So Many Baseball Thoughts This Morning!

First things first - how amazing is Justin Verlander? October always seems to have a way of bringing out the best in players and Verlander has emerged from being excellent to other worldly as of last night. I mean, the man threw for 133 pitches on short rest and picked up the win in Texas, to breathe life back into the Tigers and allow them to play another day.

On the flip side, is it possible that C.J. Wilson is killing his stock in the off season? This is yet another underwhelming performance by a pitcher many people feel to be the best on the market this winter. Texas could have been in the World Series with a decent outing from Wilson, but only going 6 innings and giving up 6 runs won't get it done against a team in Detroit that looks hungry.

On Saturday this series returns back to Texas for game 6. The probables are 15-9/4.43 ERA Max Scherzer for the Tigers squaring off with 16-5/3.95 ERA Derek Holland for the Texas Rangers.

How about them Brewers?!? Here is another team that has completely impressed me with their heart and determination. I fully admit, once they passed the Diamondbacks, I assumed their run was over in the playoffs. I truly believed St. Louis to be a team better suited to win in October. Milwaukee keeps proving me wrong. Bud Selig must be over-joyed! Randy Wolf and John Axford's mustache managed to keep the Cardinals bats at bay and tie this series up at 2-games a piece.

The Brewers are certainly the underdog story of the playoffs now. A team that has a minimal payroll in a small market is tearing it up against a very good St. Louis Cardinal team. One could sit here and write article after article on the stars of this team, Bruan and Fielder, but it is the other cogs that are making this team work. I have been impressed by the play of Jerry Hairston, Jr. at third base; last night going 2 for 4 with 2 hits and an RBI. The loud-mouthed Nyjer Morgan has been proving that he can back up his bark with some bite, going 2 for 4 with a run.

Game 5 will be on tonight at 8:05 EST and should be a great match up as we will see 16-6/3.83 Zack Greinke toe the rubber against another young stud, 13-7/3.56 ERA Jaime Garcia. This may be quite the pitchers dual, definitely a game to tune in and watch.

In other baseball news, more directly, in other Red Sox news, this morning I read a great article by ESPN Boston's Gordon Edes "Sounds Crazy, but Red Sox can be saved" (http://espn.go.com/boston/mlb/story/_/id/7099013/sounds-crazy-red-sox-saved) which detailed a few ideas to repair the Boston Red Sox. I encourage you to read the article. Edes offers some great options and insight at to what the Sox may decide to do or rather, should do.

One idea that I really liked was the notion of trading Josh Beckett to Texas for Michael Young. It may be the biggest takeaway I had from this article, especially if the Sox do decide to make a Beckett trade bait. Another great thought (albeit most likely a pipe dream) is to sign Ellsbury to a long term deal. It seems like a no-brainer, but with Scott Boras as his agent, there is a very slim chance of that ever happening.

For now, Sox fans just need to sit back, wait, and hope that this ownership group can take the proper steps to fix this team.