0 comments by Garrett Wilson on 10/9/2014
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 TOC Locker on 10/7/2014
It’s pretty well known that Ben Affleck is a devoted Boston Red Sox fan. Those who saw the actor in Gone Girl over the weekend may have been amused by his character wearing a St. Louis Cardinals t-shirt (the story takes place in a fictional Missouri town) or concealing his identity with a New York […]
0 comments by TOC Locker
If you would have told anyone in March that this Friday, the Royals and Orioles would being play in the ALCS, they probably would have laughed in your face. But here we are, just days away from one of the most improbable LCS matchups in recent history. Naturally, MLB has created a commercial to promote the series, […]
0 comments by TOC Locker on 10/6/2014
During an incident at home plate in the midst of Friday’s Game 1 matchup between the Cardinals and Dodgers, St. Louis catcher Yadier Molina bumped home plate umpire Jerry Meals. Many expected a suspension for Molina, but he will only receive a fine, according to CBS’s Jon Heyman. The exact amount of the fine isn’t […]
0 comments by TOC Locker
It took until the seventh inning of Game 3, but the Washington Nationals offense finally got a break. With two on and none out, Wilson Ramos laid down a sac bunt. Madison Bumgarner fielded it, and tried to get lead runner Ian Desmond at third base. It didn’t go well. Desmond and Bryce Harper scored […]
0 comments by TOC Locker
Game 3 hasn’t even started yet, and Don Mattingly is going all-in. The Dodgers will start Clayton Kershaw on three days rest in Game 4 of the NLDS on Tuesday before going with Zack Greinke on regular rest in a potential Game 5. Ballsy? Yes, very, especially after Kershaw allowed eight runs over 6 2/3 […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
Former WWE Champion Daniel Bryan is at today’s NLDS game between the Giants and Nationals at AT&T Park, and yes, he’s leading the crowd in a YES! YES! YES! chant. In case you’re curious: yes, Bryan did get a picture with Hunter Pence in San Francisco’s dugout. With the power of Bryan behind them, the […]
0 comments by Garrett Wilson
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 […]
