and he wanted tony la russa to sign it. tony la russa said let me think about it for a night and i'll give it to you tomorrow. realize this is back in 2001 when we had seen just one excellent season from albert pujols. and tony la russa, who was in his 33rd year of managing in the big leagues, thought about it for a night and wrote on that picture in 2001, "to the best player i've ever managed." signed his name, to albert pujols. now here he is. maybe days away from free agency. you wonder what the market will be and you wonder how competitive the cardinals will be in trying to keep one of the best players ever to wear this historic uniform. >> tim: very few players after only 11 years would be a shoo-in for the hall of fame. but you are looking at one right there. if his career were over today, he is a hall-of-famer. >> joe: rzepczynski takes care of the rangers 1-2-3. in the bottom of the eighth inning, berkman, jay, freese coming up. maybe the best ever, heck the best ever. stan musial, stan "the man" at the park tonight

tony la russa with the injury to holliday. in the backfield and the extra pitcher he added coming in this round. here is a 1-0 pitch. fly ball to right center. back at the track. this ball is gone. adrian beltre put the rangers up 5-4 in the seventh inning of game six. [ cheering ] no bigger swing in his career and he has put texas on top again by a run. >> tim: in the next half inning he breaks the tie. >> joe: so adrian beltre finally getting a chance in the world series. he has now hit two home runs against the cardinals. the game-tying shot in game five against chris carpenter. the go-ahead shot here in the seventh inning of game six. cruz, strike two. >> tim: one from his knee. one on both feet. >> joe: this latest one, the opposite way to right center. breaking ball is down. ball one. now the rangers go back out in front by a run. rzepczynski, the left-hander getting loose. here is a 1-2. a high fly ball down the left-field line. this ball is gone. the eighth home run this post season. for nelson cruz. the rangers have a

tony la russa with the injury to holliday. in the backfield and the extra pitcher he added coming in this round. here is a 1-0 pitch. fly ball to right center. back at the track. this ball is gone. adrian beltre put the rangers up 5-4 in the seventh inning of game six. [ cheering ] no bigger swing in his career and he has put texas on top again by a run. >> tim: in the next half inning he breaks the tie. >> joe: so adrian beltre finally getting a chance in the world series. he has now hit two home runs against the cardinals. the game-tying shot in game five against chris carpenter. the go-ahead shot here in the seventh inning of game six. cruz, strike two. >> tim: one from his knee. one on both feet. >> joe: this latest one, the opposite way to right center. breaking ball is down. ball one. now the rangers go back out in front by a run. rzepczynski, the left-hander getting loose. here is a 1-2. a high fly ball down the left-field line. this ball is gone. the eighth home run this post season. for nelson cruz. the rangers have a

and he wanted tony la russa to sign it. tony la russa said let me think about it for a night and i'll give it to you tomorrow. realize this is back in 2001 when we had seen just one excellent season from albert pujols. and tony la russa, who was in his 33rd year of managing in the big leagues, thought about it for a night and wrote on that picture in 2001, "to the best player i've ever managed." signed his name, to albert pujols. now here he is. maybe days away from free agency. you wonder what the market will be and you wonder how competitive the cardinals will be in trying to keep one of the best players ever to wear this historic uniform. >> tim: very few players after only 11 years would be a shoo-in for the hall of fame. but you are looking at one right there. if his career were over today, he is a hall-of-famer. >> joe: rzepczynski takes care of the rangers 1-2-3. in the bottom of the eighth inning, berkman, jay, freese coming up. maybe the best ever, heck the best ever. stan musial, stan "the man" at the park tonight

nothing tony la russa -- i think tony la russa will bunt right here. you have craig, pujols, holliday following rafael furcal. ogando throws a high fastball. very difficult to bunt along with hit. >> joe: no sign of a bunt there. ball one. torrealba goes out to talk. >> tim: that is a tough thing to do. normally, this would be a sacrifice situation. but because of the potential for both line-ups, it's tough to play for just one run. it's almost like you have to manage an inning like you are playing for three or four big innings. >> joe: beltre still in at third. a 1-0 pitch. out in front of it. is furcal. ball one. >> tim: good slider from ogando. >> joe: furcal hit eight home runs, seven of them that came from l.a. to st. louis. fouled back. strike two. homered once in the nlcs. that was in milwaukee. but who didn't? ground ball, right side. base hit. theriot will stop at second two on, nobody out. and furcal has the second hit of his world series. now here come the cardinals, with two aboard. and here comes allen craig to deal with alexi ogando. thes

