The Cardinals are one win away from returning to the World Series. Matt Holliday homered to lead St. Louis to a 4-2 win and a three games to one lead in their best of seven series with the Dodgers. It looks good for the Cardinals as they try to close it out today in game 5. The Dodgers will have Zack Greinke on the hill today against Cardinals rookie Joe Kelly. Don’t be too quick to write the Dodgers off just yet. The Cardinals have had 3-1 leads in the NL Championship series twice before, in 1996 against the Braves, and last year, against the Giants. They ended up losing both series, so you know they are going to do everything they can to not let history repeat itself. By the way, the Dodgers have never won a postseason series when trailing 3-1. Game time today is at 4:00 pm, and you can watch it on TBS on your cable or satellite system.
The two best hitting teams in major league baseball are playing more like the Marlins. John Lackey and Justin Verlander were brilliant yesterday, and Lackey was just a bit better, as the Red Sox escaped with a 1-0 win over the Tigers to take a 2-1 lead in their series. Mike Napoli provided the only run of the game with a home run in the seventh inning. The Boston bullpen was, once again, brilliant as well, shutting down the Tigers over the last 2 1/3 innings. Craig Breslow, Junichi Tazawa, and Koji Uehara managed to hold the lead. The Tigers had runners on first and third with one out in the eighth inning, but Tazawa struck out Miguel Cabrera and Uehara came in to strike out Prince Fielder. Fielder hasn’t driven in a run in his last 15 postseason games. He has become baseball’s new “Mr. May”. How bad is Miguel Cabrera hurting? He swung and missed NINE times in yesterday’s game. That is the most in any game of his entire career. The two teams return to the field tonight for game four. Detroit will have Doug Fister on the hill, the Red Sox will counter with Jake Peavy. First pitch will be at 8:07 pm, and the game will be televised by FOX.
TODAY’S TRIVIA QUESTION: Yesterday’s 1-0 win by the Red Sox over the Tigers was the 11th time in history that a postseason game that ended 1-0 was decided by a solo home run. When was the last time this happened? The answers comes later, alligator.
To again quote the legendary Babe Ruth:
“Baseball was, is, and always will be, the best game in the world.”
TODAY
Cardinals @ Dodgers (Cards lead series 3-1) GAME 5 NLCS
Joe Kelly vs Zack Greinke 4:00 pm TBS
Tigers @ Red Sox (Red Sox lead series 2-1) GAME 1 ALCS
Doug Fister vs Jake Peavy 8:00 pm FOX
THURSDAY
Tigers @ Red Sox GAME 5 ALCS
Anibal Sanchez vs Jon Lester 8:00 pm FOX
Here is the complete MLB post season schedule and results so far:
In other baseball news,
Sources are reporting that Don Mattingly will be back to manage the Dodgers next season:
Hanley Ramirez is still hurting:
More on the story that just refuses to go away:
In case you missed this, on another story that, unfortunately, won’t go away, the Marlins are still owned by Jeffrey Loria. While I’m still wishing and hoping that this inept and incompetent owner will eventually do the right thing and sell the team to someone who truly cares, it got me thinking . . . with Larry Beinfest now gone, does this open the door for a potential Giancarlo Stanton trade? There are a number of teams that would jump over a tall building in a single bound to get Stanton. The Phillies and Mets in the NL East, the Yankees, Orioles, and the Red Sox in the AL East, just to name a few. Stanton remains under team control for another three seasons, and that makes him very attractive in a trade.
Let’s go to the gridiron:
The Dolphins are preparing to get back at it after the bye week, as they take on the Buffalo Bills on Sunday, here at the Seven Names Stadium. Kickoff is at 1:00 pm, and you can watch the game on CBS, Channel 4 i South Florida.
