In my preview of this series, I said that the only chance that the Cardinals had to win was to get early runs off of Philly’s pitching, and manage to hold their offense in check. Well, they did half of that tonight….but half isn’t enough, as Philadelphia won the game 11-6 to take a 1-0 […]

Yovani Gallardo dominated the Diamondbacks today, and the Brewers took a 1-0 series lead with a 4-1 victory in Milwaukee. Gallardo was the star of the day, as he threw eight innings of one run ball, allowing just four hits and walking one. Gallardo struck out nine in the game, which tied Don Sutton for […]

Game one: 5:07 PM in Philadelphia. Roy Halladay vs Kyle LohseGame two: 8:37 PM in Philadelphia. Cliff Lee vs Chris CarpenterGame three: TBA in St Louis. Cole Hamels vs Jaime GarciaGame four: TBA in St Louis. TBAGame five: TBA in Philadelphia. TBA OffenseSt Louis has the edge here, as they have four players who have […]

The Cardinals didn’t look like a playoff caliber team at all in 2011. They lost ace Adam Wainwright in spring training with a blown out elbow, and it looked like it would be a rough year. But they started off 16-10, and were tied for first place in the NL Central with the Brewers at […]

This one isn’t that surprising, given that the Phillies telegraphed it before the season. They were going to challenge opposing teams in the playoffs by saying “here are four aces – go ahead and try to beat them multiple times”. That ended up being a strong regular season strategy too – the Phillies won the […]

I assume that a lot of attention is going to be paid to the Cardinals/Phillies series when the NLDS kicks off on Saturday. The Cards lit the world on fire to sneak into the playoffs and the Phillies are the Phillies; baseball’s best record, baseball’s best pitching staff, three trips to at least the NLCS […]

Pitching wins championships. It’s one of baseball’s oldest adages, and there must be some truth to it. If it weren’t true, how else can you explain the 2010 World Series Champion San Francisco Giants? If pitching wins championships, the next logical step is to say that the Philadelphia Phillies are going to win this year’s […]

The Arizona Diamondbacks have had some great teams in the past, highlighted by the 2001 World Championship team featuring a dynamic one-two punch in the rotation in Randy Johnson and Curt Schilling, and a miraculous offensive season from Luis Gonzalez. But aside from those three stars, that Diamondbacks team was mediocre. Aside from Gonzalez, the […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Series Dates/Pitching Matchups Game 1 in New York: Friday, September 30; 8:37 p.m. —  Justin Verlander vs. CC SabathiaGame 2 in New York: Saturday, October 1; 8:37 p.m. — Doug Fister vs. Ivan NovaGame 3 in Detroit: Monday, October 3; 8:37 p.m. — Max Scherzer vs. Freddy Garcia Game 4 (if necessary) in Detroit: Tuesday, October […]

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 […]

It’s their destiny. In 2006, the Tigers were a young, PFP-less team that satisfied their fan base by merely making it to the World Series. Magglio Ordonez’s walk off home run in Game 4 of the ALCS to send the Tigers to their first World Series since 1984 seemed to take all the celebration out […]

The Tampa Bay Rays are already the least likely playoff team in history. Nate Silver at FiveThirtyEight looked at all of the various things that had to happen for the Rays to catch the Red Sox and to do it by coming back from a seven-run deficit and from being down to their last strike […]