lance lynn was just rounding into a dependable reliever for tony la russa. he strained his left oblique. he was on a 60-day dl which expired right before the nlcs started. that was inside. he thought his season was over. instead the cardinals advance, take on milwaukee, and lynn became a part of the bullpen. >> tim: lance missing the last 46 games of the regular season. >> joe: he's behind on the count to michael young. this could put the rangers on top. it's 3-0 with beltre on deck. back-to-back hits by kinsler and andrus. a big stolen base in there by ian kinsler. good base running by andrus in this inning. the 3-0. it's on the outside corner. he hasn't given michael young a good fastball yet. >> tim: a 3-0 slider for a strike. >> joe: young, 1 for 3 tonight. 7 rbis this postseason. it's a full count. here is the 3-2. and a fly ball into right center field is going to put texas on top for the first time tonight! young delivers a sac fly and it's 2-1, rangers in the ninth. and elvis andrus, with a big ninth inning here for the rangers. >> tim: you talked ab

questionable bit of strategy by either allen craig on his own or tony la russa or a missed sign. but as a result, a walk, followed by a walk a hit, another intentional walk and no runs. >> tim: what a weird inning. >> joe: here is the 0-2 to moreland. in to centerfield. schumaker makes the catch. got a nice jump. one out. this december two of the most storied conferences in college football culminate their season with two epic championship games for the first time in their history. fox sports will bring them to you back-to-back nights. championship game friday december 2. big ten championship game saturday, december 3. both games are only on fox. here is kinsler. 0-3. ball one. >> joe: strike one. >> joe: ball two. >> tim: cardinals are in the no doubles defense, in tie game from seventh inning on the outfielders are playing deeper than they normally would. >> joe: three balls and a strike. >> joe: rzepczynski getting loose. as kinsler takes a 1-1. this -- a one-out walk. this is the second walk issued by carpenter tonight. >> joe: as molina guess out to talk. elvis andrus digs i

questionable bit of strategy by either allen craig on his own or tony la russa or a missed sign. but as a result, a walk, followed by a walk a hit, another intentional walk and no runs. >> tim: what a weird inning. >> joe: here is the 0-2 to moreland. in to centerfield. schumaker makes the catch. got a nice jump. one out. this december two of the most storied conferences in college football culminate their season with two epic championship games for the first time in their history. fox sports will bring them to you back-to-back nights. championship game friday december 2. big ten championship game saturday, december 3. both games are only on fox. here is kinsler. 0-3. ball one. >> joe: strike one. >> joe: ball two. >> tim: cardinals are in the no doubles defense, in tie game from seventh inning on the outfielders are playing deeper than they normally would. >> joe: three balls and a strike. >> joe: rzepczynski getting loose. as kinsler takes a 1-1. this -- a one-out walk. this is the second walk issued by carpenter tonight. >> joe: as molina guess out to talk. elvis andrus digs i

tony la russa or ron washington going in today's game? i can tell you right now with the questions tony la russa will have to field tonight i'm glad i took ron washington. >> a.j.: you got everything right so far. >> chris: you can tell, the fans are going nuts. a few seconds ago they were doing the "napoli" chant. it was a different mike, michael young that got the rally started in the eighth. a few moments ago, our ken rosenthal caught up with the rangers all-time hits leader. >> ken: thanks. michael, talk about the eighth inning starting with a double. take me through it. >> chris: i wanted to get shorter. >> player: i thought it might get long. i want to be shorter, quicker, and be more fundamentally sound and get on base. fortunately i got on second. >> ken: how tough was carpenter early? >> player: good. keeping the ball down, both sides of the plate, changing the speed. being himself. a good pitcher. a pitcher's' dual in the early going. >> ken: situation that napoli made the final out in the sixth. coming off the field carpenter a

la russa. i know you are anxious to get your hands on the hardware so i welcome in the commissioner of baseball, bud selig. >> this was a historic series between the texas rangers and the st. louis cardinals, who are now -- who are now the world champions of baseball for the 11th time in their glorious and great history. tonight is the culmination of extraordinary run, winning the wildcard in dramatic fashion, making last night's incredible comeback, and now adding with the cardinals' national league record with your 11th title. i congratulate the chairman and ceo, bill dewitt jr., club president bill dewitt iii, general manager john mozeliak, and manager tony la russa. [cheers and applause] >>

lance lynn was just rounding into a dependable reliever for tony la russa. he strained his left oblique. he was on a 60-day dl which expired right before the nlcs started. that was inside. he thought his season was over. instead the cardinals advance, take on milwaukee, and lynn became a part of the bullpen. >> tim: lance missing the last 46 games of the regular season. >> joe: he's behind on the count to michael young. this could put the rangers on top. it's 3-0 with beltre on deck. back-to-back hits by kinsler and andrus. a big stolen base in there by ian kinsler. good base running by andrus in this inning. the 3-0. it's on the outside corner. he hasn't given michael young a good fastball yet. >> tim: a 3-0 slider for a strike. >> joe: young, 1 for 3 tonight. 7 rbis this postseason. it's a full count. here is the 3-2. and a fly ball into right center field is going to put texas on top for the first time tonight! young delivers a sac fly and it's 2-1, rangers in the ninth. and elvis andrus, with a big ninth inning here for the rangers. >> tim: you talked ab

