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Rangers beat the Tigers 7-3 in 11 innings. Koji Uehara and Tateyama Yoshinori are two games away from the World Series. :victory:

Cards are trouncing the Brewers 11-3, in the 8th. :(

Tigers beat the Rangers, 5-2, in game three... Rangers lead the series, 2-1.

Rangers win in 11 innings 7-3. This is the second extra inning game they've won in this series by a 7-3 score. :crazy:

They're up 3 games to 1 but Verlander goes for Detroit tomorrow so as Yogi would say, "It ain't over till it's over."

gaijinmark wrote:Rangers win in 11 innings 7-3. This is the second extra inning game they've won in this series by a 7-3 score. :crazy:

They're up 3 games to 1 but Verlander goes for Detroit tomorrow so as Yogi would say, "It ain't over till it's over."

I missed the four runs in the 11th: I changed channels for a moment and when I got back it was 7-3. :banghead:

Cards beat the Brewers, 4-3. :(

Rangers made it interesting with 2 in the 8th and 1 in the 9th but Tigers held on to win 7-5 sending the series back to Texas.

Uehara did his part giving up another home run. I doubt we'll see him again in the postseason. :beaten:

Brewers beat the Cardinals, 4-2, to even up the series. :woot:

Cardinals rout the Brewers, 7-1, to take a 3-2 lead in the NLCS. :(

Rangers rout the Tigers to win their second straight ALCS, 15-5.

Cardinals eliminate the Brewers with a 12-6 win. :(

It's the Rangers and the Cardinals in the World Series.

Go Rangers! :victory:

bmwracer wrote:Cardinals eliminate the Brewers with a 12-6 win.

Winning pitcher, Rzepczynski !!!

Saito pitched two innings, gave one hit, struck out 3 :applaud:

gaijinmark wrote:Saito pitched two innings, gave one hit, struck out 3 :applaud:

Unfortunately, he was on the losing team. :(

World Series starts tomorrow.

Go Rangers!!! :victory:

Saito wants to play another year :woot:


MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, Oct. 18 Kyodo


Takashi Saito will turn 42 next year, but the Japanese reliever has no intention of hanging up his glove just yet.

A night after his Milwaukee Brewers lost 12-6 to the St. Louis Cardinals, failing to reach the World Series, Saito said on Monday he plans to be back in uniform for the 2012 season.

''It won't be easy getting back in shape again for next year, but I definitely want to do it,'' said Saito, who completed his sixth season in the majors this year. ''I want to be back stronger than ever.''

Saito missed a chunk of time because of injury shortly after the season opened, but he ended up with a 4-2 record and a 2.03 ERA in 30 appearances for the NL Central champions.

He pitched in six games during the postseason, not allowing a single run in seven innings.

Saito, however, is unsure whether he will be back with Milwaukee next year. He had a one-year contract with the Brewers.

''I do think about staying but right now, I'd say it's 50-50,'' Saito said.

Cardinals take game one of the World Series with a 3-2 win over the Rangers. :(

gaijinmark wrote:
Uehara did his part giving up another home run. I doubt we'll see him again in the postseason. :beaten:

Looks like we won't see either one:

Rangers drop relievers Uehara and Tateyama for World Series

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, Oct. 19 Kyodo

In what manager Ron Washington described as a ''tough call'', the Texas Rangers on Wednesday left Japanese relievers Yoshinori Tateyama and Koji Uehara off the World Series roster.

Both were told before Game 1 against the St. Louis Cardinals that they were being replaced by catcher Matt Treanor and Mark Lowe, with Uehara particularly disappointed at being deemed surplus to requirements.

''I feel nothing but disappointment,'' said Uehara. ''Nobody is going to be pleased about being left off the roster. I will have to watch from the bench. I just want the team to win.''

Uehara was dealt to the Rangers in July from the Baltimore Orioles in exchange for first baseman Chris Davis and pitcher Tommy Hunter.

He went 2-3 in a combined 65 games for both teams and had a 2.35 ERA but became the first relief pitcher in major league history to allow a home run in three straight postseason appearances as Texas lost to the Detroit Tigers 7-5 in Game 5 of the American League Championship Series.

Washington said, ''In Uehara's case, he has been struggling, and we had to get Matt on. It was two tough conversations we had with those guys because at some point this year, both guys provided a lot for us.''

In his first year in the majors this season, Tateyama went 2-0 with one save and a 4.50 ERA in 39 games.

''That is just the way it goes. It is down to my lack of ability,'' Tateyama said in reaction to being left off the roster.

Today, October 20th is Mickey Mantle's birthday. He passed away in 1995 when he was only 63. To give some perspective, here's a list of former major leaguers that are currenty 63:

C – Johnny Bench (or Carlton Fisk)
1B – Richie Hebner
2B – Lee Lacy
SS – Davey Concepcion
3B – Ron Cey
OF – Willie Montanez
OF – Cesar Geronimo
OF – Billy North
SP – Charlie Hough
SP – Gary Nolan
SP – Larry Gura
SP – Ed Figueroa
SP – Bill Bonham
RP – Bill Campbell
RP – Gene Garber
RP – Reggie Cleveland

And Nolan Ryan is 64.

Rangers score two in the top of the ninth to take game two from the Cardinals, 2-1, and even up the series, 1-1. :victory: :applaud:

bmwracer wrote:Rangers score two in the top of the ninth to take game two from the Cardinals, 2-1, and even up the series, 1-1. :victory: :applaud:

Great win for Rangers :woot: