NOTES: Sabathia to start Game 4 of Series

Sabathia to start Game 4 of Series

PHILADELPHIA - CC Sabathia will start Game 4 of the World Series for the New York Yankees on three days' rest.

Yankees manager Joe Girardi said it's possible A.J. Burnett and Andy Pettitte also could come back on short rest later, leaving New York with a three-man rotation.

Sabathia would pitch a possible seventh game. He will face Joe Blanton in Game 4 tonight.

Elsewhere

• The first in an expected flood of Milton Bradley rumors spread across the Internet yesterday after a Toronto Sun report of a possible Bradley-for-Vernon Wells deal with the Toronto Blue Jays.

The report quoted an unnamed Cubs official as saying "we think this one has some legs," though the story downplayed the Blue Jays' interest in Bradley.

But Wells has $98.5 million and five years left on his contract, as opposed to $21 million and two years on Bradley's.

A Cubs source quickly responded, saying the rumor has "no legs at all," adding the team has not discussed the possibility of acquiring Wells. - From Wire Reports