he won a title with the a's back in '89, with tony la russa. i think in some ways the cardinal worse win this world series. he will get as much, maybe more in some ways out of it, because he has taken to coaching. it hasn't surprised la russa, but it might have surprised mark a little bit. he loves being around these young hitters. sharing what he learned as a hitter. >> tim: didn't think he would initially. >> joe: i don't think he knew what the reception would be getting back around the game of baseball. after the record-setting season. leaving with a bad knee and the

questionable bit of strategy by either allen craig on his own or tony la russa or a missed sign. but as a result, a walk, followed by a walk a hit, another intentional walk and no runs. >> tim: what a weird inning. >> joe: here is the 0-2 to moreland. in to centerfield. schumaker makes the catch. got a nice jump. one out. this december two of the most storied conferences in college football culminate their season with two epic championship games for the first time in their history. fox sports will bring them to you back-to-back nights. championship game friday december 2. big ten championship game saturday, december 3. both games are only on fox. here is kinsler. 0-3. ball one. >> joe: strike one. >> joe: ball two. >> tim: cardinals are in the no doubles defense, in tie game from seventh inning on the outfielders are playing deeper than they normally would. >> joe: three balls and a strike. >> joe: rzepczynski getting loose. as kinsler takes a 1-1. this -- a one-out walk. this is the second walk issued by carpenter tonight. >> joe: as molina guess out to talk. elvis andrus digs i

lance lynn was just rounding into a dependable reliever for tony la russa. he strained his left oblique. he was on a 60-day dl which expired right before the nlcs started. that was inside. he thought his season was over. instead the cardinals advance, take on milwaukee, and lynn became a part of the bullpen. >> tim: lance missing the last 46 games of the regular season. >> joe: he's behind on the count to michael young. this could put the rangers on top. it's 3-0 with beltre on deck. back-to-back hits by kinsler and andrus. a big stolen base in there by ian kinsler. good base running by andrus in this inning. the 3-0. it's on the outside corner. he hasn't given michael young a good fastball yet. >> tim: a 3-0 slider for a strike. >> joe: young, 1 for 3 tonight. 7 rbis this postseason. it's a full count. here is the 3-2. and a fly ball into right center field is going to put texas on top for the first time tonight! young delivers a sac fly and it's 2-1, rangers in the ninth. and elvis andrus, with a big ninth inning here for the rangers. >> tim: you talked ab

tony la russa got in an opportunity to drive in a run with his ball club. got a runner out of base. got allen craig. this is your one shot. you are going against alexi ogando. he has thrown two fastballs, this one and a fastball. allen craig drives in the runner. la russa's one shot, goes for the big one. allen craig, pays off. now ron washington, top of the seventh. he has runners out there. and he pinch hits craig gentry. i get that. then next, esteban german. he hasn't had an at-bat since september 25. no at-bats in the post season and you have yorvit torrealba on the bench, 4-12 in the post season. experience. you are carrying three catchers. that was an opportunity for ron washington to tie the ballgame. he wasn't able to do it. >> a.j.: you make great points about the bench. we talked about the bullpen and starting pitching and which would use the starting pitching. chris carpenter quality starts. six innings, two runs. we talked off-camera earlier, this was huge for the cardinals. why? they have their ace on the mound and he did it tonight. he was awesome. chris carpenter you

tony la russa se quedo sin su jardinero izquierdo matt holliday por una lesion en su muÑeca.... allen craig esta cuidando en el jardin izquierdo... ---anoche de la forma mas dramatica en la parte baja de la decima primera entrada... david freese literalmente congelo a los rangers al pegar este cuadrangular solitario para terminar el partido.... en dos ocasiones texas estuvo a solo un strike de ganar el partido con ventaja de dos carreras pero se dejaron empatar... san luis gano anoche por 10 a 9 en once entradas y forzo para hoy el septimo y decisivo encuentro... hasta el equipo perdedor tuvo algo que decir.... ---historico si te dicen que en le juego que esto va a suceder nadien te va a creer hay que estar aqui para este tipo de juego este definitiva mente fue un gran juego los fanaticos definitivamente los disfrutaron ---matt harrison el pitcher izquierdo de los rangers de texas es el encargado de ganar el primer clasico de otoÑo para los rangers... harrison perdio el segundo encuentro frente a san luis al permitir cinco carreras en apenas tres entradas dos tercios.. ---tony

