The Chicago Cubs are one win away from their first NLCS since 2003 following a 8-6 win over the St. Louis Cardinals in Game 3 of the NLDS on Monday night. Chicago jumped on Michael Wacha early, and didn’t let up. In the first inning, the Cubs put two men on before Anthony Rizzo lined […]

Among the many reasons that the Toronto Blue Jays were viewed as a favorite to win the AL pennant (at least among the staff here at The Outside Corner) was their lineup’s ability to crush opposing pitching. Playing the role of Wile E. Coyote underneath a piano dropped from the sky in Monday’s Game 4 […]

It looked like the AL Division Series was in the bag for the Houston Astros. The Kansas City Royals’ offense didn’t show any signs of life through the first seven innings minus a two-run homer by Salvador Perez in the second inning, which seemed like a distant memory by the time the Astros tacked three more […]

For the first time in the 2015 Postseason, controversy has arrived! During Saturday’s NLDS Game 2 between the Mets and Dodgers, a hard slide by Chase Utley in the seventh inning injured Ruben Tejada and may have changed the trajectory of the series.  If the classic matchup needed more hype, it has been provided. Furthermore, in this social media […]

There will be no Division Series sweeps this year. The Toronto Blue Jays beat the Texas Rangers 5-1 on Sunday night to cut the Rangers’ ALDS lead to 2-1, ensuring that there will be a Game 4 on Monday afternoon at Globe Life Park. Both sides got off to slow starts in the first two […]

The Houston Astros are one win away from the ALCS after beating the Kansas City Royals 4-2 in Game 3 of the ALDS on Sunday afternoon. Houston now takes a 2-1 series lead into Monday, looking to advance to their fifth LCS ever – and just their third in the Wild Card era. Houston sent ace […]

A crazy seventh inning helped the Los Angeles Dodgers overcome an early deficit to beat the New York Mets in Game 2 of their NLDS, 5-2. The series is now tied 1-1 and headed to Citi Field on Monday. The Mets looked as if they would keep the Dodgers on the ropes, taking an early […]

The Chicago Cubs rebounded from a dormant Game 1 against the St. Louis Cardinals, topping the NL Central champions 6-3 in Game 2 of the NL Division Series to even the series at two games apiece. As expected, the Cardinals got on the board early. In the first inning, Matt Carpenter led off the Cardinals’ […]

With Clayton Kershaw and Jacob deGrom matched up against one another, Game 1 of the NLDS between the Dodgers and Mets figured to be a classic pitching standoff. But deep down, you probably would have expected Kershaw to emerge as the better ace, right? He’s the best pitcher in MLB. You would have been wrong. […]

The St. Louis Cardinals took a 1-0 lead in their NL Division Series matchup with the Chicago Cubs, beating an overmatched Chicago club 4-0. St. Louis took a 1-0 lead in the first inning, and that would prove to be more than enough for John Lackey. Stephen Piscotty hit a one-out ground rule double in […]

After two games, at least one of the ALDS matchups will go four or five games. The Royals rebounded from their 5-2 loss in Game 1 to tie the series, beating the Astros 5-4 on Friday. Ben Zobrist’s single drove in Alcides Escobar following a leadoff triple to break a 4-4 seventh inning tie and […]

Like many of us expected, the Rangers-Blue Jays ALDS is heading back to Arlington as a 2-0 series. But it’s not the heavily favored Blue Jays winning – it’s the Rangers. Texas beat Toronto 6-4 in 14 innings on Friday to take a commanding 2-0 series lead. Game 2 immediately got off to a hairy […]

The upstart New York Mets (90-72) travel to the west coast to face the Los Angeles Dodgers (92-70) in an NLDS that promises a few truly great pitching matchups along the way. The Dodgers are the prohibitive favorite, but no one should count out a Mets team that defied expectations all year. It has all […]