0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 10/2/2014
The Pittsburgh Pirates didn’t necessarily capitalize on their 2013 success by making big additions to ensure that their return to the postseason wasn’t a one-year fluke. But that’s not the way the Pirates’ front office has done business, and it’s very unlikely to change. Besides, Pittsburgh has promising young talent that either gained more major […]
0 comments by Ben Duronio
The Tigers have the edge when it comes to offense and starting pitching. The Orioles have the edge in the bullpen and on defense. Something has to give in this ALDS matchup, and Baltimore is hoping that consistency can overtake star power. Here are five things to watch in this series. Expect some homers. The […]
0 comments by Randy Holt
The first step to recognizing that you have a problem is acknowledging that one exists. I am a Chicago Cubs fan. As such, I am forced to routinely seek out alternative teams to root for come playoff time. This is relatively common practice across all sports, especially for teams that are perpetually terrible. If you’re […]
0 comments by Garrett Wilson
After surviving that crazy exciting AL Wild Card game, the Royals earned themselves the privilege of taking on the team with the best record in baseball and the best player in the universe in the ALDS. For Kansas City, they are pretty much playing with house money after advancing to the postseason for the first time […]
0 comments by Randy Holt
You’re Billy Beane. You’re sitting there on July 31st having just acquired Jon Lester, likely feeling about as good about your ballclub’s title chances as you have at any point during your tenure with the Oakland Athletics. After all, with Lester and Jeff Samardzija in the mix, in addition to Sonny Gray and Scott Kazmir in perhaps the most stacked rotation in the […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 10/1/2014
So this is how it happens in nightmares. In the span of less than two months, the Oakland Athletics went from 28 games above .500 and four games up in the AL West to a team that needed a win on the final day of the regular season just to clinch the AL’s second Wild […]
0 comments by Dave Tobener
The National League Wild Card game is about as pure as you can get: two teams with identical records, close to evenly matched on paper, fighting it out for the right to visit the nation’s capital. It may not match the back-and-forth excitement of last night’s crazy contest, but it should be a good game […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
The 1992 NLCS ended in heartbreaking fashion for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Leading 2-0 in the bottom of the ninth of Game 7, Doug Drabek loaded the bases with none out. Stan Belinda got Ron Gant to hit into a sac fly to make it 2-1, and after a walk kept the bases loaded, Brian Hunter […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry
Are we still allowed to be made at Ned Yost? Despite what seemed to be their manager’s best efforts to the contrary, the Kansas City Royals fought out a tough 9-8 victory over the Oakland A’s Tuesday night in the AL wild-card playoff. The Royals overcame what appeared to be a fatal decision by Yost […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry
While looking forward to the 2014 MLB postseason, the beginning of the playoffs also presents an opportunity to look back at the regular season that was. This one really seemed to whiz by quickly, as bigger storylines dominated the headlines and national narrative, rolling over the smaller developments that we often take time to examine and […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 9/30/2014
We’re mere hours away from the beginning of the 2014 MLB Postseason. James Shields will deliver the first pitch to Coco Crisp at roughly 8 PM eastern, and the Royals and A’s will do battle for the pleasure of facing the Angels in the AL Division Series. That being said, here are five things that […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
2003 was supposed to be The Year for the Chicago Cubs. They had a 3-2 lead over the Marlins in the NLCS, and led them 3-0 going into the bottom of the eighth inning. Mark Prior was on the hill and dealing. Then…disaster. Prior allowed a one-out double to Juan Pierre. Luis Castillo hit a foul […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
The Postseason will be upon us in a matter of hours as the A’s battle the Royals in the AL Wild Card matchup. From the first pitch thrown by James Shields forward, we’re going to be in baseball overload as the NL Wild Card matchup, the Division Series, Championship Series, and World Series all roll […]
0 comments by Garrett Wilson
It is now year three of the two-Wild Card format in year three. Three years of being forced to watch the most unnatural thing in all of baseball: the one-game playoff series. There is nothing about baseball that lends itself to a one-game, winner-take-all format. With a regular season nearly twice as longer as any […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
Oh, you thought that just because we’re in playoff mode, we’re not going to reflect on the month of September? Please. These are the best and worst players of September, the final month of the 2014 regular season.
