Why the Cardinals lost to the Dodgers
hardballtimes.com 10/12/2009 — Cardinals offense continued late fade. Click the title to read more. Read more great baseball stuff at The Hardball Times .

Dodgers/Cardinals reaction
scoresreport.com 10/11/2009 — T.J. Simers, L.A. Times : This is why [Torre] gave it another run after a disappointing finish in New York, why he travels from city to city, 162 games in 180 days at age 69, still amazed at what young people can do when given the opportunity and a little direction. “Different ...

It ended as it began
vivaelbirdos.com 10/12/2009 — Well, it was a good ride while it lasted – a much better season than most of us expected. We didn’t deserve to win the series. We were outpitched, outhit, and outfielded; the Dodgers were clearly the better team over the 3 game series. First of all, I ...

MLB Division Series Report Cards
sports-central.org 10/13/2009 — With four teams annihilated by superior competition, the 2009 playoffs have featured both amazing and terrible performances, and not much in between. SC's Paul Foeller grades every team individually, and forecasts the rest of the playoffs.

Adventures in Division Play
travelingbaseballbabes.blogspot.com 10/9/2009 — As usual, we’ll start off with last week’s poll results. We asked you if you watched the playoffs even though your team may not have made it. Out of 10 votes, 4 of you said that you’ve moved on to the football season because you were highly dissatisfied with your baseball team of choice. The ...

MLB Playoffs: League Division Series Predictions
deepintosports.com 10/7/2009 — The Major League Baseball postseason is finally here, with an additional game to boot in today’s matchup between the Twins and the Tigers. Here are DIS’s capsule reviews of the American League and the National League Division Series, with predictions for each. National League ...

Game 3 Wins Would Give Cards, Sox a Chance
downswinging.com 10/10/2009 — The headline to this article may seem pretty obvious. Yes, if the Cardinals and/or Red Sox are able to win their game 3 matchups they will have a shot at advancing to their respective LCS’. Note that I didn’t include Twins in that headline, and if the Tigers were losing to the ...

Fire Terry?
duelingcouches.blogspot.com 10/12/2009 — Another postseason, another Francona costly mistake, but yet every Red Sox fan will defend him to death. Grady Little only had one mistake when he was the Red Sox coach, but since Tito won a couple World Series nobody should speak bad of him and he should be allowed to fuck up as much as ...

Sportsbook.com MLB Division Series Previews
soxanddawgs.com 10/7/2009 — MLB: Twins and Yankees Series Preview The New York Yankees went on an unparalleled spending spree last season and it ended up helping them have the best record in baseball at 103-59. Everyone knows that is fine and dandy, however, how New York plays in October will determine if it was ...

2009 NLDS -- Game 2
snaggingbaseballs.mlblogs.com 10/11/2009 — This wasn't just another game. Not only was it the National League Division Series -- Cardinals vs. Dodgers -- but there was something extra special about it for me: it was the day before my appearance on "The Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien" and I ...

Red Sox's Weak Record Outside Division Foreshadowed Division Series Loss — Bleacher Report - MLB 10/12/2009
It's a miracle that the Boston Red Sox even won the wild card. They got there on the strength of a 45-25 record in their division. This consisted, in turn, of tied 9-9 season series against both the New York Yankees and Tampa Bay Rays, a score of ...

Blake helps Dodgers resolve tensions — Major League Baseball News 10/12/2009
Casey Blake might forever be remembered for The Walk that helped send the Dodgers into the National League Championship Series. But Blake might have had an even greater impact on the Dodgers' season off the field.

Red Sox miss Manny — NY Post: Sports 10/12/2009
BOSTON -- Manny Ramirez is moving on in the playoffs. The Red Sox aren't. So, who really is the baseball genius? Last season, the Red Sox were so happy to unload Ramirez. Now he has a chance to win a championship with the Dodgers, just as he helpe...

Angels slay Red Sox hex -- brace for Yankees — NY Post: Sports 10/12/2009
BOSTON -- The Hex is dead. The Curse is alive again. Down to their last strike, the Angels turned the tables on history yesterday at Fenway Park, leaving Red Sox Nation stunned and silent. When shortstop Eric Aybar, who started the winning two-...

Angels win in stunning fashion, head to ALCS — USATODAY.com MLB - Top Stories 10/12/2009
Experienced as they are in hexes and curses, the Boston Red Sox had a clever choice for the honor of throwing out the first pitch ...