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Yankees and Tigers Postponed After Nine Outs

Tonight’s Yankees and Tigers game has been postponed in the middle of the second inning. The game will pick up tomorrow evening at the regularly scheduled time at 8:37 PM. Game two has been pushed back to Sunday at 3:07 PM. Games three, four and five will be on their regularly scheduled days with no […]

Moore Dominates as Rays Thrash Rangers

The playoffs got underway Friday night in Texas, and in the first game of the ALDS, the Tampa Bay Rays beat up on the Texas Rangers, winning by a score of 9-0. The Rays lead the series one games to none. The big story in this game was Matt Moore, the Rays rookie who just […]

Francona Out in Boston, Reagins Out in LA

In one news story that has been simmering all day that has just been confirmed, Terry Francona is officially OUT as Red Sox manager. Meanwhile on the other coast, in a move that was speculated about but not really rumored at all, Tony Reagins is out as Angels GM. Let’s start with Francona. Most of […]

Why the New York Yankees Will Win the World Series

The Yankees might have the postseason’s best pitcher on their side. That might seem like a bold statement given the Cy Young caliber arms slated to toe the rubber in October, Justin Verlander and Roy Halladay being among them. But CC Sabathia may have been just as good, if not better, than both in the […]

Wednesday’s Fantastic Finishes Summarize Season Perfectly

Within maybe ten or fifteen minutes of each other on Wednesday night, all of baseball’s postseason races were wrapped up succinctly. The Braves fell to the Phillies, 4-3 in 13 innings to give the NL Wild Card to the Cardinals. The Red Sox lost 4-3 to the Orioles in heartbreaking fashion. And the Rays battled […]

How Important Is Home Field Advantage in the First Round?

Positions are still being jockeyed for in the American and National League playoff races. All the division leaders are decided, and the teams who will possess home field advantage throughout the playoffs have been decided…but with one game left, we still don’t know which teams are going to open the postseason at home. The Rangers […]

Dugout Digest – The Final Day

Well here we are. Today is the final day of the MLB season…maybe. We could have one game tomorrow. We could have two games tomorrow. But right now, all we know for sure is that the Braves, Cardinals, Rays and Red Sox are all in must-win mode. Boston and Tampa Bay are tied at the […]

Playoff Picture – 9/27

  American League If things ended today…Tigers @ Yankees, Red Sox/Rays @ Rangers THE RACESAL EastYankees have clinched with a 97-63 record AL CentralTigers have clinched with a 93-67 record. AL WestRangers have clinched with a 94-66 record AL Wild CardRed Sox 89-71 —Rays 89-71 — The Race for Homefield AdvantageYankees have clinched homefield advantage […]

Doc Gooden, Reporter: He Says Pujols is Going to Miami

I don’t follow Doc Gooden on Twitter. I don’t follow many baseball players, because not many are all that interesting and/or active. But this tweet popped into my feed this morning, and I found it to be a little interesting. Albert Pujols….in Miami? How does this make sense? Let’s take a quick look at the […]

Playoff Picture – 9/26

American League If things ended today…Tigers @ Yankees, Red Sox @ Rangers THE RACESAL EastYankees have clinched with a 97-62 record AL CentralTigers have clinched with a 92-67 record. AL WestRangers have clinched with a 93-66 record AL Wild CardRed Sox 89-70 —Rays 88-71 1Angels 86-73 3 The Race for Homefield AdvantageYankees have clinched homefield […]

Playoff Picture – 9/25

American League If things ended today…Tigers @ Yankees, Red Sox @ Rangers THE RACESAL EastYankees have clinched with a 96-61 record AL CentralTigers have clinched with a 91-67 record. AL WestRangers have clinched with a 92-66 record AL Wild CardRed Sox 88-69 —Rays 87-71 1.5Angels 86-72 2.5 The Race for Homefield AdvantageYankees 96-61 —Rangers 92-66 […]

Alfonso Soriano Doesn’t Like Hitting Seventh

Here’s a quote from an interview that Soriano did with ESPN Chicago, talking about his role in the lineup. “The way they treat me this year, I don’t like it. The way they have me hit in the No. 7, 5 and 6 spots, I have trouble concentrating on the job hitting in those different […]

The Hunt for Blue October

The Dodgers are 79-77 and were eliminated from contention in the NL West awhile ago, currently sitting in third place. This season has been dominated by talk about their owner’s bankruptcy proceedings and seeing what will happen with the team’s financial future. So why are many eyes focused on LA over the season’s final games? […]

Playoff Picture – 9/24

American League If things ended today…Rangers @ Yankees, Red Sox @ Tigers THE RACESAL EastYankees have clinched with a 95-61 record AL CentralTigers have clinched with a 91-66 record. AL WestRangers have clinched with a 91-66 record AL Wild CardRed Sox 88-68 —Rays 86-71 2.5Angels 85-72 3.5 The Race for Homefield AdvantageYankees 95-61 —Tigers 91-66 […]

Three Strikes Roundtable – Logos, Triple Crowns, and Wild Cards

In this week’s edition of the Three Strikes Roundtable, we take a look at logo changes for teams, the two possible pitching triple crowns, and who we think will win the wild card races. 1. If your team changed their logo, would you prefer that they went with an older logo (see: Blue Jays), or a […]

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