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The St. Louis Cardinals were not expected to make the playoffs. 10 and 1/2 games out of contention for the Wild Card at the end of August, they scrapped and clawed their way into the postseason on the very last day of the regular season. Then they had to play the heavily favored Phillies in the Divisional Series and they found a way to knock them off. They upset the Brewers in the NLCS, and were the underdogs going into the World Series against the slugging Texas Rangers. Down 3 games to 2, the Cardinals won an epic Game Six in extra innings after coming from 2 runs behind twice. Game 7, the Rangers scored twice in the opening innning.

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The Texas Rangers were one strike away from winning their first World Championship. Twice. They had a 7-5 lead with two outs in the bottom of the ninth and two strikes on David Freese. Freese tripled off the right field wall to tie the game at 7-7 and send Game Six of the 2011 World Series into extra innings. The Rangers' Josh Hamilton quieted the crowd at Busch Stadium with a two-run homer in the top of the tenth to put Texas ahead by two runs at 9-7. The Cardinals would not give up.

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Here’s a look at some notable birthdays being celebrated today:

Hillary Rodham Clinton
Age: 64
Occupation: Politician and Diplomat
Known For: Currently serving as the US Secretary of State, being a former US Senator from New York, serving as the First Lady when her husband Bill Clinton was President, and being one of the most forgiving wives in history

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The Texas Rangers were firing on all cylinders Sunday, as they beat the St. Louis Cardinal 4-0 in game four of the World Series. The grounds crew was no exception, as one of its workers busted out some pretty cool dance moves during field maintenance at Arlington Stadium.

Hit the jump for the video. By the way, Major League Baseball dedicated game four to cancer research, and "Stand Up To Cancer."

I wonder if this was planned.

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Zooey Deschanel, star of the Fox sitcom ‘New Girl,’ showed off  her musical side when she sang the national anthem before Game 4 of the World Series between the St. Louis Cardinals and Texas Rangers.

When she’s not setting geek hearts aflutter on screens big and small, Zooey Deschanel has a fairly successful singing career as one half of the group She & Him.

So how did she do performing America’s most famous song?

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Flubbing the National Anthem is becoming a tradition. Actually, American Idol Scotty McCreery made a good recovery after some technical difficulties at Wednesday night's World Series game between the Cardinals and Rangers. But about a minute later he joined the ranks of Christina Aguilera, Roseanne Barr, and many others as he seemed to flub, "Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave..."

"No José does that star-spangled banner yet wave..."? Would that be José ValVerde? José Cuervo? José Feliciano?

Take a look for yourself.

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The Detroit Tigers were two wins away from playing in the 2011 World Series. They surprised fans and sports pundits alike by going as far as they did. Unfortunately, they'll be watching the Texas Rangers take on the St. Louis Cardinals play for baseball's top prize. The Detroit Tigers look to be a good team again next year and with some minor tweaks should go far.

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We had our ace, Justin Verlander on the mound for a "win or go home" game 5 in the best of 7 American League Championship Series against Texas. The Rangers quieted the crowd with a run in the top of the first inning, and this looked like it might end badly. The Tigers would have none of that today, as Alex Avila finally got hold of one and hit a solo homer in the 3rd to tie the game at 1-1. Delmon Young connected in the 4th to give the Tigers a 2-1 lead.

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Jose Valverde is still perfect in save situations this season. The problem is that he has been pretty awful in non-save situations all year long. Tonight, in a non-save situation he was blown out again. After an 8 pitch 10th inning, Valverde gave up a double to Josh Hamilton on the very first pitch of the 11th. After striking out the next hitter, the Tigers elected to intentionally walk Adrian Beltre to pitch to Mike Napoli in hopes of inducing a double play.

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It ain't over until it's over. Despite trailing 2 games to none in the American League Championship Series to Texas, individual game tickets for potential 2011 World Series home games at Comerica Park will go on sale Wednesday, October 12th at 10 am.

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I like to watch game shows for the suspense, the excitement, and yes, the flashing lights.  I like to watch a lot of Discovery, History, Science, and National Geographic Channel's documentaries for the interesting nuggets of knowledge on an assortment of topics.  Over the weekend, I enjoyed the best of both worlds with a NatGeo show called "Brain Games."

Ever since my dad suffered a brain injury almost three years ago, I have learned a lot about how the brain works.  This series furthered my education on the human brain, and in several ways surprised me.

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The Tigers had plenty of chances to win this one. But they didn't. Nelson Cruz hit a homer to tie it in the 7th at 3-3 off Max Scherzer then hit a walk-off grand slam to win it in the 11th off Ryan Perry. Final score: Rangers 7, Tigers 3. The Rangers now lead the American League Championship Series 2 games to none.

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