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ARLINGTON, Texas -- Both the Cleveland Indians and Texas Rangers feel like they have winning pieces for a deep postseason run this year.Theres no doubt the Indians do in Mike Napoli and no one knows that better than Texas. Napoli, who went 0-for-3 in Thursdays 9-0 Texas win, has been to the postseason seven times since the 2007 season. Three of those seasons were with the Rangers and another resulted in a World Series title with Boston in 2015.Now Napoli has a chance at an eighth postseason and another World Series with Cleveland. And while Napoli isnt the sole reason the teams hes played on have gone to the postseason, hes certainly been a big contributor.You know its another year, another playoff run, Napoli joked Monday.The Indians have been all smiles since signing Napoli too. Hes leads the Indians in home runs (29) and RBI (87). His RBI total is sixth in the American League and his homer total has him tied for 10th. Its a product of Napoli playing every day and enjoying his time in Cleveland on the field and off the field, where his Party at Napolis t-shirt has become a must-have item for Cleveland fans.Hes been everything manager Terry Francona could have hoped for after talking with Napolis former teammate Dustin Pedroia about him in the offseason.In my book, getting the endorsement from Pedroia is a high mark, but I tell you what, its been that and then some. Hes been, you take the numbers, which are tremendous, but his will to compete every day, regardless of what the weather is, or how he feels, its been a pleasure.His impact in a clubhouse for a team thats been to the postseason just one time in the last nine years may have more of an impact than the numbers hes delivered from the cleanup spot.Im sure there are a certain number of people that have the ability to take people one direction, Francona said. Hes one. I think theres a certain number they certainly look up to him. There are probably a few others that are scared of him. Thats OK, but like when he practices, he practices right. Hes been a pleasure.The Rangers dont have any complaints about their newest addition either. Outfielder Carlos Gomez homered in his first at-bat with the club Thursday to key the win.Like Napoli, Gomez provides spark with his play on and off the field. While his fiery personality may have rubbed some wrong in his previous stops, its part of him and the club liked what they saw Thursday.This is an energy guy, Texas manager Jeff Banister said. Hell give you a lot of energy. Hes going to excite you. He pushes the envelope, which I dont mind. Weve got some guys that do that already. I think hell fit in in that department. And hes got passion for the game and he wants to win.Bert Blyleven Indians Jersey . LOUIS -- Roman Polak was celebrating even before Alexander Steen scored the winning goal in Saturdays 4-2 win over the Carolina Hurricanes. Dennis Eckersley Indians Jersey . 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American Kevin Streelman was in second place after shooting a 69.(STATS) -- If youre seeing smoke, thats FCS social media on fire.The NCAA Division I FCS selection committee announced a Top 10 ranking of playoff candidates for the first time Thursday and it didnt match the very top of the major polls, including the STATS FCS Top 25. Ohio Valley Conference leader Jacksonville State earned the committees No. 1 seed with three weeks of action remaining before the 24-team field is announced Nov. 20.The Gamecocks (7-1) were just ahead of Sam Houston State (8-0), ranked No. 1 in the STATS media poll but No. 2 by the committee. Those two were followed by Eastern Washington (7-1), five-time defending FCS champion North Dakota State (7-1), James Madison (7-1), The Citadel (8-0), Richmond (7-1), Chattanooga (8-1), Charleston Southern (5-2) and Central Arkansas (7-1).This changes nothing for us, Sam Houston coach K.C. Keeler said. The goal for us all along has been to win every game we possibly can, win the Southland Conference and position ourselves to win a national championship. I like that the committee is giving us a glimpse at where we stand right now, but there is still a lot of football yet to be played and our focus is on going out and competing and winning each week.The committee rankings were likely going to draw the ire of some fan bases, it just depended on the order of the rankings. Withh the top two seeded teams in the playoffs set to play home games prior to the national championship game Jan.dddddddddddd 7 in Frisco, Texas, North Dakota State might have had the biggest complaint about the first set of rankings.The NCAAs toughest schedule report that is included in its national statistics show the Bison with the nations fifth-toughest schedule, with wins against Big Ten member Iowa, Eastern Washington, Charleston Southern and Western Illinois (6-2). The only blemish was a last-second loss to South Dakota State (5-3), which has the nations third-toughest schedule based on cumulative opposition (the winning percentage of past and future opponents).Jacksonville State, whose only loss was to SEC member LSU, had a strength of schedule that was 88th, Sam Houstons was 86th and Eastern Washingtons was 30th, including the head-to-head overtime loss to the Bison. The second-best strength of schedule among the 10 ranked teams was Charleston Southern at 20.Only eight teams will earn seeds for the playoffs and receive first-round byes; the other 16 qualifiers will open play in the first round on Nov. 26.The selection committee will release additional sets of Top 10 rankings on Nov. 10 and 15. ' ' '