0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 9/23/2014
A possible second-place finish in the NL East and near-.500 record has to be considered an improvement over the 74 wins the New York Mets earned in 2013. Of course, finishing second would be an indictment of the rest of the division, especially the cratering Braves. But the final standings could also reflect how the […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
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 […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
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 […]
0 comments by TOC Locker on 9/22/2014
In case you weren’t aware, Jose Altuve is short. How short? Well…. That’s absurdity at its most absurd. The soon-to-be AL batting champion finished with just one hit in Houston’s 4-3 loss to Texas on Monday night.
0 comments by Joe Lucia
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 […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
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, […]
0 comments by Jaymes Langrehr
All things considered, the 2014 Miami Marlins were a bit of a surprise. Sure, they were never truly a playoff contender — especially after Jose Fernandez tore his UCL in mid-May and needed Tommy John surgery — but they hung around .500 for much of the season. Coming off a year in which they lost […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
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 […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 9/21/2014
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 […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 9/20/2014
We discovered our fourth playoff team on Friday, as the Los Angeles Dodgers joined the three division champions (Baltimore, Anaheim, Washington) in the playoff picture. Now, the Dodgers haven’t clinched the NL West yet, but they’re up 3.5 on the Giants with only eight games to play (including three with San Francisco). For the Giants […]
0 comments by TOC Locker on 9/19/2014
The story here isn’t Lucas Duda homering off of Julio Teheran to give the Mets a 2-0 lead. No, it’s this Braves fan catching the homer in his bucket of popcorn. Nice play, man. I’d make a Falcons joke, but considering they destroyed the Bucs on Thursday night, I think they’re just fine with receivers […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry
The Padres were viewed as a sleeper contender coming into the 2014 season. They probably weren’t capable of hanging with the Dodgers and Giants (or maybe even the Diamondbacks) in the NL West, but if either of the favorites faltered and the Padres’ roster stayed healthy throughout the season, there was a chance that meaningful baseball […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
You guys…we’ve reached the second to last edition of the longest homers of the week this season. We’ll follow up with one more next week, and wrap up the season with a longest homers of the year compendium the following Monday. This week, our list is headed by Brandon Moss of the Oakland Athletics, a team […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
This is really a last gasp for the Milwaukee Brewers. After a crushing 3-2, 13 inning loss to the Cardinals on Thursday, the Brewers are six games back of St. Louis in the NL Central, and 3.5 games behind the Pirates for the NL’s second Wild Card spot. You can pretty much count out the […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 9/18/2014
The NL Central was supposed to be a three-team race between the Cardinals, Pirates and Reds this year. St. Louis and Pittsburgh fulfilled their expectations, but Cincinnati fell off in a major way. Coming into the season, the Reds were viewed by some as a better club than the Pirates. The team showed what it was capable […]
