Words can not describe the series of Nelson Cruz had. The boy who was thrown into a trade from Milwaukee in 2006 (where Carlos Lee was the headliner) and waived at the start of the 2008 season has shown the world the boomstick we all knew he had.
With two-run homer Saturday night, Cruz has increased his total to six homers and 13 RBIs ALCS - both records for a major league playoff series. The numbers will, too, because his Texas Rangers beat the Detroit Tigers 15-5 in Game 6 to advance to the World Series for the second consecutive year.
The Rangers become the first AL West to repeat in the American League Champs the Oakland A's Bash Brothers era is. A dominant performance by Cruz and a second straight trip to the World Series for the Rangers. What a night.
Cruz was an easy choice for the series MVP. He went 8 for 22 (.364), with each stroke going to the foundation in addition, his two homers were not double. Only once has anyone had more extra-base hits in a playoff series, Hideki Matsui for the Yankees when he was nine.
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