Rangers head to the World Series for the 2nd year in a row

The Texas Ranger capped off a tense ALCS against the Tigers with a huge rout, 15-5 on Saturday night. The Tigers raced out to a 2-0 lead off of two solo slams... Then Texas erupted for 7 runs in the bottom of the 3rd. The game was over by then and Texas celebrated becoming the first AL team to go to the World Series in consecutive years since the 1998-2001 New York Yankees. Cruz became the ALCS MVP after hammering his 6th homer of the series. Texas will try to put back the disappointing memories of last years World Series loss to the San Francisco Giants as they will travel to either Milwaukee or St. Louis for this years fall classic.

Greinke loses, Brewers fall in a 3-2 hole in NLCS

The Brewers surrendered seven runs, scored one run, and committed four errors as they lost game 5 of the NLCS to the Cardinals of St. Louis. The Cardinals scored 3 runs in the 2nd inning off of a Molina double and an error by Jerry Hairston Jr. The series heads back to Milwaukee with Marcum against Jackson. Suddenly the best home team in baseball has been pushed to the edge and if they force game 7, they'll have to beat Carpenter.

Mountain West and Conference USA merge for a 22-team league

After talks of 4 super conferences with the Pac 12, Big 10, ACC, and SEC; the Mountain West and C-USA merged to avoid becoming an afterthought in FBS college football. With Boise St, Air Force, TCU, SMU, and Houston, the MWC-CUSA conference will have a few elite teams unless the other four conferences, the Big East, or the Big 12 tear them apart. TCU is already due to join the Big East and there are some speculations Boise St and Air Force will follow.

Coyotes get first win of the season, beat Nashville 5-2.

The Coyotes scored 4 goals against Pekka Rinne as Phoenix notched their first win of the season against the Nashville Predators. The Yotes went into the locker room with a 3-0 lead in the first intermission. Jason LaBarbera outperformed Rinne for the remaining periods and the Coyotes Captain Shane Doan capped off the victory with an empty net goal. The Coyotes will return to Phoenix to take on the Winnipeg Jets on Saturday for their first home game.

Milwaukee ties the series at 2, beat Cards 4-2

The Brew Crew evened the NL Central NLCS with a 4-2 win over their rival Cardinals. After receiving a heavy dosage of boos, Milwaukee fought back from an early 2-0 deficit to tie in the 4th and scored in consecutive innings for the go-ahead runs that won the game. Zack Grienke will take on Jaime Garcia for the decisive game 5 tomorrow before the series heads back to Milwaukee.

Verlander keeps the Tigers alive

The Tigers homered 4 times to stay alive in the ALCS as Verlander pitched well enough to keep the Rangers at bay as Detroit won 7-4. The Tiger ace still did not look like his normal self, but he earned his first postseason win of the 2011 playoffs. The series will head back to Arlington on Saturday as the Rangers hold a 3-2 series lead and look to clinch.

Cruz control, Rangers take 3-1 lead in ALCS

The "Power" Rangers took a commanding 3-1 series lead over the Detroit Tigers as their offense exploded for 4 runs in the top of the 11th to seal the game. After taking a 2-0 lead after a double by Miguel Cabrera, the Rangers took the lead with RBIs by Kinsler, Andrus, and Young. The Tigers would tie things up and send the game to extra innings as Brandon Inge hit a solo shot over the left field wall. In the top of the 11th Napoli hit the go ahead RBI off of Jose Valverde, then Nelly Cruz ended the game yet again by smashing a 3-run homer to put the game out of reach. Cruz hit the go-ahead homer in game 1 and the game-tying and walk-off slam in game 2. By smashing 4 homers in the ALCS, he looks to be the AL postseason MVP. CJ Wilson will face Verlander tomorrow in game 5 of the ALCS as the Rangers look to advance to the World Series for the second consecutive year.