that took a lot of courage from dave duncan and tony la russa to put him on the post-season roster. >> joe: they had another guy they were thinking about eduardo sanchez good in the bullpen they almost activated. here is a 1-2. the fastball gets michael young and sends us in to the seventh. what a game! action all over the place in game three. 12-6, cardinals. back after this from your local fox station. >> joe: a 1-6 game going in the seventh inning. that's tim, i'm joe. how are you holding up? >> tim: i'm fine. are you kidding? this is great! >> joe: this is such an unusual game. >> tim: we saw eight runs scored in st. louis and a few more, scored 18 runs scored tonight in the sixth inning. >> joe: this was a 1-nothing game after three. just an offensive explosion. 17 runs scored from the fourth. through the sixth. now we're in the seventh. gonzales can deal with theriot. it was theriot with a walk off ogando that started off a four-run rally in the sixth. >> joe: and a fly ball to right. will send nelson cruz back a new in front of the track. one out. our "sherlock holme holmes" ga

tony la russa and the cardinals welcome the extra day's rest. >> we are ready to play today and ready to play two in a row with one day off yesterday. this time of year if you've got an extra day all the good for their club. don't think it adds anything to our competitive chances nor their's. >> nationals completed their managerial search and davey johnson expected to return as skipper but an official announcement about johnson and his coaching staff won't be made until after the world series. a month ago johnson stated he would like to return as manager and now it seems like he will get his wish. >>> all right, time to pick our dc highschoolsports.net game of the week. on this week's list aurora at woodgrove in loudoun county. st. mary's at paul vi. >>> finally tonight. this is from the national collegiate water skiing competition. sometimes you get style points for these kind of tricks. and maybe you try to be a little original. oh. >> oh, no. >> he forgot to take his skis with him. >> oops. >> that looks so painful. >> i have to say he was okay. so i think that's good. we can laugh

tony la russa tries to get tony motte, but the bullpen can't hear, so the original pitcher stays in, and it goes to 4-2. pujols at the plate, the tying run with a man on first, the rangers get him with a strike 'em out throw 'em out double play. texas takes game five 4-2 after they fell into a 2-0 hole. teams head back to st. louis for same six tomorrow. the forecast 50 degrees and rain. there was nfl last night. ravens and jaguars playing the monday nighter. if you like low-scoring, disfunctional football, you would have liked this one. get your children away from the tv. jaguars, ravens three-yard line, maurice jones drew fumbles on the one. ravens recover. one of three fumbles on the night. third quarter, third and 35. joe flacco catches his own pass after it's blocked by a defender. tries to run it but is caught because he's not fast. baltimore puts points on the board with a touchdown, bolden gets both feet down. ravens pull to within two. a few minutes later, josh scobee hits his fourth field goal of the day. he kicked three from over 50 yards out. that ties an nfl single game

tony la russa is retiring. we will talk about that and to the amazing football games of the weekend. >>darya: and gary, ditto the lures of retire? >>gary: he did. >>darya: he has been there, done that. >>gary: he would have been the second winningest manager of all time. good for him. >>darya: going out on top, a 6 time champion, three times of the world series. isn't that enough? >>gary: what else is in the story? >>darya: that literally across in the last 10 minutes. >>gary: the cardinal parade is done. >>darya: get this figure he's done. he is tired.--you just figure, he is done. he is tired. >>gary: i am thinking about john elway, he won two super bowls and quit. he is what you call a grinder. he has a house here in of walnut creek, he stayed here in the off-season. for most of the time he goes back to st. louis and would live in a hotel or something like that. and his wife and children, until their ground, would stay here. >>darya: that is a writer? >>gary: if you are so intense, he just grind it out. inst

tony la russa, albert pujols, they're working their magic right now. >> a.j.: the two teams honestly, they hate each other. njjer morgan, tony plush, they don't like each other. they've had boon ball wars and done it all. i like milwaukee. you put me on here so e.k. and i can disagree. the homefield advantage and the way they play at home, zack greinke pitching at home i like the brewers. >> chris: the brewers are 16-0 when greinke starts a game at home this year. you are talking about tony plush, nyjer morgan. he tweeted in september, st. louis cardinals enjoy watching the playoffs at home. i guess they'll enjoy watching the playoffs in front of them. the cardinals are going to remember that, aren't they, eric? >> eric: no question, they will remember it. that will be bulletin board material. >> a.j.: knowing tony la russa there will be a ball thrown at morgan in the series. >> chris: even in the playoffs. >> a.j.: absolutely. >> chris: ken rosenthal turned on the microphone. that is good news. he is standing by with joe torre. >> ken: thank you. it's raining really hard right now. w

