For all intents and purposes, the Texas Rangers had a successful season. They won their division after being left for dead in midsummer and without their staff ace. They turned around a franchise that had finished last in the division last year and was in last place again after this season’s first month. Their younger […]

The Houston Astros and Texas Rangers saw their 2015 seasons end in the most cruel of ways. Houston was six outs away from the ALCS with a 6-2 lead in Game 4…and were outscored 14-2 in the final 11 innings of their ALDS matchup with the Royals. The Rangers took the first two games of […]

No team represented the rise of new blood and breakout young talent during the 2015 MLB season than the Houston Astros. (OK, the Chicago Cubs might disagree with that.) The Astros were on schedule to improve this year, but not necessarily make the jump to contender. But Houston disrupted whatever preconceived notions observers and experts […]

Amidst the chaos and calamity of the Toronto Blue Jays’ high-stakes, high-pressure 6-3 win over the Texas Rangers in Game 5 of the ALDS was the calming presence of three young pitchers. Marcus Stroman, who started the game, wasn’t even supposed to be there. The 24-year-old tore his ACL back in May and was deemed done for […]

On Tuesday night, the Cubs beat the Cardinals to win their first Postseason series since 2003 and their first series ever at home.  While it was an exciting series with plemty of home runs and a lot of drama, the season is far from over for the team from the North Side of Chicago.  When the […]

It was a wild scene at the Rogers Centre on Wednesday night, as fans littered the field with beer cans and garbage in protest of an absurd seventh inning. Watching it unfold on TV, I wasn’t too upset about it until a cameraman panned to Blue Jays players, who were telling fans to cut it […]

Since Johnny Cueto joined the Kansas City Royals after the trade deadline, the team and its fans have been waiting to see the pitcher who was one of the best in MLB during the past four-and-a-half seasons. He finally showed himself when the Royals needed him most, with their season on the line in a […]

The Toronto Blue Jays won a thrilling, wacky, emotional Game 5 over the Texas Rangers 6-3, climbing out of an 0-2 series hole to win the ALDS 3-2 and advance to the ALCS. It’s going to be tough to describe this one in words, but I’ll try. Texas took a quick 1-0 lead in the […]

So uh, about that chaos in Toronto… Nevermind. The Jays loaded the bases with no outs thanks in part to *three* Rangers errors. After a fielder’s choice groundout by Ben Revere, Josh Donaldson blooped a single into right to tie the game at three. And then, Jose Bautista gave the Blue Jays the lead with […]

The Toronto Blue Jays tied the Texas Rangers in the bottom of the sixth inning thanks to a solo homer by Edwin Encarnacion. In the seventh, the Rangers took the lead back…on one of the most ridiculous plays you’ll ever see. With a 1-2 count, Aaron Sanchez threw ball two to Shin-Soo Choo. Russell Martin […]

The kings of the NL Central are dead. The St. Louis Cardinals failed to advance to the NLCS for the first time since 2010, and their playoff elimination came at the hands of their arch-rivals – the perennially downtrodden Chicago Cubs. But the Cardinals still won 100 games on the season, their most since 2005, […]

Clayton Kershaw saved the Los Angeles Dodgers season on Tuesday night, and hopefully also silenced the misperception that he’s not a good postseason pitcher. Starting on three days’ rest, the reigning NL Cy Young Award winner (with a strong chance to win the honors for a third consecutive year, and four of the past five […]

The monkey is off the back of the Chicago Cubs. The Cubs beat the Cardinals 6-4 in Game 4 of the NLDS on Tuesday night, winning the series 3-1. It’s the first playoff series that the team has ever won at Wrigley Field, and just the second playoff series since 1908 (with the other coming […]

The Cardinals and Dodgers, the two highest seeds in the National League, both find themselves staring elimination in the face after both suffered disheartening losses last night. The Cards did what they wanted to do against Jake Arrieta – make him look human – but still couldn’t hold down the powerful Cubs lineup. The Dodgers […]

Game 3 of the NLDS between the Dodgers and Mets posed some intriguing pitching questions. Could the Dodgers get a good start from someone besides Clayton Kershaw or Zack Greinke, with Brett Anderson getting the nod? And for the Mets, how would Matt Harvey pitch in his first postseason start when his ability to pitch […]