evan longoria with a walk-off home run to send the rays into the playoffs. what a finish, what a turn of events. tampa punching their ticket to the postseason. >>> to the national league, no drama between the cards and astros. albert pujols getting things done with an rbi single. st. louis scores five in the first inning. from there it was all chris carpenter, a complete game shutout. cards do their job. they win 8-0. so can atlanta win and force a one-game playoff with st. louis? unfortunately for them, no. phillies forcing extra innings with a sac fly in the ninth. then in the 13th, hunter pence singles in the go-ahead run. phillies up 4-3. they beat the braves. cardinals can celebrate. they're in the playoffs. like boston and atlanta with an epic september collapse. if this is how the postseason is going to play out, we're in for a wild ride. that's a look at sports on "early today." i'm mario solis. >>> which tv actresses make the most money and who just bought an $18 million long island mansion? your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ah

evan longoria gives them more. ninth inning, rays down to the final out.inch-hitter, dan johnson rips a solo home run that barely clears the wall. tampa rallies to score seven runs and force extra innings. >>> in baltimore, the red sox were on the way to a 3-2 inning. in comes kyle hudson. the next batter, robert andino, with a shot to left. carl crawford can't make the catch. rival hustling to score the final run. red sox lose 4-3. >> literally, three minutes after the boston collapse, this happens, evan longoria with a walk-off home run to send the rays into the playoffs. tampa punching their ticket to the postseason. >> no drama between the cards and astros. pujols getting it done. st. louis scores five in the first inning. from there, all chris carpenter. a complete game shutout. cards win 8-0. >> can atlanta win? unfortunately, no. phillies forcing extra innings, in the ninth. hunter pence singles in the go-ahead run, phillies up 4-3. they hold on to beat the braves. cardinals can celebrate. they are on to the playoffs like boston and atlanta. if this

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evan longoria the deciding blow. an emotional 8-7 win for the rays that knocks out boston and moves tampa bay to the play offs again. they now have to regroup to face the rangers in texas tomorrow. >> that is so unthinkable to do what we did last night. and actually like i think some people said it. at the moment it happens what are you supposed to do? how do you react to this. >> reporter: the orioles have been calling the tampa bay rays the blueprint baltimore need to follow. the amazing race in the play offs for the first time in four years despite having the second lowest payroll in the majors. rays and rangers game one in texas coming up tomorrow. they should celebrate. i consider that team the greatest story in team sports in america now. it's amazing. >> yes, sir. >> all right, thank you mark. well it's a sweet lovers paradise. >> coming ,,,, i'm a curious seeker. i am a chemistry aficionado. diphenhydramine. magnesium hydroxide. atheletes foot. yes. i'm a people pleaser. if elected, i promise flu shots for al

just minutes later, in tampa, the rays' third baseman evan longoria stepped to the plate in the bottom of the 12th inning in a tie game against the new york yankees. tampa had trailed seven-nothing at one point, but longoria's heroics sent his team to the playoffs. >> you can't even really put it into words. you know we were out here for i think you know the better part of five hours and then at the end it seemed like everything happened in a matter of seconds. >> brown: ecstasy for tampa and agony for boston, one of baseball's best teams all year, but losers of 20 of their last 27 games and now out of the playoffs altogether. sportswriter and author john feinstein joins me now to tell us more about this wild night. john, what's funny about this is just a few weeks ago, i think, baseball writers were talking about what a gloomy, uninteresting accept it was. >> there was nothing going on. all the races were over. the six visions had been decided. the wild cards, the two extra teams that make it into the play-offs in each league, along with the three division winners, looked decide. the

evan longoria is gone and they suffer the biggest bust in baseball history in september pulling the nine-game lead. >>> and they have the game- winning base hit in the beach. and, they celebrate the wild- card chance. and they get that they sent to jordan pacheco and the rockies went six-three. and the a finished up in seattle. jay miller, the persona of the year, his second career bomb. to run shot in the a's finished with the two-one score. >> an incredible night in baseball. >> we need 30 minutes. >> we will do that 11. >> we are here making your hair turn gray tonight. i am a face unclogger. i am a nose coach. i am a throat untickler. i am a human cough suppressant. and i am the sniffles worst nightmare. i am a target pharmacist. ask me about cold and flu remedies.

