0 comments by Joe Lucia on 10/19/2012
Well, the AL pennant has been decided after the Tigers completed the ALCS with a sweep of the Yankees, manhandling them in an 8-1 win and holding their potent offense to just six runs over the course of the four games. The dagger in that game with the Yankees was probably this pair of homers […]
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The St Louis Cardinals beat the San Francisco Giants 8-3 in game four of the NL Championship Series, taking a 3-1 lead in the series. After getting shelled in his last start, the Cardinals' 9-7 comeback win over the Nationals to advance to the NLCS, Adam Wainwright turned in a gem for the Cardinals on […]
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Over at Midwest Sports Fans, Jerod Morris is finishing up his four week college football road trip (sponsored by La Quinta) this weekend, and will be heading to Columbus, Ohio to see the Ohio State Buckeyes host the Purdue Boilermakers. It's a pretty cool promotion, and the staff over at our sister site Crystal Ball […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 10/18/2012
The Detroit Tigers beat the New York Yankees 8-1 in game four of their ALCS matchup, sweeping the series four games to none to advance to the World Series. Before the season, we all expected the Tigers to be in a position reasonably close to this….but the way they got there was totally unexpected. Detroit […]
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With CC Sabathia and the Yankees trailing 2-0 in the fourth inning, and fading fast, Sabathia needed to get out of the inning quickly. After a single by Omar Infante, AL Triple Crown winner Miguel Cabrera stepped in and hit a monstrous homer to left field to double the Tigers lead to 4-0. The Tigers […]
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Regardless of all four of the "underdog" teams getting eliminated in the Division Series, we're having a pretty awesome postseason. We've had walkoffs, we've had comebacks, we've had stunning collapses, we've had dominant pitchers, we've had dominant hitters, and we've had everything in between. But as of right now, I'm not sure if we have […]
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If I told you that the NLCS game last night between the Giants and Cardinals finished six and a half hours after it started, you'd probably think a hell of a baseball game went on. Well…not really. The game lasted a hair over three hours, and there was a rain delay for nearly three and […]
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The St Louis Cardinals beat the San Francisco Giants 3-1 in game three of the NL Championship Series, taking a 2-1 lead in the series. This game can be summed up by two things: missed opportunities, and rain. With two outs in the bottom of the seventh innings, the tarps went on the field, and […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 10/17/2012
Cincinnati Reds left fielder Ryan Ludwick will decline his end of a mutual option for next season, passing up the $5 million salary that came with it and opting instead to become a free agent. The Reds signed Ludwick last offseason for $2 million in 2012, with the mutual option for 2013 clocking it at […]
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Everyone loved the Logo Month we did at TOC last December. Well now, we have more logo-related news for you that's sure to get beer drinkers excited. The short-season low-A Yakima Bears of the Northwest League moved after this season from Yakima, Washington, where they had played since 2001, to Hillsboro, Oregon. A new name […]
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Our first pennant can be clinched tonight. The Tigers now have a 3-0 lead on the Yankees, and one more win will send them to the World Series, be it today, tomorrow, or over the weekend. –Tigers 2, Yankees 1 The other series is knotted at one game each, and will be continuing on until […]
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The Detroit Tigers beat the New York Yankees 2-1 in game three of their AL Championship Series matchup, giving the Tigers a 3-0 lead in the series. Justin Verlander, take a bow. This was your night. The Tigers' ace allowed one run on three hits over 8 1/3 innings, walking none and striking out three. […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 10/16/2012
The Colorado Rockies, who saw manager Jim Tracy resign last week to much joy around the blogosphere, have interviewed an interesting name for their vacant managerial opening: Jason Giambi. Giambi has been with the Rockies as a player since midway through the 2009 season, when the A's released him and Colorado signed the veteran. Steroid […]
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We only had one game yesterday, and the final score was overwhelmed by discussion of Matt Holliday's takeout slide of Marco Scutaro in the first inning. –Giants 7, Cardinals 1 Any questions that Giants fans had about their team after Sunday's loss are seemingly gone after the team got a shockingly good start from Ryan […]
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After this slide in the first inning of Monday's NLCS matchup between the Cardinals and Giants, all of the talk was about one play: Matt Holliday's slide into second base with one out. With men on first and second, Allen Craig of the Cardinals hit a ground ball to short that Brandon Crawford threw to […]
