texa -- for mark teixeira and rn mayhay. >> tim: trade of the decade. >> joe: teixeira moved on after dry cleaning convention. >> joe: nolan ryan all bundled up. chilly and wet. the 2-2 pitch. hard hit, base hit. inge will stop at second. two on with miguel cabrera coming up. >> joe: a few baseball for harrison. they will go through a lot of baseballs here tonight. a meeting on the mound. as you look at the faces and the names in that deal back in 2007. at the deadline. teixeira went to atlanta with a lefty ron mayhay. here are three major componen components that the rangers organization picked up in that deal. >> joe: cabrera. ball one. >> tim: cabrera last night, driving in a run with a double down the right-field line and when he homered toward the left field line and the next at-bat. outfield is very deep. so is the infield. >> joe: that is a rocket in to left centerfield. hits the wall. one run scores. that's inge. here comes raburn. 2-nothing, tigers. [ applause ] >> tim: what a hitter! looks like a cut fastball in on the hands. and cabrera so quick. first run of the game. >> j

benoit facing teixeira with the walk. benoit walks teixeira. jeter comes home. a one-run game.batter, nick swisher, a chance to be a hero. tigers lead it 3-2. hometown hockey now. stanley cup or bust. you heard that before. it's arguably the case for the capitals. washington has been to the playoffs four straight seasons, and the new seasons on saturday, the expectations are great. that's not the novel idea, it's the only idea. in october, the playoffs start in april. >> if we start thinking playoffs right now, we're in trouble. you've got to take it one day at a time. it's an old cliche, people are dwelling a lot on playoff successes and failures. that's april. >> you're going to get knocked back and you don't want to be focused on first round playoffs, second round playoffs. we haven't made the playoffs. for us, me personally, just game one, game two, game three. >> got to go through thanksgiving, christmas, easter, valentine's day. so many events that will happen before april comes. so we can't even begin to think that right now. >> thanksgiving, easter valentine's day. toni

benoit did walk mark teixeira. scores jeter.with a chance to blow the game open but strikes out swinging to end the inning, a one-run game and yankees down to their last out, down 3-2. alex rodriguez, a chance to redeem himself and waves weakly. he was 2 for 18 in the series on that 1-2 count, valverde blows him away and the yankees crowd is stunned in silence as the tigers celebrate in the bronx, 3-2 deciding game five of the series. detroit goes on to texas to begin the american league championship series and i have to say as a yankee fan it hurts to lose but you've got to lose to somebody it's the detroit tigersment tonight game five in the national league, arizona and milwaukee and also st. louis at philadelphia. a great night of baseball ahead. some football related news. earlier we told you espn had dropped hank williams' song in the intro to monday night football because of these comments he made on fox news comparing president obama to adolf hitler. >> you remember the golf game they had, ladies and gentlemen. >> what di

mark teixeira popping out. 11 strikeouts, a career high for verlander.he ninth, jose valverde, who predicted they would close things out in detroit. tigers win game three. >>> rays and rangers, tied at 1-1. series moving to st. petersburg. desmond jennings, if you don't know this name, learn it. turns on a pitch from colby lewis. rays take a 1-0 lead. top of the seventh, mike napoli. you think the angels have reconsidered trading him to texas? off of david price. adrian beltre would join him at home plate. nolan ryan excited. price pulled after one more batter. bottom of the ninth, rays trailing 4-3. and scottie feliz, gets shoppach. the a.l. east, two losses away from being out of the pro season. >>> this has been your espn news update. for all the latest in the sports world, tune into espn news every night at 11:00 p.m. eastern, "the highlight express." >>> coming up next, "the pulse." what one monday night frontman did to get kicked off the show last night. >>> and if you missed it, an emotional night on the dance floor. against new kellogg's fiber pl

we begin with this comment from mark teixeira, for space and from the new york 80's. anything less than 8 chip -- is it lost year. the yankees' season ends. it is a lost year in the bronx. the tigers waste will time. second batter of the game, don kelly. into the right-field bleachers. 1-0, tigers. next batter, delmon young, his third home run of the series. the tigers were jacked up. in the ninth, jose valverde, take a seat, alex rodriguez. the yankees' season ends with a- rod striking out. detroit moves on to the shepherds of series. >> unbelievable. -- detroit moves on to the championship series. >> it is an empty feeling for everybody in that room and it hurts. aegis have to remember this feeling and it will be determined next year because that is the yankees' manager. the tigers now play the rangers. tiger was playing in california. he played pretty well except for one phase of his game -- his putting. check out the shot on the ninth hole. a beauty. sets up a try for birdie which tiger is not able to convert. this was the start of the day. he said this was the wo