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 90-66 record. AL WestRangers 90-66 —Angels 85-71 5 AL Wild CardRed Sox 88-68 —Rays 86-70 2Angels 85-71 3 The Race for Homefield AdvantageYankees 95-61 —Tigers 90-66 5Rangers 90-66 […]

Three fringe playoff contenders were in action on Thursday night while the two teams they’re chasing had the night off. That reduced Thursday to a simple equation for the Rays, Angels, and Cardinals: win, and stay in the thick of their respective wild card races, lose and risk falling by the wayside as the final […]

For most of the season, most other teams likely looked at playing the Orioles with some sense of relief. “Phew, enough with those Phillies and Yankees – let’s pick up 2-3 games here and get back on track.” Seeing several games against Baltimore down the stretch seemed like a nice way to extend a division […]

I’m sure all sportswriters, no matter the platform, know who Jason Whitlock is. In case you don’t know, here’s a brief recap: he’s written for the KC Star, ESPN, AOL Sports and currently, FOX Sports, and has burned bridges with all of his former employers, due in part to his incessant race baiting and all […]

On the heels of the announcement that Chris Carpenter would be a Cardinal for two more years, St Louis announced today that Lance Berkman will be back for 2012, agreeing to a one year, $12 million deal. The 35 year old Berkman has had a fantastic bounceback year this season, hitting .300/.412/.555 for a .404 […]

The following Tweet from esteemed baseball writer Peter Gammons might be the greatest

American League If things ended today…Rangers @ Yankees, Red Sox @ Tigers THE RACESAL EastYankees have clinched with a 95-60 record AL CentralTigers have clinched with a 90-65 record. AL WestRangers 90-65 —Angels 85-70 5 AL Wild CardRed Sox 88-68 —Rays 85-70 2.5Angels 85-70 2.5 The Race for Homefield AdvantageYankees 95-60 —Tigers 90-65 5Rangers 90-65 […]

Without much fanfare, Javier Vazquez is having an incredible second half of 2011, and he continued his good work last night, going 7 innings and giving up two hits while striking out 6 and walking 1. Another brutal offensive performance and a decent start from Derek Lowe (6.1 IP, 6 H, 3 ER) diminished the […]

Pay attention, Florida/Miami Marlins, you are about to get schooled on what a new logo should look like.  Behold the new logo for the Toronto Blue Jays: Notice the lack of what appears to be rainbow vomit all over the place.  Already this logo is one hundred times better than the monstrosity the Marlins unveiled […]

The A’s gave their manager Bob Melvin a three year contract extension today. The ESPN article I just linked is full of ideas like “clubhouse respect”, “great fit for the organization” and so on and so forth. But my opinion is that Melvin just isn’t that great of a manager, and that he’s not worth […]

Before the season, most anyone would have told you that Theo Epstein is one of the top general managers in all of baseball.  Heck, that would have been true a month ago too, but thanks to the Red Sox going into a tailspin the last few weeks, it has suddenly become immensely popular to throw […]

American League If things ended today…Rangers @ Yankees, Red Sox @ Indians THE RACESAL EastYankees 93-60 —Red Sox 88-67 6Rays 85-68 8 AL CentralTigers have clinched with a 89-64 record. AL WestRangers 89-65 —Angels 84-70 5 AL Wild CardRed Sox 88-67 —Rays 85-68 2Angels 84-70 3.5 The Race for Homefield AdvantageYankees 93-60 —Tigers 89-65 4.5Rangers […]

The Nationals played a double-header against the Phillies yesterday. The pitching match-ups were and Tom Milone – Kyle Kendrick (not exactly one of the NL East champ’s aces) and Ross Detwiler – Cliff Lee (he’s pretty good). Off these four pitchers, three did not give up a run. Those three were Tom Milone, Ross Detwiler, […]