One of the most famous hits in baseball history came in Game 5 of the 1985 NLCS. The Dodgers and Cardinals were knotted at two at Busch Stadium, and the winner of the game would take a 3-2 series lead. The improbable happened in the bottom of the ninth – Ozzie Smith hit a walk off […]

Heading into the final weekend of the regular season, there are only three playoff spots up for grabs – and they can all be decided today. The Dodgers wrapped up the NL West on Wednesday, while the Tigers clinched at least a Wild Card in the American League. The other playoff spots are essentially wrapped […]

The Pirates are going to the playoffs for the second consecutive year. We know their offense is led by defending MVP and a contender to repeat in Andrew McCutchen, but who has been the best pitcher in Pittsburgh this season? The answer is, somewhat surprisingly, Mark Melancon. Sent away from Boston after an abysmal 45 innings, […]

Curt Schilling’s “bloody sock” game in Game 6 of the 2004 ALCS at Yankee Stadium was one of the most memorable moments in the history of baseball’s Postseason. This was a guy who already had a reputation as one of the most clutch big game pitchers in the history of the game, and not only […]

It wasn’t supposed to be this way for the Toronto Blue Jays. After a depressing 2013, the Jays played like they were shot out of a cannon to start the 2014 season. Their season peaked on June 6th, when Toronto was 38-24, six games clear of the Yankees in the AL East. It was all downhill […]

On Tuesday, the sixth playoff team of the season was determined – the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Pirates edged the Braves 3-2 after a dominant performance by Gerrit Cole, clinching at least one of the two NL Wild Card berths. If the season ended today, the Pirates would be hosting the game, but they have their […]

It wasn’t supposed to go this way for the Atlanta Braves. In 2013, the Braves won 96 games en route to a National League East title before getting dispatched in the NLDS by the Dodgers. After another hot start to the 2014 season, the Braves quickly fell off and simply began to tread water over […]

This would have been it for the Cleveland Indians – they could have taken a huge step forward in the AL Central race and made both the Tigers and Royals sweat. But that didn’t happen – they got the three outs they needed in the completion of the suspended game from August to pick up […]

This was supposed to be *the* year for the Rays. They looked like one of the most talented teams in the American League, and were going to be a playoff lock. But just like with the Rangers, their season derailed quickly and couldn’t get back on the tracks. By the time all was said and […]

On Monday, the Atlanta Braves made the move that we all expected for awhile now – they fired general manager Frank Wren, who has put together a team that has fallen out of the playoff race in recent weeks. But Atlanta’s follow-up move was quizzical – they named adviser John Hart as the interim GM, […]

One of the most disappointing 2014 seasons came to an end on Sunday as the Atlanta Braves were knocked out of playoff contention, less than a week after the Washington Nationals clinched the NL East at Turner Field. Amazingly, the Braves may bring manager Fredi Gonzalez back in 2015 while relieving GM Frank Wren of […]

I think it’s a bit misleading to say that the Kansas City Royals are fading, which I did in the subject of this post, but Kansas City has lost two in a row to Detroit in interesting fashion. The Royals got pummeled from pillar to post on Friday, and barely lost on Saturday, thanks in large […]