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Daily Sports: Cleveland Gets In; Three Nights Of Knockout Baseball Ahead

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The Cleveland Indians improbable ride to the MLB postseason is complete. The Indians beat the Twins 5-1 thanks to 6.2 inning of one-run baseball pitched by Ubaldo Jiminez, and two hits apiece from each of the top three hitters in the order in Michael Brantley, Nick Swisher and Jason Kipnis. The game opened with a Brantley single and Swisher home run, loosened everyone up and Cleveland coasts in to the playoffs on a 10-game winning streak.

MLB Coverage: Reviewing The Over/Under Win Props

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The 2013 MLB regular season is in the books, and on this final Sunday night of the season, as we await the Texas-Tampa tiebreaker game on Monday, followed by the two wild-card games on Tuesday and Wednesday, let’s clean up one last loose end from the season and it’s to review each team’s win props.

Daily Sports: St. Louis Clinches The Central

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The six automatic spots in the Division Series are now complete. The St. Louis Cardinals clinched the last remaining division title with a 7-0 win over the Chicago Cubs on Friday night in front of the home fans. Yadier Molina went 2-for-4 with three RBIs, while both David Freese and Matt Holliday homered. It was the first division title for the Cardinals since 2009 and just the second since their run from 2004-06.

MLB Coverage: The National League All-Star Team

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We’re in the last weekend of the baseball season and it’s time to start the awards parade with selections for the final 2013 National League All-Star team. TheSportsNotebook’s MLB coverage makes this a season-ending tradition, because I find it foolish that we place all the emphasis on what players are All-Stars at the halfway point (with voting beginning even earlier), rather than which players produced the best body of work for an entire season.

Daily Sports: Ninth-Inning Drama In AL Wild-Card Race

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Cleveland and Texas both went to the wire before surviving 6-5 decisions on Thursday night, keeping the Indians a game up on the Rangers for the final wild-card berth. And Tampa Bay finished off a sweep of the Bronx to keep their own lead over Texas at two games as we head into the final weekend. Here’s how last night broke down…

Daily Sports: The National League Field Of Five Is Set

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The first part of the National League playoff race is all but set. We officially know who the five teams are that will make the postseason, and all that’s left to be sorted out is who which of the three NL Central contenders will win the division and which two will face off in the wild-card game.

Daily Sports: Wild-Card Leaders Hold Serve

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NFL Week 3 goes Sunday, and with the TV schedule keyed by Indianapolis-San Francisco (4:25 PM ET, CBS) and Chicago-Pittsburgh (8:30 PM ET, NBC), a lot of fans won’t find time for baseball. But the races have just eight days to go. The leaders in the American League wild-card race held serve yesterday. Here’s what went down on Saturday…

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