0 comments by Joe Lucia on 10/4/2013
The St Louis Cardinals beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 9-1 in Game 1 of their NLDS matchup to take a 1-0 series lead. The Pirates really had no chance in this one. Adam Wainwright game out of the gates blazing, and set down the first 11 Pittsburgh hitters in order. Meanwhile, AJ Burnett was melting down […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 10/3/2013
Playoff time is here, hooray! As is typical, our staff has their picks for who's going to represent each league in the World Series, and who's going to wind up on top. If you want to have a laugh, take a look at our picks from six months ago and see just how awful we […]
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The Tampa Bay Rays moved on to the AL Division Series on Wednesday night, beating the Cleveland Indians 4-0 behind a great effort from Alex Cobb. The Rays will take on the Red Sox in Boston starting on Friday afternoon, but the real fun starts today. PIC OF THE DAY Champagne and silly string – […]
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The Tampa Bay Rays are heading for a showdown with their division rivals, the Boston Red Sox, in the AL Division Series. The Rays, led by a masterful starting pitching performance by Alex Cobb, beat the Cleveland Indians 4-0 to win the Wild Card playoff game and punch their ticket to Beantown. Cobb was the […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 10/2/2013
The Pittsburgh Pirates have punched their ticket to the League Division Series, and on Wednesday at 8:07 PM on TBS, the Tampa Bay Rays will take on the Cleveland Indians at Progressive Field for the right to face the Boston Red Sox in the AL Division Series. Throughout most of the season, the Rays were […]
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Our first playoff team was ousted on Tuesday night – the Cincinnati Reds. The Reds fell 6-2 to the Pirates, sending Pittsburgh to the NLDS in St Louis on Thursday for a matchup with their NL Central rivals. Tonight, we'll have another team eliminated, as the Indians host the Rays for the right to travel […]
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The Pittsburgh Pirates' 2013 Postseason run will last more than one game. The Pirates won the Wild Card playoff game 6-2 over the Cincinnati Reds, advancing to the NL Division Series against the St Louis Cardinals. Pittsburgh jumped all over Johnny Cueto early, scoring a pair of runs in the second inning thanks to solo […]
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Johnny Cueto is getting absolutely pounded early on in Pittsburgh, allowing three runs in the first three innings and getting so rattled by a raucous PNC Park crowd that he dropped the ball right out of his hand while preparing to throw a pitch. The score could be a lot worse than 3-0 through three […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 10/1/2013
It's playoff season, and with that…bam, a new edition of the Watchability Rankings. This set of rankings isn't a set of power rankings, breaking down the best MLB Postseason teams by skill level. Instead, these rankings will attempt to answer the question of "which team would I want to watch play upwards of 20 games […]
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Well, we have our final team in the AL Postseason…and it's the Tampa Bay Rays. The Rays knocked off the Rangers 5-2 in Texas to advance to play the Indians on Wednesday in Cleveland. Here's your full recap of Monday night's tilt. PIC OF THE DAY The Rays celebrate their clinching of the right to […]
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Game 163 in the books, and the Rays are your final 2013 Postseason team. Tampa Bay defeated Texas 5-2 on Monday night in Arlington, punching their ticket to Cleveland on Wednesday to take on the Indians for the right to play the Red Sox in the ALDS. The Rays took a lead in the first […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 9/30/2013
Texas Rangers second baseman Ian Kinsler is taking the club's fanbase to task for poor support of the team on Sunday, when the team beat the Angels 6-2 to clinch a tie with the Rays for the American League's second Wild Card spot. ESPN Dallas has the quotes from the long-time Ranger. "We've been to […]
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Well folks, this is the end. Aside from one critical game between the Rays and Rangers, the MLB regular season is done. And with that, it's time for the final edition of the best and worst, this time looking at September. The pennant race, September call-ups, and guys just playing out the string generally makes […]
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The rebuilding efforts of the Chicago Cubs are going in a different direction, as manager
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The regular season is in the books for 28 of the 30 MLB teams, and we can now reflect on the season heading into the playoffs. As always when it comes to the end of the year, when looking back, we can identify which players performed above, below, and right around our expectation. But it's […]
