As if John Lackey wasn’t already unpopular enough around Boston, the struggling right-hander is now dealing with yet another major public relations debacle. Only this time, it has nothing to do with his performance on the field. But what could possibly stain his image worse than his line of 12-12, 6.41 ERA, 1.62 WHIP? Take […]

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 […]

Your wish has been granted, baseball fans.  Meaningful games will be played in the final three days of the baseball season, and in both leagues no less. First and foremost, the Boston Red Sox entered today facing a potentially season-defining doubleheader and managed to just barely survive with a split, but only thanks to an […]

All eyes are going to be on New York and Tampa today, where the Rays and Yankees could combine to put a serious dent in the Red Sox’ playoff hopes. But as far as the AL East goes, there’s an equally interesting storyline unfolding at Comerica Park in Detroit today in an otherwise meaningless game […]

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 […]

Justin Verlander has had a great season. 24 wins – including 13 in his last 13 starts – and a 2.29 ERA. He was looking for win number 25 yesterday, facing the lowly Orioles (at home, no less). Things looked good for the Detroit Ace, as he was trying to solidify his place at the […]

It’s not often that an opposing pitcher gets credit for keepin a team’s playoff chances alive. But that’s exactly the case this afternoon after Cubs closer Carlos Marmol turned what would have been a devastating blow to the Cardinals’ playoff chances into a glimmer of hope for the Redbirds. A day after the Cubs helped […]

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 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? […]

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 […]

The Texas Rangers came into yesterday’s game needing a win and an Angels’ loss to clinch the AL West. They were in dominant position in the division anyway, but I imagine it’s nice to get these things out of the way as early as possible. Things started out well against the Mariners, with home runs […]

In tonight’s other completely-freaking-surreal clinching moment, the Arizona Diamondbacks have officially clinched the NL West Division title by vanquishing the San Francisco Giants. Nobody expected the D-Backs to do much of anything this season due to their relatively young roster and the fact that their closer is…wait for it…JJ Putz. The Diamondbacks beat the Giants […]

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 […]

I had this long reflective post that I was planning on writing. The post was going to be something about the meaning of the weird, sad year that has been the Dodgers’ season. The problem that I ended up having, was that the Dodgers’ season began to shift. It began to change, to morph into […]