tony la russa answering questions about that bull pen mix-up in game five. what happened? that's ahead in sports. >>> plus, president obama tells leno about the unscheduled visit he made to a southern california chicken and waffles joint. and the problem with getting hot sauce on your tie before a big fund-raiser. that clip and a check on weather when "way too early" comes back. [ female announcer ] so you think your kids are getting enough vegetables? yeah, maybe not. v8 v-fusion juice gives them a full serving of vegetables plus a full serving of fruit. but it just tastes like fruit. v8. what's your number? i refer to her as "that woman with the great gums." as jill's dentist, i know that her gums are a foundation of a healthy smile. jill knows that, too -- so she uses crest pro-health clinical gum protection toothpaste. it helps eliminate plaque at the gum line, helping prevent gingivitis. it's even clinically proven to help reverse it in just 4 weeks. and it protects these other areas dentists check most. crest pro-health clinical gum protection. because healthy smiles

louis cardinals manager tony la russa retired. >> there isn't one that dominates. they all come together telling you time is over but it's into the season i felt that, you know, this is -- i think this feels like it's time to end it. >> la russa is 67 years old. served as manager in the bigs for 33 seasons and during that time he won three world series titles. two in st. louis, one in oakland. tony la russa leaves the game third on the all time wins list. >> nasa final launch could be the birthplace of a brand new space craft. boeing announced it's taking over hanger bay 3 at contend sportscenter in florida. space center in florida. carrying astronauts into orbit. one of several private firms competing to take over where nasa left off. team's top five things of the day. number 5 kim kardashian filed for divorce from her husband of 10 weeks. the nba player chris humphreys. tmz reporting humphreys is, quote, bummed. number four, despite the tough economy the national retail federation reports americans are expected to spend more money than ever on halloween costumes

tony la russa got in an opportunity to drive in a run with his ball club. got a runner out of base. got allen craig. this is your one shot. you are going against alexi ogando. he has thrown two fastballs, this one and a fastball. allen craig drives in the runner. la russa's one shot, goes for the big one. allen craig, pays off. now ron washington, top of the seventh. he has runners out there. and he pinch hits craig gentry. i get that. then next, esteban german. he hasn't had an at-bat since september 25. no at-bats in the post season and you have yorvit torrealba on the bench, 4-12 in the post season. experience. you are carrying three catchers. that was an opportunity for ron washington to tie the ballgame. he wasn't able to do it. >> a.j.: you make great points about the bench. we talked about the bullpen and starting pitching and which would use the starting pitching. chris carpenter quality starts. six innings, two runs. we talked off-camera earlier, this was huge for the cardinals. why? they have their ace on the mound and he did it tonight. he was awesome. chris carpenter you

and with fireworks booming overhead, down below there should be a very satisfied tony la russa, who didn't let this team quit, and they fought all the way through. philadelphia, milwaukee, and now texas. >> tim: in response to allen craig's comment about this country getting to know these guys, this country has gotten to know these guys. [cheers and applause] [cheers and applause] >> joe: furcal has his first. and we go back down to the field in ken rosenthal. >> ken: thanks, joe. jason, you talked a lot about breathing on the mound. how hard was it to breathe during that ninth inning? >> it was, but it wasn't. it's one of those things that if you don't, the inning is going to get out of hand, so i just tried to throw strikes. i got behind in the first and i thought i got to start throwing strikes, get ahead of guys and it worked out. >> ken: after game six, coming to the park today, what was your feeling? >> i mean, i mean we were in the clubhouse and we were a loose bunch of guys. we were in there hanging out, dancing around, having music playing. that's how we've been and that's how we

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and a great move by tony la russa in the sixth. pinch-hit, allan gregg in for carter. dave refreeze scored the go- ahead when -- david freese scored the go-ahead winning run. arthur rhodes came on in his first world series appearance and shut the door in the eighth inning. the cardinals go on to win it, 3-2 overtaxes to take the game 1 lead in the best of seven series. -- over texas to take the game 1 lead in the best of seven series. [ dennis ] juggling insurance policies at different companies... is a pain. but with allstate, bundling policies is easy and can save you money. you should try this instead. thank you...yeah... now she should be an allstate agent. shop less. get more. make one call to an allstate agent. [ female announcer ] introducing the allstate auto + life discount. now when you protect your family with allstate life insurance you can save even more on allstate car insurance. shop less. get more. make one call to an allstate agent. ♪ >> stammen up at 11:00 p.m., the verdict is guilty. baltimore county gets its second guilty verdict in a year in whic

