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Before today, Justin Verlander had never thrown more than 132 pitches in one game.

Today, he threw 133 pitches.

His 133rd pitch was 100 miles an hour. Nelson Cruz’s fifth postseason home run went the other direction, even harder.

What’s perhaps most astounding is that Cruz was so locked in that he almost pulled[...]

Hello everyone and welcome to today’s “The Stack” with me, Nathan Stacken. It’s a shorter stack of stories today, we’ll have our NHL preview tomorrow. So let’s take a look at the stories that made today’s “stack”:

1. Rangers one win away from World Series.

Tell me if you have heard this one before. A Rangers-Tigers playoff game delayed by rain. A Rangers-Tigers game that goes into extras tied 3-3. A four-run inning in which Nelson Cruz is the big hero. Yep, sounds like de ja vu [...]

October 9th, 2011

I thought the Detroit Tigers’ lineup didn’t have much depth without Delmon Young, who is out with an oblique injury, now their lineup is going to be even in more trouble without Magglio Ordonez.

The Tigers announced today that Ordonez will be out for the remainder of the ALCS with a right ankle injury. It’s the same ankle he had surgery on last year. [..]

After not one, but two rain delays added nearly two hours to the game Saturday night, the Texas Rangers came away with a 3-2 victory over the Detroit Tigers in Game 1 of the American League Championship Series.

David Murphy hit an RBI triple in the second inning and scored on an Ian Kinsler base hit to give the Rangers an early 2-0 lead before Nelson Cruz busted out his boomstick. [...]

It’s okay, we know you do too.

Our undying love for Cliff Lee was cemented last night with his brilliant eight-inning, two-hit, thirteen strikeout performance during the Texas Rangers’ 8-0 win over the New York Yankees All-Star lineup in Game 3 of the ALCS.

Josh Hamilton, who had a pretty good view of the clinic from centerfield, smoked a two-run shot in the first, which was all the run support[..]

It’s not going to be a sweep for the Yankees. The Rangers got their first postseason victory at home in their 50 seasons with a 7-2 blowout win over the Yankees. After a bullpen collapse last night, the Rangers were able to hold on to their lead. The Rangers’ bullpen was the complete opposite of [...]

Since my last post drew a lot of attention from facebook and twitter, here’s part 2 of my MLB playoff predictions.

Phillies vs. Giants

We all know the Giants “beat” a Braves team that essentially beat themselves. *Players like Brooks Conrad, Nate Mclouth…

Working on three days rest, CC Sabathia munched his way through the Los Angeles Angels lineup for eight innings, allowing just one run on five hits, and striking out five after 101 pitches to aid his New York Yankees in their 10-1 victory. Alex Rodriguez continued his outstanding postseason play with his third longball in [...]

Total domination. That’s what we like to call Cliff Lee‘s eight-inning performance against the Los Angeles Dodgers Sunday night. Reigning AL Cy Young Award winner struck out ten batters and allowed just three hits in all while facing only two batters over the minimum. This gives Lee a 2-0 postseason record and a minuscule 0.74 [...]

The Los Angeles Angels are struggling with the fundamentals of baseball, and in turn look like a bunch of spazzes out there. Torii Hunter related his feelings best, “I think if I let my hair grow out I would have grays everywhere.” He went on to say he’s optimistic about heading out West, “I got [...]