What can I say about this year’s crap crop of free agent catchers? Maybe the top three will land in situations where they can get the majority of the playing time, but the rest are backups and/or the type of player you bring in to mentor a young up-and-comer. Note: I did not list Jorge […]

Cardinals defeat Brewers, four games to two. Key stat: the highest innings pitched total in a start for a Cardinals starter was five innings by Chris Carpenter in game three. Top hitters (Cardinals): David Freese only played in 97 games during the regular season, but in his six games in the NLCS, he was a […]

We’ve reported on players whose careers have been unique due to what they did or did not do during their brief time in the big leagues, guys like Chris Jelic, the only player ever to hit a home run for his only MLB hit in his final at bat. Today though the National Baseball Hall […]

If social media were a Shakespearean epic, the sports spectrum of the social media prism would be crying out in anguish: “Tony Plush, Tony Plush…wherefore art thou, Tony Plush?” Whether by managerial decree or the fact that he’s just busy playing in the biggest series of his life, Nyjer Morgan, aka Tony Plush, Tony Hush, […]

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 […]

Shea Stadium will be remembered for a lot of things.  It hosted four World Series, was the site of the beginning of the 1969 Cubs collapse, it was a great place for guys like Bobby Bonilla and Rickey Henderson to play cards during the 1999 NLCS, and there was a giant apple that lit up […]

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, […]

It was reported earlier this week that the Chicago White Sox briefly considered making Paul Konerko their manager, even though he is still an active player.  Had they gone through with it, it would have made Konerko the first player-manager since Pete Rose did it for the Reds in the mid-80’s.  Having a player simultaneously […]

There’s a reason that you can’t just look at pitching matchups and decide how a playoff series is going to play out. Randy Wolf seemed like the weak link in the Brewers’ rotation before the NLCS started, but tonight he turned in the strongest start Milwaukee’s gotten the entire series and helped the Brewers level […]

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 […]

Wrigley Field may be one of sport’s grandest cathedrals, but it’s no secret — the old gal could use a bit of a facelift. The Ricketts family has repeatedly asked the city of Chicago to finance those renovations despite the fact that they’re wealthy enough to own a Major League Baseball franchise and money is […]

Wait ‘til next year. Cubs fans have heard that one before. Actually, they’ve heard it for 103 consecutive years. The lovable losers haven’t been to the playoffs since 2008 and just finished wrapping up their second consecutive losing season. Not only that, but they’re still on the books for the plump contacts of Alfnoso Soriano […]

When you really get down to it, every single baseball game is a composite of discrete events. The team that makes the most of the 27 outs allotted to them wins, the other team loses. Often, the final result hinges on just one or two of those individual matchups, with less than a handful of […]