evan longoria, a shot deep to center but not deep enough. the yanks clinched a spot. the yankees are headed back to the postseason for the 16th time in the last 17 years. they beat the rays, 4-2. they won the division, like the early game, they took it in the eighth. jorge posada has not had a good year but this had to feel good. an rbi single. new york was up 4-2. rivera unable in the ninth, so rafael soriano got the stage. he strikes out matt joyce. new york takes the a.l. east crown. all a day's work for the yankees. >>> nothing's been going right for the red sox, tied at four with the orioles. guerrero up the middle. boston reeling but tampa not much better. the sox lead the wild card by 2 1/2. now you can throw the angels into the mix. unlike the rays and red sox, the angels have been winning. bernie wells returned to his old stomping grounds and smashed a two-run homer. angels over toronto. 7-2. they are 2 1/2 back with seven remaining. >>> at one point the braves had a 10 1/2 game lead, now it's down to 1 1/2. brett hayes with a solo shot in the fifth. marlins

yankees lograron su boleto al remontar el marcador y terminar ganando con el segundo cuadrangular de evan longoriaunda entrada... los rays ganaron el puesto de comodin de la americana.. ---ahora los rays enfrentaran a los rangers que terminaron segundos en la liga americana con ventaja de local luego de vencer a los angelinos con dos cuadrangulares de mike napoli el ex jugador de anaheim... ... 3-1 fue el marcador final... ---asi se jugaran las series divisionales... los rays en una revancha del aÑo pasado visitan a los rangers... mas tarde los tigres de detroit se veran ante los yankees de nueva york ... ---los cardenales de san luis ganaron el puesto de comodin de la liga nacional... luego de darle de palos anoche a los astros de houston en el minute maid park.. brett myers permitio cinco carreras en la primera entrada.... 8 a cero fue el marcador final... ---...mientras que los filis no le dieron tregua a los bravos y los dejaron fuera de la gran fiesta de otoÑo.... filadelfia les empato el partido a tres y luego terminaron ganando por cuatro a tres en la decima tercera entrada con sencillo de

in the bottom of the 12th inning in florida, tampa bay's evan longoria hit a flyball down the left-fieldfor a game-winning walkoff home run. the 8-7 come-from-behind win over the yankees gave the rays the wild card spot in the american league. >>> and just moments earlier in baltimore, the orioles robert andino hit a single that carl crawford could not catch. the orioles eliminated the stunned red sox 4-3. boston's collapse makes it the first team ever to miss the postgame after holding a nine-game lead heading into september. the red sox manager put it this way. >> i don't know how to evaluate it. every time you lose, it hurts. when you go home before you're ready, it hurts. as tough as it's been this last month, we want to go home when you dictate it. not when somebody makes you. it's extremely disappointed. >>> the american league divisional playoffs start friday. >>> in the national league, st. louis completed five runs early to come back. chris carpenter threw 8-0 shutout of houston. the cardinals then had to wait to find out if they face a tiebreaker game today for the wild card. b

evan longoria a shot deep to center but not deep enough. the yanks clinched the playoff spot. back to the post season for the 16th time, beating the reds 4-2. >>> better than a nightcap they won the division, taking it in the eighth. jorge pasada's not had a good year, but this has to feel good. rbi single and new york up 4-2. unavailable in the ninth, soriano got the save. striking out matt joyce, there you go. new york takes the als crown with the 4-2 win. they're in a playoff spot in one game and a division in the next. all in a day's work for the yankees. >>> nothing's been going right for the red sox. tied at four with the orioles, singling up the middle to score two. they later win it 6-4. sbauft reeling but tampa not much better. the sox lead the wild card by 2 1/2. now throw the angels into the mix. the angels have been winning. vernon wells returned to his old stomping grounds to smash the two-run homer. angels over toronto, 7-2. they're 2 1/2 back. >>> wild card getting interested in the n.l. at one point the braves had the 10 1/2-game lead. now it's at 1 1/2. hayes

