0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 10/10/2014
With the Orioles and Royals each ending their respective divisional series in three-game sweeps, both teams have had plenty of time to rest and prepare for their ALCS matchup. That’s also given analysts and commentators plenty of time to consider what might happen in this series. The Orioles and Royals take two very different approaches […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 10/9/2014
Just before beginning the American League Championship Series, the Baltimore Orioles have gotten a head start on their offseason. According to
0 comments by Garrett Wilson
A lot of heads have rolled in the last few months for the GMs in the NL with the Padres, Diamondbacks and Rockies all making changes in their front office. It looks like a toupee-adorned head is about to be added to that bunch. Feeling among number of
0 comments by Tim Livingston
The San Francisco Giants, they of even-numbered year World Series titles in the aughts, are doing it again. They’re in the postseason, this time as a wild-card team, two years after they won it all for the second time. They seemingly have found something when it comes to the postseason that turns them into world […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 10/8/2014
The Los Angeles Dodgers won 94 games and finished six games ahead of the San Francisco Giants in the NL West. Considering the team was 10 games behind the Giants in early June, that’s a commendable result. The Dodgers were the more talented club and eventually asserted themselves as such. But with a MLB-leading $240 million […]
0 comments by Garrett Wilson
According to reports, the GM tandem of Dan O’Dowd and Bill Geivett are finished with the Colorado Rockies. In so doing, they bring to an end one of the longest-tenured but most dysfunctional front offices in baseball. Or at least they have nominally because Colorado has already named a new GM in Jeff Bridich, who had […]
0 comments by Randy Holt
The Washington Nationals fell to the San Francisco Giants in Game 4 of the National League Division Series, giving us all the NLCS matchup that we collectively dreaded. There were a multitude of factors that led to the ousting of the Nats from the postseason. The bats fell silent, Matt Williams was a disaster, etc. One of those reasons was not Bryce […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
It wasn’t supposed to be like this for the Washington Nationals. Just like 2012, they buzzsawed their way through the NL East. And just like 2012, they suffered an embarrassing series loss in the NLDS. Yeah, some of the names changed (including the manager), but having the same result two years later has to sting. […]
0 comments by Joe Webb
Over the last five years, there have been some big matchups in major league baseball’s post-season. Whether it’s the Yankees, Red Sox, Dodgers, or Rangers, the last 5 years has been all about big market teams making the Fall Classic. Over that same period, the smallest market-team to he reached the World Series was the […]
0 comments by Garrett Wilson on 10/6/2014
The good news is that the Angels finally were able to ride the greatness of Mike Trout to a postseason berth and that Trout will surely take him the first of what should have been three AL MVPs. The bad news is that their league-best 98 wins only silenced their critics for a short time […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry
The Tigers became the first team eliminated from the divisional series round, getting swept in three games by the Orioles. That early exit is a surprise, but how Detroit lost the series shouldn’t be. The Tigers’ defensive and bullpen flaws were apparent throughout the season, as was their tendency to get shut down by presumably […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 10/5/2014
The Angels were a popular pick by many, myself included, to win the AL pennant this October. Well, their Postseason didn’t go quite as planned – the Royals smashed the Angels 8-3 on Sunday night, eliminating them from the playoffs without a single win. The game actually got off to a good start for the Angels, […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
And then there were seven. The Baltimore Orioles beat the Detroit Tigers 2-1 on Sunday to complete a three-game sweep of Detroit and advance to the ALCS for the first time since 1997. All it took was one big hit for the Orioles to advance, and that hit was a two-run homer by Nelson Cruz […]
0 comments by Dave Tobener on 10/3/2014
The Washington Nationals and San Francisco Giants are set to start their National League Division Series today, and this NLDS should be a good one. The Nationals finished with the best record in the NL and have been on a tear, while the Giants limped into the postseason before destroying the Pirates in the Wild […]
0 comments by Ben Duronio
In a battle of two 90+ win teams and two preseason playoff favorites, the Cardinals and Dodgers are set for a huge matchup in the first round of the playoffs. Here are five things to look out for in their NLDS matchup. The Dodgers’ hitting and speed edge The Dodgers led baseball with a 110 […]
