The Rays made it interesting in the ninth, scoring a run off Rangers closer Neftali Feliz. But four solo homers by the Rangers, including three by Adrian Beltre, ended up being too much to overcome as Texas ended Tampa Bay’s season with a 4-3 victory. The Rangers offense couldn’t do much all day, only logging […]

It happens every year.  One of the teams in the post-season comes up with some goofy gimmick that garners national attention that fans can’t help but want to emulate. In 2008, it was the Tampa Bay Rays rocking the “Rayhawk.” In 2009, the Yankees literally rubbed it in everyone’s face with the old fashioned “shaving […]

This past Friday, Angels (now former) GM Tony Reagins resigned, stepping down after four seasons at the helm. The Angels failed to make the postseason for the second straight season, something they had not done since 2000-2001. Reagins’ time as GM will likely be viewed as a failure, but he certainly shouldn’t shoulder all of […]

The pitchers duel between Justin Verlander and CC Sabathia didn’t totally live up to it’s hype, as both starters allowed four runs, with Sabathia leaving after just 5 1/3 innings. But Verlander went eight, and a late Delmon Young home run propelled the Tigers to a 5-4 victory, and gives them a 2-1 lead in […]

Through six innings in St. Petersburg tonight, it looked like the Tampa Bay Rays had a chance to seize control of things with a typical Rays win. Even though they only had one hit against Colby Lewis, that hit was a solo homer from Desmond Jennings and they held a 1-0 lead. It wasn’t ideal, […]

Baseball really hasn’t been a purely American sport for over 140 years. In the 1860s, the sugar trade brought the game to Cuba, and after the Ten Years’ War in Cuba sent its citizens fleeing across the Caribbean, the game spread. When the United States won the Spanish-American War, baseball became a key mode of […]

Temperatures in the Phoenix metropolitan area are expected to reach the low-90s. But it seems the city’s case of Diamondbacks fever isn’t nearly as high. Tickets for tomorrow’s crucial Game 3 between the Diamondbacks and Brewers are reportedly still available and plentiful, going for as cheap as $12.  The team can’t blame this on the […]

On the heels of yesterday’s 5-3 win to tie the series at one game apiece, I said that the Tigers had the edge. Now, I’m here to explain why.  The next two games are in Detroit. So it’s a best of three series (essentially), and the home field advantage goes to the Tigers. That’s a […]

It says here in my MLB post-season manual (oh, I’m sorry, #postseason according to all the signage and TV ads, apparently MLB only cares about Twitter now) that teams are not supposed to fall behind one of Philadelphia’s many aces by four runs, especially the heretofore unbeatable Cliff Lee, have their own ace get pulled […]

Despite three home runs off of starter Zack Greinke, Milwaukee used small ball in the later innings to hold back the Diamondbacks and win 9-4 to take a two games to none lead in their series. Greinke had a start like many others that have plagued him this year: minimal walks, lots of strikeouts, and […]

Max Scherzer took a no hitter into the sixth inning, and Miguel Cabrera drove in three runs, as the Tigers defeated the Yankees 5-3 to even their series at one game apiece. The Tigers built up a 4-0 lead early on, and New York rallied late to put the winning run at the plate in […]

Much is being made of Arizona’s decision yesterday to pitch to Prince Fielder in the seventh inning of a 2-0 game, and first base open. There were two outs, and Ian Kennedy just needed to get out of the inning. Rickie Weeks was on deck. Diamondbacks manager Kirk Gibson opted to pitch to Fielder, and […]

Robinson Cano drove in six runs on three hits, two doubles and a grand slam in the six inning, and Ivan Nova allowed two runs in 6 1/3 innings as the Yankees beat the Tigers 9-3 in the completion of their postponed game from last night. Nova was the real story here tonight. Until the […]

Big Game James was on the mound, and got a three run lead staked to him. It seemed over for the Rangers, but they took advantage of Shields’ wildness in the fourth inning and pulled out an 8-6 win tonight to even their ALDS series at a game apiece.  Tampa Bay gained the early advantage, […]