during the 2009 season.
He had it drained on multiple occasions.
■ Dodgers: Jamie McCourt is filing for divorce from owner Frank McCourt in Los Angeles.
A filing obtained by The Associated Press yesterday cites irreconcilable differences as the reason for the split. The McCourts have been married since 1979 and have four grown sons.
Frank McCourt fired his wife as the team's chief executive last week, a day after the Dodgers were eliminated from the playoffs by the Philadelphia Phillies.
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