and tony la russa with the st. louis cardinals, and he closes october with his third world series ring, and becoming the first manager ever to retire after the world series immediately. he made the decision apparently weeks ago when it looked like the cardinals would miss the playoffs. he is the third winningest coach of all time. 2007's hundred 28 wins. now, he wants to start amassing some more free time. >> the good fortune of my managerial career cannot be denied, and i have never, ever taken it for granted. so you just be thankful for that and the support i have gotten, and get ready to do something else. >> he looks like an interesting guy. >> yes, he does. people like that usually have a very difficult time in retirement. all of this time, and then all of a sudden, free time. do you know what they do? answered text questions. >> stay with us. a look at the 7-day forecast, after this. >> coming up tonight at 11:00, results in on president obama since taking office. his old smoking habit, and how the president

el manager tony la russa encabezo Ó el desfile que termino en el estadio busch. y en guadalajara se cerro el telon de los xvi juegos panamericanos 2011 con domionio total de estados unidos. miles de personas recordarÁn un evento de calidad, donde se rompieron mÁs de 100 marcas en varias disciplinas y se vieron grandes hazaÑas como una delegaciÓn guatemalteca superando cualquier actuacio Ón propia. tambiÉn hubo aspectos como la logÍstica, seguridad o el impacto social que recibirÁ un paÍs que necesitaba unos juegos limpios y una clausura de primera. hasta aqui los deportes, los inivitamos esta noche porque entre otras noticias tendremos el resumen del futbol profesional, los esperamos solo a las once,

however, tony la russa telling us before the game last night, that he would not -- don't be surprised, he said, if i bring in rzepczynski to pitch to right-handed hitters. but against lefties, only .215 this year. >> joe: so no craig gentry no, torrealba. murphy. rzepczynski knocks it to punto who has no play. bases are loaded. one out. [ cheering ] >> tim: the ball was not hit hard enough for a double play. however, if it's hit by rzepczynski then you at least get the runner at second base, i think. but because it hit rzepczynski, punto can't come up with it. an in-field hit for murphy. >> tim: about the only thing that could have prevented an out for the cardinals then was for the ball to get through rzepczynski without hitting him. man! >> joe: napoli with the bases loaded z one out. -- loaded. one out. strike one. michael young led off with a double. intentional walk to cruz. the infield hit by david murphy. >> joe: right off his left knee. feliz getting loose. time called. rzepczynski picked up by the cardinals in july in that trade. three-way deal with the white sox, blue jayse

tony la russa has been called baseball's smartest manager but last night he dropped the ball and may have cost his team a world series championship. let's go down to texas and rangers' bench coach jackie moore getting mike napoli ready for a unique way. cardinals up 2-0 with nick punto at the plate and man on second sends the shot to left but david murphy says not in my house, my friend. makes the diving catch and saves a run and he ends the inning, as well. bottom six, cards ace chris carpenter pitching with a 2-1 lead facing adrian beltre. goes to one knee and just crushes it to left center. that is a bomb. solo shot ties the game at 2-2. bottom eight now. rangers catcher mike napoli up in a big spot. bases loaded. facing reliever. drills one to the gap in right center. michael young and nelson cruz come in to score putting texas up 4-2. that would be your final score. texas takes a 3-2 series lead. rangers' manager ron washington. look at him, come on, let's go. he's pumped up. after the game, st. louis manager tony la russa revealed that he was never the guy who was supposed to b

tony la russa, his club 24-9 over the last 33 games to make the playoffs. they win round one and philadelphia upset by st. louis. who'll the cardinals play for the national league championship. ian kennedy trying to win it for arizona. they played 7 games. look at that catch by chris young. you played 7 game, okay there's more. five makes every game count and that young play was terrific. 2-2 in the 10th inning and san francisco born and bred, nyjer morgan comes through with the winning hit off putz. brewers win 3-2 and they will move on, first time since 1982 milwaukee goes to to championship series. milwaukee and st. louis, they begin their series on sunday and detroit and texas begin tomorrow. the yankees and philadelphia the two biggest draws in baseball, two most talented teams gone. >>> tiger woods made the cut and will play this weekend at the fries tournament. that's good news for the tournament. they keep telling me, at least five times as many tickets sold because woods showed up. finish the at 68. he's now 1-under over all. seven strokes back of

cards' manager tony la russa is no stranger to championship and he didn't hesitate to make a guarantee. >> if there's one guarantee i can make, i guarantee our club is not going to change its attitude about competing. in the world series. i mean, the rangers are going to get the best we've got. we'll have the exact same approach, dot best we can and see if you're good enough or not. >> maybe not the guarantee we expected, but we do know this, chris carpenter and c.j. wilson probables. game one tonight at 5 p.m. eastern. >>> the raiders acquired carson palmer from the bengals trading a first and second round pick. if oakland makes the afc, he becomes a first rounder. would you expect anything else from the raiders. >>> hockey, it's official. bruins are suffering from a stanley cup hangover. they lost again last night. pick anyone with a bomb. the capitals off to their best start in franchise history. alexander see mon gave them the lead. >>> proof you don't need to be drafted to play in the nhl. scored his first goal in his first nhl game with the flyers. former ivy league player of the

