0 comments by Joe Lucia on 10/5/2012
The playoffs begin today. At 5:07 PM eastern today, the NL Wild Card game between the Cardinals and Braves will begin, and we will officially be in the MLB postseason. Just a quick overview to what to expect from TOC over the course of the playoffs… -Previews of every series, including today's wild card games […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 10/4/2012
I pondered both in June and at the beginning of September as to whether or not the Phillies 2012 season would cost manager Charlie Manuel his job. Well, after a restructuring of the Phillies coaching staff after Wednesday's season finale against the Nationals, it appears Manuel will stay for 2013, but not beyond. Long-time Phillies coach Greg Gross, serving as […]
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Apparently, Mariners utility player Chone Figgins doesn't want to be with the team anymore. He told
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We touched on it yesterday, but now it's official: Bobby Valentine's brief tenure as Red Sox manager
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Well everyone, we've made it to the postseason. The MLB playoffs will begin on Friday with the two Wild Card playoff games in Atlanta and Texas, and we couldn't be more excited…even if two teams are going to get sent home after just one game. Regardless of that, we're here. There are some new faces […]
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Well, here we are. There will be no game 163, and we have our playoff matchups all set in stone. In the Wild Card playoff games, the Braves will host the Cardinals and the Rangers will host the Orioles on Friday. The Nationals will await the winner of the NL Wild Card playoff in game […]
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Nobody what side of the Mike Trout/Miguel Cabrera MVP debate you stand on, you have to admit this is pretty cool from purely a fan perspective. Cabrera has locked up the Triple Crown, the first time a player has led the league in batting average, home runs, and RBI since Carl Yastrzemski in 1967. After […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 10/3/2012
In Wednesday's crucial A's-Rangers matchup for the AL West title, the Rangers jumped out to a 5-1 lead. The A's quickly came back to tie the game at five runs in the fourth, and took the lead 7-5 after Josh Hamilton dropped a pop-up hit by Yoenis Cespedes with two outs, allowing a pair of […]
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This is something we've known for quite awhile, but now it's been confirmed by Jon Heyman of CBS: the Boston Red Sox will be firing manager Bobby Valentine after the season ends, likely on Thursday or Friday. Valentine has been at the helm of the worst Red Sox season since 1965, which is the last […]
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Not everything goes according to plan in all sports, not just baseball. Sometimes, players that are coming off a great season have a disastrous season the next year. Sometimes, players that seemed prime for a breakout year fall flat on their face. And sometimes, the most solid players in the league just struggle and can't […]
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By virtue of the Nationals' 5-1 win over the Phillies on Wednesday, we don't need to know the results of any other games in the National League to know what the playoff bracket will look like. The Wild Card game on Friday will see the Cardinals travel to Atlanta to take on the Braves, who […]
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The finish to the last regular season of Chipper Jones' career ended the same way it started: with a single. Jones pinch hit in the sixth inning of Wednesday's Braves finale with the Pirates, and on the first pitch he saw from AJ Burnett, he sliced a single into right field. Jones would score later […]
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Going into the final day of the MLB season in Washingotn DC, the main topic of discussion wasn't whether or not the Nationals would finish with the best record in baseball…but instead, whether or not Teddy Roosevelt would win the Presidents Race. Roosevelt had lost 525 races in a row coming into Wednesday's Phillies-Nationals game, […]
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And here we are, the final team that was eliminated from the 2012 playoff picture….the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Dodgers didn't look like much of a playoff contender coming into the year, despite the presence of 2011 NL MVP runner-up Matt Kemp and 2011 NL Cy Young winner Clayton Kershaw. The Dodgers started the season […]
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Tomorrow is game 162 of the regular season, the last game of the year. And it will mean something for these teams. -The Texas Rangers and Oakland Athletics. After the A's won 3-1 last evening, the two teams are deadlocked at the top of the AL West with identical 93-68 records. Whoever wins today will […]