Some Dolphins news:
Here’s Armando Salguero:
Here are this week’s games in the NFL, along with the opening point spreads. Season record so far: 23-17-2 against the spread, and 28-14 straight up. The games I am looking at for this week are highlighted in yellow:
THURSDAY
Seattle @ Arizona -7 8:25 pm NFL Network
SUNDAY
Buffalo @ Miami -9 1:00 pm CBS
Tampa Bay @ Atlanta -9 1:00 pm FOX
Cincinnati @ Detroit -3 1:00 pm CBS
New England @ NY Jets +4 1:00 pm CBS
Dallas @ Philadelphia -3 1:00 pm FOX
Chicago @ Washington -1 1:00 pm FOX
St. Louis @ Carolina -7 1:00 pm FOX
San Diego @ Jacksonville +9 1:00 pm CBS
San Francisco @ Tennessee +4 4:00 pm FOX
Cleveland @ Green Bay -12 4:25 pm CBS
Houston @ Kansas City -8 4:25 pm CBS
Baltimore @ Pittsburgh -1 4:25 pm CBS
Denver @ Indianapolis +7 8:30 pm NBC
MONDAY
Minnesota @ NY Giants -4 8:30 pm ESPN
NOTE: A few of my readers and friends have asked me how I decide what games to pick every week. Pretty simple: I settled on seven games per week, again in honor of my childhood hero, Mickey Mantle. I take the nationally televised games, (Thursday, Sunday night, Monday night, and the Dolphins). I try and choose the rest of the games according to the interest for the Dolphins, one from the other network that is not carrying the Dolphins, and one at the late/early kickoff time (after or before the Fins game).
Here’s ESPN’s NFL Nation Blog, with more news from all around the league:
Of course, we can all continue to sleep at night, knowing full well that Aaron Hernandez remains in jail, where he belongs.
In college football, the #10-ranked University of Miami Hurricanes are back at it this week, as they take on the University of North Carolina Tarheels here at the Seven Names Stadium on Thursday (tomorrow) night. Game time is 7:30 pm, and you can watch the contest on ESPN.
Manny Navarro and Susan Miller Degnan have all the latest from Coral Gables:
It will be a loud and raucous crowd at UNC for the Canes-Tarheels on Saturday:
The Tarheels are changing their wardrobe for the Canes game:
The FIU Panthers are off this week and they will return to the field on Saturday, October 26, here at home, against the Bulldogs from Louisiana Tech. Game time at FIU Stadium is 6:00 pm.
Here’s the latest from FIU, courtesy of David J. Neal:
Here’s the latest from Tallahassee and FSU:
The #5 Seminoles take on #3 Clemson this Saturday in the game of the year, so far. You can watch the contest at 8:00 pm on ABC.
From Gainesville and the University of Florida:
The #22 Gators look to start climbing back up in the rankings as they hit the road to face #14 Missouri.
Here are the NCAA Football rankings for this week.
Here is the complete schedule in College Football for week 8, including TV listings:
Let’s talk hoops.
The Heat lost to the Wizards in a preseason game yesterday:
More Heat stuff:
Today’s NBA scoreboard:
The Heat’s next preseason game is tomorrow night in Brooklyn, against the revamped and much-improved Nets. The game starts at 8:00 pm, and you can watch it on TNT on your cable or satellite system.
Here is the Heat’s complete preseason schedule:
On the ice, the Panthers lost to the Nashville Predators last night, and return to the ice tomorrow night, here at home, at 7:30 pm against the powerful Boston Bruins. Fox Sports Net Florida will handle the TV broadcast.
George Richards has all the latest on the Panthers:
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THE ANSWER TO TODAY’S TRIVIA QUESTION: Yesterday’s 1-0 win by the Red Sox over the Tigers was the 11th time in history that a postseason game that ended 1-0 was decided by a solo home run. When was the last time this happened?
Game 3 of the 2001 ALDS, when Jorge Posada’s homer gave the Yankees a 1-0 win over the Oakland A’s.
Behave yourselves, and always remember that tomorrow will bring us a brand new day.
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