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exactly four minutes after boston's loss, evan longoria hits a wild card clinching walkoff home run inottom of -- not the ninth, not the tenth, not the is 1th, but the 12th inning. wild start to the post season in baseball. >> that is real-life drama. explain why people get so crazy about sports. >> you are not a huge sports fan. >> you know, i can watch a game. i can watch a game. >> there you go, tanya. >>> all right, here's your thursday forecast. drenching rain and flooding for new england to washington, d.c. another wet day around milwaukee. chicago, detroit, cleveland, scattered showers and thunderstorms in florida and louisiana. showers in the mountains of colorado and new mexico. >> 86 in albuquerque. 81 in salt lake city. 70 in billings. 60s in fargo to detroit. 77 in the big apple. 90, miami. 89 in nola. >>> now to a labor of love two decades long in the making. relentless hobby driven by a good cause. >> a north dakota man turned in his collection of soda can tabs, grand total after 20 years, a whopping 4 million tabs. >> wow. >> daryl johnson arranged the tabs on a string t

evan longoria living up to his rep, just sneaks over the wall. the game-winning home run. 8-7 is the final. they win the wild card and advance to the playoffs where they will play the rangers. >> you can't write that down. it is beyond fiction. nobody would believe any of that had you written it in a novel. it's beyond the natural stuff. >> unbelievable. unbelievable feeling. i hit that comfort area. i go with it. you know, ended up getting a hit and kept it fair. >> you have to wonder, what is going through a managers head when he sends a guy to the plate to win a game. he hasn't had a hit in five months. >> that's baseball. >> optimism. >> it is. that's why this is such an amazing story. that was the good part. this is the bad part. boston gets the headlines. the braves aren't that far behind. playoff hopes officially dash last night. chipper jones before the game against philadelphia. this one in the bottom of the ninth. we are tied. the bases are loaded for chase utley. into left field. martin makes the catch. it's just deep enough. pete orr

. >> reporter: evan longoria's game-winning home run sent the tampa bay rays to the playoffs and thejust three minutes earlier suffered a heartbreaking loss with the game-winning hit by the baltimore orioles. the sox had been leading with two outs in the ninth inning. >> and the baltimore orioles, stun the boston red sox! >> reporter: a stunning turnaround for the red sox who just three weeks ago held a commanding nine-game lead in the race for a wild card spot in the playoffs. translation, they had a 99.6% chance of making it to the post season. instead, the team managed to lose 20 of their last 27 games. and last night were sent back to boston to clean out their lockers. the faces of the red sox fans say it all. their team had produced baseball's biggest collapse ever. >> for this to happen, definitely -- disappointed. >> this may be the worst situation i have ever been involved in in my whole career. >> reporter: but misery had company. the atlanta braves blew a giant lead of their own this month and suffered baseball's second biggest collapse in the same season. the braves' loss

a walk-off home run by evan longoria, right down the line, inside the foul ball, and the rays win 8-7! >> alas, there is no joy in redville for the mighty casey struck out. and carl crawford, he just out and out sucks. >> holy cow, willie geist. >> can we trade him yet? >> we're going to. no, i think, they will, especially after last night, missing a catch that most baseball players in the s.e.c. would've made. i'm serious. welcome to "morning joe," i'm joe scarborough, visibly anguished who stayed up until 11:17 last night to see without a doubt, and mike barnicle and i after we got past the funeral march music both agreed, barnicle was down in baltimore. last night, make no mistake of it, and barnicle agrees and he's been alive 120 years, and the 120 years of major league baseball last night was the greatest night of major league baseball for a regular season. it's never come down to this. but this morning, of course, we have to wake up, and it's thursday, september 29th. donny deutch is with us, and sam stein of the huffington post, and pat buchanan. i want to go to you first, will

