Whenever the topic of great playoff hitters comes up, one of the first names thrown around by commentators is “The Captain”, Derek Jeter. He earned the moniker “Mr November” after his heroics in the 2001 World Series, half of which took place in November. While looking at some postseason statistics today, I noticed that Jeter […]

Rangers defeat Tigers four games to two to win the ALCS, and their second consecutive pennant. Key stat: Rangers pitching allowed 13 homers, while they only hit seven…and they still won the series. Top Hitters (Rangers): Nelson Cruz, Nelson Cruz, and oh yeah: Nelson Cruz. Cruz won the ALCS MVP award for his dominating performance […]

The Cardinals bullpen wasn’t great in ERA this season, ranking eleventh in the National League with a 3.73 mark. But once they retooled things in July at the trade deadline, things changed. In August, St Louis’ bullpen ERA was a shocking 2.20, ranking second in the NL. In September though, things took a step back, […]

The Tigers homered four times, including two off the bat of Delmon Young, and managed to beat the Rangers 7-5, despite Justin Verlander allowing four runs. The story coming into this game was Verlander and his dominance in the regular season. He started off by allowing a run in the first inning, coming on a […]

The Brewers never had a chance. Five Cardinals runs in the first four innings put Milwaukee in a deep hole en route to a dominant 12-3 victory to tie the series at one game apiece. This game was pretty much the Albert Pujols show. Pujols drove in the first five Cardinals runs of the game, […]

Nelson Cruz tied the game in the seventh with a homer, and walked the game off in the eleventh with a grand slam to lead the Rangers to a 7-3 win over the Tigers, giving Texas a 2-0 series lead. Detroit led 3-2 for a majority of the game, getting their three runs on a […]

At the end of the Phillies-Cardinals game on Friday, Ryan Howard collapsed to the ground in pain. I initially thought he suffered some sort of knee injury, but the diagnosis came out on Saturday: Howard had torn his Achilles tendon. This is a huge injury that typically is very painful and requires a lot of […]

Despite falling behind 5-2, the Brewers rallied to beat the Cardinals 9-6 after big homers from Prince Fielder and Yuniesky Betancourt in the sixth. Brewers starter Zack Greinke wasn’t good by any means. He allowed six runs in six innings, walking two and striking out six while allowing one homer. The big blow for the […]

The Rangers withstood an extended Tigers rally in the fifth inning, as well as a pair of long rain delays in the same innings, and defeated Detroit 3-2 to take a 1-0 lead in the ALCS. Because of the rain, Tigers ace Justin Verlander only went four innings. In those four innings, he allowed three […]

Brewers defeat Diamondbacks three games to two. Key stat: Milwaukee’s starting pitchers allowed eight homers in 26 2/3 innings, or a rate of 2.7 per nine innings. Key hitters (Brewers): Ryan Braun activated his beast mode during this season, much like he did during the regular season. Braun’s line was .500/.571/.889, and he had five […]

Chris Carpenter threw a complete game shutout, and the Cardinals beat the Phillies 1-0, to send the five time defending eastern division champions home in a shocking first round exit. Carpenter was dominant for his nine innings, allowing the Phillies just three hits and not walking a hitter while striking out three. He only threw […]

Closer John Axford made it interesting in the ninth, allowing the game to get tied up on a squeeze, but Nyjer Morgan delivered a walkoff single in the bottom of the tenth to send Milwaukee to their first NLCS with a 3-2 victory. Axford’s problems began in the ninth, when Gerardo Parra, who didn’t have […]

News just broke on the Twitterz, saying that the newest White Sox manager wouldn’t be an experienced major league hand….but instead, former ChiSox third baseman Robin Ventura. In this piece on MLB.com, White Sox GM Kenny Williams says that experience wasn’t a prerequisite for the job. Much like when Ozzie Guillen was hired, Ventura has […]