Mizzou in the Majors: Ian vs. the Yankees

■ A 1-1 LCS can be anybody's guess (mlb.com)

"It's a five-game series now," the Rangers' Ian Kinsler said. "We have Cliff Lee to pitch two of them. That doesn't sound so bad now, does it?"

■ A tale of two teams (lonestarbaseball.com)

Ron Washington dubs this Rangers team "resilient" for bouncing back after a tough loss. None was ever tougher than Game 1 of the ALCS.
Well, when the bullpen failed miserably in a 6-5 loss Friday night, MLB Network analyst Peter Gammons walked into the clubhouse and saw something he really admired.

"I was impressed with how Ian Kinsler stood up and out front afterward," said [Peter Gammons], the Boston-based baseball writer/TV analyst of 40 seasons.

"The whole team stood up. Nobody hid. That's a good sign."