evan longoria sent the rays to a homerun. boston heads home after a huge lead from pam pa bay a month ago. >>> over the national league, orioles did their part of winning the astros and then waiting for the outcome of the phillies game. and then philadelphia scored in the 13th inning and sent the braves packing. the cardinals watched the game in their clubhouse and then celebrated their post season birth. one month ago they were the afterthought for the playoff and now head to philly for the final. >>> it's 11:39. good news about the job mash ket. >>> plus, get >>> people seeking unemployment benefits falls to the lowest level in five months. we head to bertha coombs for the latest on that. >> barbara, we have the dow up 165 points. and after the german parliament said that it was going to back the greek bailout although confidence continues to waiver, specifically when you talk about the national new homes and the lowest level in yet again to a fresh historic low of 4.1%. confidence, also, wavering. they are feeling less con

evan longoria. line drive down the line. it is fair. good night, game over. drive home safely. 8-7.minutes after the red sox blew you it in baltimore. they will face texas in the al division series. >>> in the national league, the cards shut out the astros so the braves needed to beat philly to force a one game playoff tomorrow. dowd don't it. they lead 4-3 and that is how it end. the cards celebrate in houston. they get the phillies in the mlbs. >>> mike shumann has found a player that not only looks up to tim lincecum but looks just like him. >> reporter: they all have high hopes of making it to the big league. for patrick jameson he is already being compared to tim lincecum not yet for his skills but his looks. >> people would stop him and sometimes even ask for autographs. >> reporter: he looks freakishly like the freak. >> kind of fun having people come up to you and say hi and take a picture and maybe shake your hand. >> we decided to make patrick's wish to meet his idol come true. >> keep an eye on tim. >> his family joined in as he met cody ross. walked through the dugout an

to the 12th just three minutes after the red sox lose, evan longoria, the home run to win the game andrays were 8 1/2 games back of boston back on september 5th and now they're going to the playoffs. how about the nl. st. louis cardinals going after the national league wild card and wasted no time against the astros. cardinals put up five runs in the first inning on houston. st. louis goes onto win 8-0. chris carpenter a complete game shutout. cardinals just need a braves loss to make it to the playoffs. what happens? they had to wait until the 13th inning to find out. it's an infield single by hunter pence. the phillies win knocking out the braves. the cards meanwhile watching all this celebrate from ally to enemy. phillies will face the cards in the first round of the playoffs. braves go home after a horrendous 9-18 september. not as bad as red sox but two of the worst folds in september major league baseball history. incredible night. this happened in a two-hour span. all four games wrapping up a great night for baseball fans. >> you got me excited. not as exciting as your son's t-b

the rays came back led by the all-star third baseman evan longoria who hit two home runs including aalkoff game winner. see you later boston home run in the 12th and are they happy in tampa? i think so. with the rays winning boston red sox had their backs up against the wall. they had to win or it was see you later. jonathan papelbon on the mound for the sox in the 9th. game tied up at 3. that's when robert andino hit a soft liner earlier in the game. a soft liner to left field. now, crawford has a chance to make the play. it would have been out. but no can do. here comes the game-winning run. and it's see you later red sox. 4-3 losers. tampa bay is headed to the play- offs while the red sox suffer their biggest september collapse in baseball history. blowing a nine-game lead since september 4. i need a tissue. >> lawrence just delivered these for you because you were crying as you watched and stayed up late last night. >> i bet everyone is sick in new england. no one is going to go to work. >> painful day in baseball for some of you guys. >>> 6:27. coming up a u.s. ambassador it sta

