10/8/2012- MLB Postseason coverage, NY Giants def Browns, Bellator 75 results, more

Hello everyone! I hope all of you had a great weekend! Let's get to it, shall we. Here we go!

MLB
During Wild Card Friday, the St Louis Cardinals def the Atlanta Braves to face the Washington Nationals in the NLDS, while the Baltimore Orioles def Texas Rangers to face the New York Yankees in the ALDS. However, there was controversy as one of the umpires called an infield fly when the ball actually hit the ground during the Cards/Braves game.

Atlanta called for a protest, but MLB denied it, and let the game finish out. After that debacle, the rest of the postseason went underway as the Detroit Tigers defeated the Oakland Athletics in the 1st 2 games of the ALDS, and the Cincinnati Reds defeated the San Francisco Giants in the 1st 2 games of the NLDS. Yesterday, the Washington Nationals won the 1st game against St. Louis, while the Yankees won the 1st game against Baltimore. Here is the rest of the schedule of the Postseason:

ALDS (Detroit leads 2-0)

• Game 3: Detroit @ Oakland, 10/9, 9 PM, TBS
• Game 4: Detroit @ Oakland, 10/10, TBA*
• Game 5: Detroit @ Oakland, 10/11, TBA*

NLDS (Cincinnati leads 2-0)

• Game 3: San Francisco @ Cincinnati, 10/9, 5:30 PM, TBS
• Game 4: San Francisco @ Cincinnati, 10/10, TBA*
• Game 5: San Francisco @ Cincinnati, 10/11, TBA*

NLDS (Washington leads 1-0)

• Game 2: Washington @ St. Louis, 10/8, 4:30 PM, TBS (in progress)
• Game 3: St. Louis @ Washington, 10/10, TBA
• Game 4: St. Louis @ Washington, 10/11, TBA*
• Game 5: St. Louis @ Washington, 10/12, TBA*

ALDS (New York leads 1-0)

• Game 2: New York @ Baltimore, 10/8, 8 PM, TBS
• Game 3: Baltimore @ New York, 10/10, TBA
• Game 4: Baltimore @ New York, 10/11, TBA*
• Game 5: Baltimore @ New York, 10/12, TBA*

(*)- if necessary

NFL
Yesterday afternoon, the New York Giants hosted the Cleveland Browns in an interconference matchup on CBS at 1 PM. Early in the game, the Giants struggled, but once they got their groove, it was all smooth sailing for them heading to a 41-27 win.

Tonight, the New York Jets will host the undefeated Houston Texans on Monday Night Football on ESPN. Since tonight is a Monday night game, I will give my thoughts on it later in the week. Even though the Jets never lost to the Texans in franchise history, I predict that tonight will be the 1st.

Bellator
Bellator 75 took place last Friday night at Horseshoe Hammond Casino in Hammond, Indiana. Here are the results of the main card:

• Vinicius Queroz def Mark Holata via Submission at Round 1
• Richard Hale def Mike Wessel via TKO at Round 1
• Alexander Volkov def Brett Rogers via unanimous decision
• Thiago Santos def Eric Prindle via DQ at Round 1 due to groin strike

I don't know why things go wrong when Santos and Prindle face off.

UFC
UFC also had a fight on the same night on FX, where it took place in Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Here are the results of the main card:

• Justin Edwards def Josh Neer via technical submission at Round 1
• John Dodson def Jussier Formiga via TKO at Round 2
• Jake Ellenberger def Jay Hieron via unanimous decision
• Antonio "Bigfoot" Silva def Travis Browne via TKO at Round 1

WWE
Tonight on Raw, WWE Chairman Vince McMahon will make a "State of the WWE" address. I'm not sure what he's going to address, but if it's something good, I want to know.

That's all I have to say for now. Have a good week!

-NYCKNP

10/5/2012- MLB Postseason Coverage, preview of NFL Week 5, more

Hello everyone! I hope all of you had a great week! As you may know, the MLB Postseason is underway. Here we go!

MLB
In the final 3 days of the 2012 MLB Season, the Yankees hosted the Boston Red Sox to close the season, and swept them not only giving the Yankees a sweeping win over the Red Sox in 2012, but a AL East Division Championship win. Meanwhile for the Mets, they lose the 1st 2 games to the Miami Marlins, but avoid a sweep and get the final win of the season, closing out the season with a 74-88 record.

Now that the regular season is over, it's time for the 2012 MLB Postseason Coverage. Which means you will be hearing this theme on TV.

