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Yup, Mike Matheny saved his closer for a save situation

The San Francisco Giants won the NL pennant on Thursday night, and Mike Matheny once again managed to the save stat and not the in-game situation. Tie game, bottom of the ninth, one run ends your season…so Matheny goes with Michael Wacha, who hadn’t pitched since September 26th. Yeah, Trevor Rosenthal struggled in the Postseason […]

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Giants win third pennant in five years after walk off homer

The San Francisco Giants are heading back to the World Series for the third time in five years following a thrilling, absurd 6-3 win over the St. Louis Cardinals in Game 5 of the NLCS. The insanity of this game was off the charts. The Cardinals got on the board first thanks to a Jon Jay […]

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Adam Jones sums up the Orioles’ great year

Even though they got swept in the ALCS, it was a pretty damn good year for the Baltimore Orioles. They won 96 games and took home their first AL East crown since 1997, despite getting picked to finish last in the division at the beginning of the year. Star center fielder Adam Jones was asked […]

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A skinny, gimpy Barry Bonds threw out the first pitch at AT&T Park

The San Francisco Giants have slowly been welcoming Barry Bonds back into the good graces of the franchise this year, and that welcome was capped off by Bonds throwing out the first pitch before Game 4 of the NLCS at AT&T Park on Wednesday. Of course, Bonds doesn’t look like he did during his career. […]

Paul Rudd was taking selfies with Royals players after their ALCS win

The Kansas City Royals are heading to the World Series, and one of the happiest people at Kauffman Stadium was…Paul Rudd? Yup – the actor spent a good chunk of his childhood in Kansas, went to the University of Kansas, and is a huge Royals and Chiefs fan. Naturally, after the win on Wednesday, Rudd […]

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The Royals are heading to their first World Series since 1985

It’s official – the Kansas City Royals are the champions of the American League. The Royals beat the Orioles 2-1 in Game 4 of the ALCS on Wednesday to complete a four-game sweep and win the pennant. They’ll meet either the Cardinals or Giants in the World Series, and Game 1 will be on Tuesday […]

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Alex Gordon slams into wall making great catch

In the fifth inning of Game 4 of the ALCS, Alex Gordon robbed J.J. Hardy of extra bases, slamming into the wall to make this catch. It’s just the Royals’ year, folks.

David Eckstein reads mean blog posts about himself

Former Angels and Cardinals middle infielder David Eckstein was one of the most polarizing players in baseball during his career. Some trashed him for being a mediocre (if that) player, while others lauded his scrappiness and grit. Eckstein took it all in stride over the years, and stars in this MLB Fan Cave video where […]

Mike Moustakas falls into dugout suites making unreal catch

Mike Moustakas was determined to not let Adam Jones work Jason Frasor into a deep count in the sixth inning of Tuesday’s ALCS Game 3 between the Orioles and Royals. This catch was just ridiculous. Well done, Mr. Moustakas.

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Giants take 2-1 NLCS lead on Cardinals after walk-off error

We’ve officially seen it all in this Postseason – the San Francisco Giants took a 2-1 NLCS lead on the St. Louis Cardinals by winning 5-4 in ten innings on Tuesday. The game-winning hit for San Francisco? Yup, a Randy Choate throwing error on a sac bunt attempt by Gregor Blanco. . It’s not do […]

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Andrew Friedman is leaving the Rays for the Dodgers

The offseason just got a lot more interesting for two teams. Rays president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman is joining the Dodgers with the same title. Former GM Ned Coletti remains with the club in an advisory role. The Dodgers already were going to have an interesting winter, thanks to the free agency of Hanley […]

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Chip Hale will be the new Diamondbacks manager

The Arizona Diamondbacks are expected to replace Kirk Gibson as their manager with former Oakland Athletics bench coach Chip Hale. Hale managed for six years in the Diamondbacks organization, winning the 2006 PCL title and Manager of the Year award with Tucson. That championship team included future major leaguers Stephen Drew, Miguel Montero, Carlos Quentin, Chris […]

MLB Productions releases classic Orioles, Royals ALCS footage

Tonight, the Baltimore Orioles and Kansas City Royals will do battle in the ALCS (assuming the rain holds out). It’ll be Baltimore’s first ALCS trip since 1997, and Kansas City’s first since 1985. In advance of this evening’s game, MLB Productions has released a pair of videos spotlighting some classic moments from each team’s history in the […]

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End of season post-mortem: Washington Nationals

It wasn’t supposed to be like this for the Washington Nationals. Just like 2012, they buzzsawed their way through the NL East. And just like 2012, they suffered an embarrassing series loss in the NLDS. Yeah, some of the names changed (including the manager), but having the same result two years later has to sting. […]

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