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Cardinals 1 Philllies 0

Cards get their first NLCS birth since 2006

After grounding out to Cardinals Second Baseman Nick Punto to end the Phillies season all you could hear were boos, boos, and more boos. Philly fans were booing the now injured Ryan Howard who after the game trainers think he may of tore his Achillies. Howard will have an MRI done on Saturday to determine the details of the injury. As many years as a sportsfan i've never seen so much disrespect from ANY fanbase, but its no surprise that this comes from the same city that booed and threw snowballs at Santa Claus. A great performance from (The Doc) Roy Halladay was only to be outshined by Cardinals pitcher Chris Carpenter allowing only three hits and no earned runs to a hungry Phillies lineup. in what could be one of the postseasons most impressive pitching performances in history.

Brewers 3 Diamondbacks 2

Carlos Gomez scores winning run in the 10th inning

The Cardinals now move on to the NLCS to face baseballs best home team the Milwaukee Brewers who themselves are coming off an impressive win. After a shaky 8th Inning by the newly acquired Krod (Francisco Rodriguez) and a blown save by Brewers Closer John Axford; (who by the way hasn't blown a save in 40 plus straight apperances.) It took a 10th inning walk off single by Brewers center fielder Nyjer Morgan a.k.a T-Plush to push the Brewers past the Diamondbacks, and to send the Brewers to their first NLCS since 1982. The series kicks off Sunday afternoon at Milwaukee 4:05pm Eastern Time. The pitching rotation for both ball clubs has not been set at this time.

Tigers 3 Yankees 2

Valverde after A-Rod Strikeout

A-Rod Comes up Small

 The Texas Rangers ALCS opponent wait is over as the Detroit Tigers finshed off the AL favorite New York Yankees 3-2 on Thursday night. Tigers pitcher Doug Fister got the win allowing only one earned run in five innings. Allowing the MLB saves leader Jose Valverde (Papa Grande) to shut the door on the Yanks. Yankees Skipper Joe Girardi used a variety of pitchers in Thursday nights loss including CC Sabathia who coincidentally gave up the games winning run. Starter Ivan Nova surrendered back to back first inning solo shots to tigers hitters Don Kelly and Delmon Young. Nova was taken out to start the third inning for pitcher Phil Hughes due to "forearm tightness" alot of speculation surrounding that decision, and the others as well. Hughes pitched a little more than one inning before being yanked for lefty Boone Logan, Logan finished out the fourth inning before being pulled for Yankees ace CC Sabathia. Sabathia surrendered the go ahead run later that inning to Tigers Catcher Victor Martinez not knowing that the Yankees would be done soon after. Girardi used three other pitchers after Sabathia including Closer Mariono Rivera. However in the bottom of the ninth the Yankees had a chance to send the game into extras. With Valverde pitching and Alex Rodriguez at bat A-Rod strikes out, but really who was expecting A-Rod to get clutch..no one..Rodriguez struck out for the sixth time this postseason preserving a 3-2 Tigers win. However A-Rod did make history thursday just not the good kind. He became the first player in MLB history to strike out two years in a row ending his teams season. Game one of the ALCS between the Tigers and Rangers kicks off Saturday night at 8:05pm eastern time. Its the battle of the best Justin Verlander gets the start for the Tigers as C.J. Wilson will start for the Rangers. Be there!

NFl Week 5 Predictions

Philadelphia @ Buffalo: The Choking Eagles find a way to win in Buffalo 32-31

New Orleans @ Carolina: Drew Brees goes down as Cam Newton gets his second career win 35-30

Oakland @ Houston: Darren Mcfadden goes for 125 but the raiders still fall 28-21

Kansas City @ Indianapolis: Curtis Painter stays 0-2 as a starter as his bounce passes arent enough for the Dwayne Bowe & Matt Cassell hook up Chiefs win 17-14

Cincinatti @ Jacksonville: Blaine Gabbert gets his first NFL win 20-13 as the Bengals drop to 3-2. How the hell did they get to 3-1 anyways?

Arizona @ Minnesota: Donvan Mcnabb gets his first win as a Viking as a loud Metradome keeps the cardinals out of it 24-21

Seattle @ New York Giants: the Giants D gets to a nervous Tavaris Jackson, Seattle falls 26-13

Tennessee @ Pittsburg: Old Matt Hassleback actually has two feet to play on Titans win 20-17 (OT)

Tampa Bay @ San Francisco: A battle of the 3-1's Tampa goes 4-1 winning 28-21

San Diego @ Denver: The Tebow chants continue in denver as the Chargers win 28-10

New York Jets @ New England: Mark Sanchez sucks and continues to sucks Pats win 31-14

SNF Green Bay @ Atlanta: Game of the week Rodgers throws for 300 yards, but Atlanta wins it  31-28

MNF Chicago @ Detroit: Jay Cutlers a whimp if the bears have any shot the D will have to keep them in it..but that doesnt happen as Detroit goes 5-0 Lions win 40-28

NFL=NATIONAL FINING LEAGUE

Four Players were docked 15 grand last Sunday for so called "dirty" hits. Richard Seymor and Haloti Ngata among the players fined. Commissioner Roger "Badell" says Ravens Defensive End Haloti Ngata lead with the bottom of his helmet. Really? The bottom of his helmet? you might as well fine Mark Sanchez for wearing pink shoes too, or what about Troy Polamalu his hair is really long and wavy...lets fine him. This is just getting out of hand.  

In Other News...

• the NBA has no plan to meet before monday. Meaning that the first two weeks of the regular season will be canceled
• Former Yankee & Dodger Third Baseman Robin Ventura has been hired to fill the place of Ozzie Guillen as White Sox Manager
• Orioles GM Andy MacPhail (MacFAIL as i like to call him) will finally step down as Orioles GM although he was offered to come back (Why?)
• The Minnesota Lynx have one their first WNBA championship in Franchise history
• Andre Johnson out this week Vs the Oakland Raiders. Likely to miss at least two more weeks