Last week, we touched on the ten players who disappointed the most in 2012. This year, we're going to take a look at the ten players that were the biggest surprises. Note: in this article, surprise is thought of as a positive, as in "I'm surprised he did so well!". 1. Miguel Gonzalez, Orioles It's […]

The Baltimore Orioles beat the New York Yankees 3-2 in game two of their AL Division Series, tying the series at one game apiece. This game progressed similarly to last night as a low scoring affair where starting pitching reigned supreme. Unlike last night, there was no ninth inning collapse for the Orioles after a […]

The St Louis Cardinals smashed the Washington Nationals 12-4 on Monday in game two of their NL Division Series matchup, evening the series at one game apiece.  In the first two innings, St Louis starter Jaime Garcia did his first impersonation of Gio Gonzalez on Sunday, walking three batters and not looking like himself at […]

After nearly a decade of alternating success for the San Francisco Giants and Oakland Athletics, both teams won their respective Western divisions in 2012, the first time that's happened since 2003. But one streak that looks likely to live on is both teams winning a playoff series in the same year. The last time that […]

What's the worst possible thing that can happen after your team loses a playoff team when your opponent's ace exits the game after just eight pitches? Well, you go out the next night and shut out, picking up just two hits. That's what happened on Sunday, as the Reds smashed the Giants 9-0 to take […]

It was a hard-fought battle for eight innings…until Jim Johnson opened the floodgates in the ninth, leading to a 7-2 win for the Yankees over the Orioles in game one of their ALDS, giving the Yankees a 1-0 series lead. CC Sabathia started for the Yankees, and quite frankly, he was awesome. Sabathia threw 120 […]

The Washington Nationals beat the St Louis Cardinals 3-2 in game one of the NL Division Series, taking a 1-0 series lead. The way the game began, you never would have imagined that the Cardinals would score just two runs, but that's exactly what happened. Nationals starter Gio Gonzalez was extremely wild in the early […]

In a piece of news seemingly months in the making, Colorado Rockies manager Jim Tracy

The A's did everything they needed to do to win this game. Tommy Milone allowed just one run in six inning and put the A's in a position to win the game. Oakland got creative in scoring runs and held the lead late. But one thing no one expected happened: the A's bullpen struggled, and […]