In setting the centerpiece scene of his play Prayer For My Enemy (at Playwrights Horizons) against the eighth and ninth innings of a televised Baseball game, Craig Lucas has given himself a challenge: his actors, and his drama, must compete against the du 

Pro sports are not immune to the economic collapse: The NFL is laying off 10 percent of its corporate workforce, Baseball agents are sweating to find teams for all their clients, and only half the NBA franchises make a profit. 

Talks between Milwaukee and New York involving a swap of centerfielders Mike Cameron and Melky Cabrera broke down Thursday at the winter meetings in Las Vegas because the Yankees asked the Brewers to take on some of Cameron's contract. 

--CF Mike Cameron could be a solid addition to the Yankees if the reported trade with Milwaukee for CF Melky Cabrera were to go through. 

The Yankees finished a disappointing year in which they snapped a string of 13 straight playoff appearances. 

The most expensive marriage involving a club and a pitcher in the game's history had little romance. 

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LAS VEGAS ? There are few Baseball axioms as irrefutable as this: when the Yankees and Mets start revving the dollar engines, take cover. 

BRIAN SABEAN always understood the idea of bringing CC Sabathia to the Giants was unrealistic for a long list of reasons, beginning with the contract the organization lavished upon Barry Zito. 

The Daniel Cabrera era in Baltimore is over. 

By shedding salaries like Carl Pavano's $11 million, the Yankees can add players and still cut costs. 

COLUMN: RON CHIMELIS 

LAS VEGAS Brian Sabean's face reddened and his voice built into a shout. 

There's still one path the Yankees can take to prove they're not solely a "win now" organization - to show they haven't fully destroyed the culture shift that Brian Cashman worked so hard to instill the previous three seasons. 

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