cards' manager tony la russa is no stranger to championship and he didn't hesitate to make a guarantee. >> if there's one guarantee i can make, i guarantee our club is not going to change its attitude about competing. in the world series. i mean, the rangers are going to get the best we've got. we'll have the exact same approach, dot best we can and see if you're good enough or not. >> maybe not the guarantee we expected, but we do know this, chris carpenter and c.j. wilson probables. game one tonight at 5 p.m. eastern. >>> the raiders acquired carson palmer from the bengals trading a first and second round pick. if oakland makes the afc, he becomes a first rounder. would you expect anything else from the raiders. >>> hockey, it's official. bruins are suffering from a stanley cup hangover. they lost again last night. pick anyone with a bomb. the capitals off to their best start in franchise history. alexander semin gave them the lead. >>> proof you don't need to be drafted to play in the nhl. zolnieczyk scored his first goal in his first nhl game with the flyers. former ivy league play

tony la russa -- what is that maracka noise going on here? okay. geez. i can't even concentrate. anyway, ben francisco hit a 3-run homer to left of jamey garcia. phillies win 3-2 to lead that series. two games to one. they'll play again tomorrow. show me the thing so i can -- >> what? i was motioning to the floor -- it had nothing to do with you. >> by the way, it's raining. did you know that? [ laughter ] >> give me the thing. the thing that was making all the noise. >> it was my breaklet. >> go like that. show the audience. >> are you trying to get me in terrible? >> oh, yeah, they're going to get you in trouble. >> i was motioning to the floor director and you just -- >> no, but i could hear that noise and i'm concentrate >> you're not a professional if that distracted you. >> thank you. thank you. >> [ laughter ] >> okay, i'm not. >> you're talking with that woman doing -- >> i'm going to be honest with the audience. when it rains you think you hear something, and you're a nice person. but when it rains, i don't know you. 'cause all of a sudden, in fact, jacqueline, the other

tony la russa, albert pujols, they're working their magic right now. >> a.j.: the two teams honestly, they hate each other. njjer morgan, tony plush, they don't like each other. they've had boon ball wars and done it all. i like milwaukee. you put me on here so e.k. and i can disagree. the homefield advantage and the way they play at home, zack greinke pitching at home i like the brewers. >> chris: the brewers are 16-0 when greinke starts a game at home this year. you are talking about tony plush, nyjer morgan. he tweeted in september, st. louis cardinals enjoy watching the playoffs at home. i guess they'll enjoy watching the playoffs in front of them. the cardinals are going to remember that, aren't they, eric? >> eric: no question, they will remember it. that will be bulletin board material. >> a.j.: knowing tony la russa there will be a ball thrown at morgan in the series. >> chris: even in the playoffs. >> a.j.: absolutely. >> chris: ken rosenthal turned on the microphone. that is good news. he is standing by with joe torre. >> ken: thank you. it's raining really hard right now. w

went six innings striking out four before tony la russa went to the bull pen. la russa as allen craig come in to pinch hit on a one, two count he can't make the play and david freese scores easily. over the next two innings la raus see shows why he's one of the best in the game. la russa burns through his bull pen changes pitchers four times and the relievers hold them at bay in the ninth, a bit of controversy, adrian beltre at the plate with one out hits a grounder off his foot but the umpire rules it's a clean ground ball. he says it should have been ruled a foul. the replay shows it did, dine nick his foot and cardinals get a free one, cruz pops out to left center to end the game. cardinals take game one by the score of 3-2. game two back in st. louis tonight. >>> at the top of the hour on "morning joe." president obama finishes his bus tour selling the jobs bill. lust a new report in "the washington post" shows he is still the king of wall street campaign cash. and when we come back here we'll huddle around the water cooler to see michele bachmann getting s

tony la russa going out on a winning note. but certainly has solidified his place in baseball history. >>> let's take a check of some other stories people are talking about right now. the freak halloween weekend snowstorm was a night mamare fo air travelers. passengers on at least three jet blue planes and one american airlines plane say they were stranded on the tarmac for at least seven hours in hartford, connecticut, on saturday. they quickly ran out of water and snacks. another says the toilet started backing up. >>> officials say experts to rescue three employees of a grain facility are achenson, kansas, are expected to resume today. workers caught in a massive explosion on saturday while unloading corn and grain dust is highly combustible. three other men were killed. two suffered serious burns. witnesses say the explosion was so huge it shook the ground in neighboring missouri. >>> in a heart wrenching eulogy originally read at a memorial service for the late steve jobs, the apple founder's sister reveals his final word

