0 comments by Joe Lucia on 9/27/2014
There’s just one lonely playoff spot left to clinch with two games remaining in the 2014 regular season. It’ll come down to Oakland and Seattle in the AL West. If the A’s can win just one more game in Texas this weekend, they’ll clinch the spot. If Seattle loses, the A’s clinch the spot. For […]
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What else can we really say about the defense of Mike Trout aside from “holy crap”? This twisting, leaping catch in the eighth inning of Friday’s Angels-Mariners game at Safeco Field robbed Kendrys Morales of extra bases. However, it wouldn’t end up matter too much – Seattle still hung on to win 4-3 and keep their […]
0 comments by TOC Locker on 9/26/2014
We have learned playoff team number nine – the Kansas City Royals. The Royals beat the White Sox 3-1 on Friday night to clinch at least a Wild Card spot in the American League. It’s the first playoff berth for the Royals since 1985, when they defeated the Cardinals in seven games to win the […]
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On Thursday, Dave Stewart was hired by the Diamondbacks to be their GM. On Friday, Stewart fired manager Kirk Gibson and bench coach Alan Trammell, ending a tenure that bordered on infuriating at times. This was well-overdue for the Diamondbacks. Gibson became the winningest manager in team history this season, but calling Arizona’s 2014 “turbulent” was […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
We’ve reached the end of the line. This is the last edition of the longest homers of the week for the 2014 season, with apologies to those who homer in the final three games of the regular season this weekend. On Monday, we’re going to wrap everything up with a look at the 15 longest […]
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In the 2004 ALCS, most of the attention is paid to Dave Roberts stealing second base in the ninth inning. That steal led to Bill Mueller singling him in and giving Boston life. But it was David Ortiz who was the real hero, hitting a walk off, two-run homer in the 12th off of Paul […]
0 comments by Jaymes Langrehr
You thought Oakland’s slide was bad? The Brewers spent 159 days in first place this year. They missed the playoffs. Completely. Couldn’t even hang onto the second wildcard spot. Anytime you go down in history compared to the 2007 Mets, it was a rough year. Preseason Prediction: Braun hits more like he did in 2009 […]
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On Thursday, the Giants beat the Padres 9-8 in a wild contest to wrap up one of the two NL Wild Card berths. Technically, San Francisco clinched a spot earlier in the afternoon when the Brewers lost to the Reds, but they made it official after the victory against San Diego. The Giants still have […]
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I’m going to try to keep this one as Jeter-free as possible, if that’s OK. The playoff races in both the National and American Leagues are nuts, even with just three games remaining on the schedule. All five National League teams are locked in, but we don’t know who will be playing who, and where. […]
0 comments by TOC Locker on 9/25/2014
The Derek Jeter farewell season has come to a fitting conclusion – the Yankee captain hit a walk off single in his final at bat at Yankee Stadium to give the Yankees a 6-5 win over the Orioles. Sure, Jeter technically has three games left in his career at Fenway Park this weekend. But you really couldn’t […]
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In Game 3 of the 2001 ALDS, the Yankees led 1-0 in the bottom of the seventh inning. With two outs and Jeremy Giambi on first, Terrance Long lashed a ball into the right field corner. As Giambi rounded third, Shane Spencer fired the ball home, and it missed both of the cut off men. And […]
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In case you haven’t heard, today is Derek Jeter’s last ever game at Yankee Stadium. Charmin commemorated the event perfectly. Thanks for being you, Charmin. Never change.
0 comments by Dave Tobener
Look, baseball games are too long. That’s what everybody keeps saying, so it has to be true. They’re so long that Major League Baseball has put together a committee to figure out how to make them shorter. A committee! You know things are serious now. Baseball doesn’t mess around when it comes to their committees. […]
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During game one of Thursday’s Mets-Nationals doubleheader at Nationals Park, MLB.com’s Anthony DiComo tempted fate by tweeting out a link to this article he posted just an hour earlier. Two minutes later, this happened. Thanks a lot, Dillon Gee. This is why the Mets can’t have nice things.