3, and literally, 60 seconds later, south of the baltimore in tampa, in the bottom of the 7th, evan longoriae plate. >> a line shot down the left field line, that ball, it's gone! and the rays win it! >> that was the end of boston's season, ladies and gentlemen. joy in tampa, silence in boston, silence in atlanta, and tomorrow the baseball playoffs begin, which will be enough of dylan as your sports reporter. now a little bit of, well, myself as your analyst. for all the fireworks last night, it is the boston red sox who have already made history for one of the longest dry spells as a team without a world series, who achieved truly the greatest comeback in baseball playoff history in 2004. well, last night the red sox made history again, as the only team in baseball history to be nine games ahead on september 1st, only to lose so many games so fast that they didn't even make the playoffs. boston loves to go big or go home. well, last night, they went big and they went home. we're back after this. (announcer) everything you need to stretch out on long trips. residence inn. financial advise is

a surprising number ofate stewart's guests have including josh hamilton all star third baseman evan longoriaared from peanuts to $1.5 million this year with the chicago cubs. >> i used to sleep in the downstairs. they had a foldout kind of couch area that looked like a bedroom almost, you know. it was awesome. >> reporter: he credits the home atmosphere in part with his early success. >> definitely played a part in it all for sure. especially when you're so far away from home and you're so young, that's a big scary world it seems like. it's just nice having that little extra comfort. they probably sometimes don't even realize how much of an impact it has. >> reporter: the stewarts have housed as many as seven players at once. fewer since recruited more hosts like barbara o'connor. >> i told her i would do it until i had a bad experience. and even the guy crashesing through the garage door did not make that a bad experience. i'm still doing it for 12 years. as jane would say, she's a lifer now. >> reporter: when called upon, barbara even drives her boys to their games. as would any good socce

wild card finish, you have tampa bay slugger evan longoria rips a walk off home run and they overcameand sending the rays to the playoff as the american league wild card team. how did the rays get into the post season? because the red sox forgot how to win in all of september. i believe they lost 17 of their final 23 games because jonathan papelbon blows this one capping their epic collapse. blows the lead in the ninth. the orioles who are going nowhere celebrate like they're going to the playoffs but they're not. it's going to be carnage in the off season in boston. in atlanta, the braves collapsing and collapse in epic fashion losing to the first place phillies in 13. the phils now play the cardinals who started the night tied with the braves for the wild card. when the night was over, the cardinals won handily and the braves didn't. cardinals move forward. incredible and the mets finishing out a season at home. the season not known for anything except for a subpar play but shortstop jose raez pulls a controversial bunt and punt. he says that's it. if i'm leading the league in hitti

>> it is cool that evan longoria was the guy that hit the home run to win the game. he is the team hero and -- pretty cool guy. she thinks i'm crazy. just ahead on "american morning," herman cain using strong words to explain why there aren't more black voters in the republican party and why he's optimistic it will be different this time. >>> you have to deal with a demanding public. laundry list of domestic and international headaches. why would anyone want this job? join the conversation. >> some in congress want answers after it was discovered fist book is able to track what you are doing online even after you log off the site. more on that story coming up. ♪ [ cellphone rings ] cut! [ monica ] i have a small part in a big movie. i thought we'd be on location for 3 days, it's been 3 weeks. so, i used my citi simplicity card to pick up a few things. and i don't have to worry about a late fee. which is good... no! bigger! bigger! [ monica ] ...because i don't think we're going anywhere for a while. [ male announcer ] write your story with the new citi simplicity car

the most famous longoria in america should be a guy named evan. the 2012 race is frozen. while everyone waits on chris christie. that means it's retooling time for the campaign. in a new fox poll, mitt romney has regained his lead. but is he really the front runner? he leads the field with 23%. about the same number he always had. rick perry dropped dramatically sitting at 19%. rounding out the top three and barely trailing perry is herman cain sitting at 17%. combine the 17 and the 19, you have the 36. that tells you the conservative anti-romney vote is still a powerful force. all right. one non-candidate already discovering the betting process is no cake walk is chris christie. been a potential candidate for a day, and already he's getting hit from the right. >> i heard a lot of john mccain in that speech. maybe not a lot, but enough to send up a red flag or too. but rush, are you saying christie's not a conservative? as far as the republican establishment is concerned, yes. herman cain is a conservative that worries me. perry conservative that worries me. bachmann worr