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As a public service for young readers, the Journal presents Baseball Past Your Bedtime, a summary of Major League Baseball playoff games that end late at night. This is a synopsis for Sunday night’s Game 3 between the Philadelphia Phillies and Cincinnati Reds:

Hey kids, hope you’re getting Monday off from school for the Columbus Day. If you’re not, tell mom or dad to “pull a Bobby Cox or a Ron Gardenhire” at the next school board meeting and demand you get the holiday off. That technique almost always works and is funny to watch.

You’re probably exhausted from all the late-night baseball this weekend. There are more episodes of this stuff than “The Wizards of Waverly Place.” But Sunday night’s game between the Phillies and the Reds was an important one, even if it had a lot of errors by the Reds and a lot of – ugh – pitching. What’s with all the pitching in these playoffs, anyway? Grandpa loves to talk about “classic baseball” and “good pitching always beats good hitting,” but what he’s really saying is “I don’t like home runs, because I’m really old and I like being bored and watching boring things on TV, like golf and the news.”

You really didn’t miss much if you fell asleep early Sunday night. The Phillies got a run in the first inning and that’s all they needed to win. Philadelphia pitcher Cole Hamels was so good, he turned around in the seventh inning and his entire team was sound asleep. Second baseman Chase Utley dreamed he was a horse chasing after a wizard. Jimmy Rollins dreamed he was a wizard being chased by Chase Utley. Ryan Howard had a nightmare he appeared as himself in an episode of “Entourage.” Charlie Manuel dreamed that people thought he was half as big a genius as Tony LaRussa or Joe Maddon.

When the Phillies woke up, Hamels was still pitching, the Reds were down to their last at-bat, and grandpa was fast asleep on his couch. Reds manager Dusty Baker – yes, that’s really his name, Dusty Baker – walked over to Mr. Manuel and proposed that the last out be “double or nothing.” Mr. Manuel refused, but he did offer to take the Reds to the aquarium after the game. So that’s exactly what happened – the Phillies won 2-0, took the series from the Reds, and after the game everyone went to the Newport Aquarium to look at the frog bog, jellyfish gallery and the Kingdom of Penguins. Everyone had a great time, even if the Reds dropped two frogs and one penguin (all of them were unhurt.)

This 2010 Baseball Playoffs betting preview for the ALDS Game 5 is courtesy of our friends at SBG Global, who are currently offering a 30 percent bonus on your first deposit when opening an online betting account (see details here)

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Texas Rangers at Tampa Bay Rays
Tuesday, 8:05 pm Eastern – TBS

The Texas Rangers and Tampa Bay Rays play game five of the baseball ALDS on Tuesday with the winner advancing to the American League Championship Series against the New York Yankees.  It is rematch of Game 1 between Texas’ Cliff Lee and Tampa Bay’s David Price.

The Rays are -115 with a total of 6.5 at SBG Global.

Cliff Lee is 5-0 in the postseason and has been simply brilliant the last two years but the Rangers are still underdogs on Tuesday against the Rays and David Price.   This has been a road team series as all four games have been won by the road team and the underdog. The Rays will try and break that streak with 19-game winner Price on the mound.  Price said that he didn’t have his best stuff in Game 1 and that he expects a different result on Tuesday.

The Rangers have to deal with a lot of history as they approach Game 5. They have never won a baseball playoff series.  Even with Cliff Lee on the mound, the Rangers have to overcome the weight of failure in this game. They also have to find some offense. Suddenly the Rangers can’t score as Josh Hamilton looks injured, Vladimir Guerrero looks old and the entire lineup looks scared.

There has never been a five-game series where the road team has won every game.  The Rays look alive with Carlos Pena and Evan Longoria hitting the ball. Tampa has David Price well rested and they now have momentum for Tuesday’s game.

Here are the baseball betting statsfor Tuesday’s game. The Rangers are 5-0 in their last 5 road games. The Rangers are 5-0 in their last 5 games vs. a left-handed starter. The Rangers are 4-1 in Lee’s last 5 starts. The Rangers are 5-13 in the last 18 meetings in Tampa Bay.

The Rays are 2-5 in their last 7 playoff games. The Rays are 1-5 in their last 6 games as a home favorite. The Rays are 0-5 in their last 5 games vs. a left-handed starter. The Rays are 4-1 in Price’s last 5 starts as a home favorite.

The Under is 4-0 in the Rangers last 4 playoff road games. The Under is 4-1 in Lee’s last 5 starts overall. The Under is 6-0 in Rays last 6 playoff home games. The Under is 18-6-2 in Price’s last 26 starts as a home favorite.

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