cardinals skipped tony la russa called 10, the coach didn't hear the instructions. the closer didn't get up until it was too late. lost phones, noise, bad combination. >> stuff that went on in the bullpen. that is miscommunication. and in the end, that comes on the coach or the manager. it's my fault. and i am not going to dodge that. >> here are our choices for the game of the week. in the district, versus hd woodson. st. mary, vote at dc.highschoolsports.net. tonight we are going to have nba lockout. he has been there with the negotiations. we'll break it down for the folks. >> that's the main question. are we going to have one? >> it's hard for a lot of us to understand. >> we'll break that down. >> okay, that is it for us. cbs evening news is next. >> that's right, and derek is back with your only local newscast at 7:00. don't forget to get up bright and early. at 4:25 a.m. and as always, wusa9.com.

tony la russa sporting a ramsiercy on the sideline. rams riding the excitement. jab soj powers it if. jackson, 159, two scores. rams get their first win of the season. stunning the saint. remember week beat colts 72-7. rams win this one. new orleans fall to 5-3. 49ers, hosting the brown. 12-play drive. alex smith, michael crabtree. san francisco wins 20-10. niners now 6-1. >>> coming up at the top of the hour on "morning joe," herman cain's campaign on the defense responding to allegations of sexual misconduct and cash settlement for two female employees who once worked under mr. cain. details ahead. >>> when we come book here, we'll huddle around the water cooler to watch rick perry get knee-slapping sill to be in new hampshire. yikes, this color just sucks the life out of me. i was just gonna say that! about this flat haircolor! [ gigi ] try nice 'n easy anti-flat, always dimensional. in one simple step, get tones and highlights built into every shade with nice 'n easy. ♪ >>> according to an explosive politico report out this morning, it is halloween. the lat

tony la russa calling the performance the greatest in world series history. sports is next. ,, ,,,, ,, albert pujols. ,,,,,,,, schedule... in fact, washington was their first ranked opponent this seaso >>> stanford undefeated but ranked eighth in the bcs. washington their first ranked opponent this season. i wonder if andrew luck will have a similar reaction next april when he is the number 1 pick in the draft. second quarter stanford up 10- 7. throwing to the back of the end zone to his go to guy. 169 yards passing. two touchdowns for luck. washington was able to keep up with stanford's offense early on. a pair of long touchdown runs. the second one foes for 61- yard. 17-14 cardinal. and looked like we were going to have quite a game. huskies couldn't stop stanford's offense. i don't mean that figure actively. the cardinals scored on 10 of their 11 possessions. stephen taylor taking it in for the score. taylor went over 100 yards on just 10 carries. 31-14. knockout blow. michael thomas tips off keith pryce and returns it 61 yards for a touchdown. one of thre

cardinals manager tony la russa is taking responsibility for losing game five on monday night. in the eighth inning when the rangers scored twice, he says a phone mix-up with the bull pen cost his team dearly. >> when there's stuff that went on in that inning with the bull pen and who is up and who is not, that is miscommunication. and in the end, that comes totally on the coach or the manager. what i wanted to have happen wasn't happening, it didn't happen. again, it's my fault. >> game six of the world series is between the rangers and the cardinals tonight in st. louis. >>> chicago cubs are hoping theo epstein can break their curse and get them a world series ring. after all, the 37-year-old helped the red sox win the title in 2004. their first since 1918. the drought for the cubs is longer. they have been ringless since 1908. >>> in college football, a big overtime win for florida international and big plays helped. in the third, wesley carroll tossed a 43-yard bomb to a wide open receiver. that put fiu up by nine. then in o.t., jack griffin nails the field goal giving flor

freese, tony la russa, all el e elated. this one is on to extra innings. josh hamilton, suffering a groin injury, first pitch fastball, gone. a two-run bomb off of jason motte. texas, again, one strike away. and lance berkman, on a 2-2 pitch, delivers a base hit to center. jon jay, coming home from second with the tying run. tied at 9-9. and the cardinals have done it again. in the bottom of the 11th, david freese leading off against mark lowe. and here comes history. >> 3-2. high, fly ball, center field. it is gone. >> the call from the great dan schulman on espn radio, where you can find game seven on friday night at 7:00 eastern. the cardinals do it, 10-9. >>> for all your highlights, join us on "the highlight express" on espn news. >> that was a game last night. >> those guys out on the field, so excited. >> game seven tonight. >>> halloween is on monday. but it is not too early to start enjoying some holiday treats. >> since they can't go trick or treating, animals at the detroit zoo get treats delivered to them. the popular choice seems to be pumpkin