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