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Adam Greenberg had his one last at bat on Tuesday

Your browser does not support iframes. Adam Greenberg got his one more at bat on Tuesday in the Marlins game against the Mets. Unfortunately for Greenberg, he had to face Mets ace RA Dickey. Greenberg took the first pitch for a strike, and swung through the next two for a Dickey strikeout. At any rate, […]

Looking back at April’s predictions

This is always fun to do. I dug up the predictions for the 2012 season from our staff, and some of them were dead-on…and some were way, way off. Some of the highlights and lowlights for all of us… Joe Lucia: I'm proud of the fact that I picked the Rangers and Yankees to win […]

Albert Belle wants to manage the Indians

Oh lord, please make this happen. In this article by Paul Hoynes of the Cleveland Plain Dealer about the next manager of the Cleveland Indians, Hoynes drops a bombshell near the end of it: former Indians star outfielder Albert Belle wants an interview. "I'm just like Robin Ventura and Mike Matheny were last year," said […]

End of Season Post-Mortem: Tampa Bay Rays

We now bid adieu to the Rays, who were eliminated in game 160 this year after sneaking into the playoffs on game 162 last season. It was a typical Rays season, in that they contended all year without spending a lot of money while relying on cost-controlled players. If you're new here (which about 90% […]

End of Season Post-Mortem: Chicago White Sox

They scraped, and they clawed, and they battled, but at the end of the day, the Chicago White Sox fell short in their bid to win the AL Central, even after an 11-0 thrashing of the Indians on Monday night. A 2-10 stretch prior to that win did them in, and I bet a lot […]

Dugout Digest – so, about those tiebreakers…

Yesterday, I mentioned that we could have a bunch of tiebreaker games on Thursday before the playoffs began. After last night…that's not looking so likely. -The A's beat the Rangers 4-3 to clinch a playoff spot and eliminate both the Rays and Angels (both of whom won on Monday). The A's are now just a […]

Adam LaRoche either has a short memory, or hates Pittsburgh

The Washington Nationals clinched the NL East division title in backdoor fashion tonight after the Braves lost 2-1 to the Pirates. Despite Washington's 2-0 loss to the Phillies, they mathematically clinched the division, and celebrated like crazy despite getting shut down by Kyle Kendrick. But I digress. After the game, when speaking to the media, […]

The top 25 moments of the last 20 postseasons

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Tiebreakers are still on the table

One of the more attractive concepts of the MLB season has been the "game 163" tiebreaker game that has happened in recent years, when two teams are tied for a playoff spot at the end of the year, and one game will decide which team will play on in October, and which team will head […]

20 years of Pirates futility, in video form

This is actually quite painful to watch: a video highlighting the events that have gone on since the Pirates' 1992 season ended. Since that year, the team has gone out to put together an unreal 20 straight losing seasons. Some of the highlights include… -Five (soon to be six in about five weeks) US presidential […]

End of Season Post-Mortem: Milwaukee Brewers

The Brewers were plucky this year. After the All-Star Break, the team went 41-33 and played their way into contention, but it was too little too late, and they were just too far out in the NL Central. There will be no repeat title for Milwaukee in 2012, But after trading ace Zack Greinke, the […]

Dugout Digest – one final series

Well, this is it. The final set of games before the playoffs begin on Friday with the Wild Card games. Or, maybe Thursday if we have any tiebreakers to settle. With three games left, here's what we know… -In the National League, not much changed. Atlanta can still tie Washington for the NL East title […]

Dugout Digest – down to the wire

Your daily playoff updates… -The Nationals are probably going to end up winning the NL East after last night's 6-4 win over the Cardinals. Their magic number to clinch is now at one, meaning that at worst, they've clinched a one game playoff. -Speaking of the Cardinals, their lead in the NL Wild Card is […]

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