With that being said: here are the 2012 Postseason Rankings:

National League

1. Washington Nationals (98-64, NL East Champions)
2. Cincinnati Reds (97-65, NL Central Champions)
3. San Francisco Giants (94-68, NL West Champions)
4. Atlanta Braves (94-68, Wild Card #1)
5. St. Louis Cardinals (88-74, Wild Card #2)

American League

1. New York Yankees (95-67, AL East Champions)
2. Oakland Athletics (94-68, AL West Champions)
3. Detroit Tigers (88-74, AL Central Champions)
4. Texas Rangers (93-69, Wild Card #1)
5. Baltimore Orioles (93-69, Wild Card #2)

The Braves and Cardinals are currently facing off in the 1st Wild Card game as of now, while the Orioles and Rangers will face off around 8:30 PM. Both games air on TBS. Whoever wins the Braves/Cardinals game will face the Washington Nationals, while the Orioles/Rangers game winner will face the Yankees. However, there are some games that are definite.

ALDS

• Game 1: Oakland @ Detroit, 10/6, 6 PM, TBS
• Game 2: Oakland @ Detroit, 10/7, 12 PM, MLB Network
• Game 3: Detroit @ Oakland, 10/9, 9 PM, TBS
• Game 4: Detroit @ Oakland, 10/10, TBA*
• Game 5: Detroit @ Oakland, 10/11, TBA*

NLDS

• Game 1: Cincinnati @ San Francisco, 10/6, 9:30 PM, TBS
• Game 2: Cincinnati @ San Francisco, 10/7, 9:30 PM, TBS
• Game 3: San Francisco @ Cincinnati, 10/9, 5:30 PM, TBS
• Game 4: San Francisco @ Cincinnati, 10/10, TBA*
• Game 5: San Francisco @ Cincinnati, 10/11, TBA*

(*)- if necessary

More details are on MLB.com. Keep in mind, schedule is subject to change.

NFL
The New York Giants will host the Cleveland Browns this Sunday in an inter conference matchup. The game will air on CBS at 1 PM. The following night, the New York Jets will host the Houston Texans on Monday Night Football on ESPN.

MMA
Tonight, Bellator 75 will take place as well as UFC on FX 5. Bellator 75 will air on MTV 2 and EPIX HD, while UFC on FX will air on FX (and Fox Deportes for Espanol)


That's all I have to say for now before I go overload. Have a nice weekend!

- NYCKNP


 

10/1/2012- Yankees/Blue Jays split series, Braves def Mets 2 out of 3, 49ers shut out NY Jets, Eagles def NY Giants, more

Hello everyone! I hope all of you had a great weekend. Let's cut to the chase, shall we? Here we go!

MLB
Over the weekend, the Yankees faced the Toronto Blue Jays in their final road series of the 2012 MLB Regular Season. Toronto took the 1st and 3rd game of the series, but the Yankees took the 2nd and 4th of that game, making it a series split. On the other side, the Mets faced the Atlanta Braves in Turner Field. The Mets won the 1st game, but lost the next 2 making it an Atlanta series win.

From tonight until Wednesday, the Yankees will have their final home game stand of the regular season against the Boston Red Sox. After that, it all determines how the Yankees will make their run during the postseason. For the Mets, they will be in Miami facing the Marlins to close out their 2012 season and start another year of rebuilding.

NFL
Yesterday afternoon, the New York Jets hosted the San Francisco 49ers in what proved to be an embarrassing loss where the Jets got shut out 34-0. Things looked okay during the 1st half, but everything fell apart in the 2nd half. Also, this was Mark Sanchez's worst career game ever. After that game, the fans and the media called for his head and pleaded for Tim Tebow to start the next game. I don't know what's going to happen, but things aren't looking good for the Jets so far.

 

 

Later on, the New York Giants faced the Philadelphia Eagles at Lincoln Financial Field on Sunday Night Football. I didn't see the entire game, but I heard that Ramses Barden caused a penalty which resulted in a Giants loss.

 

 

 

Bellator

Bellator Season 7 kicked off on Friday night with Bellator 74 emanating from Caesar's in Atlantic City, NJ. This will be the final season to air on MTV 2 before moving to Spike in 2013. Here are the results of the main card:

 

• Andrey Koreshkov def Jordan Smith via unanimous decision
• Michail Tsarev def Tim Welch via submission at Round 2
• Marius Zaromskis def Nordine Taleb via unanimous decision
• Lyman Good def Jim Wallhead via unanimous decision

Here are the highlights available on this link: http://www.bellator.com/mediaPortal/player.dbml?id=1064424

 

 That's all I have to say for now. Have a good rest of the week!