0 comments by Joe Lucia on 10/2/2013
The Pittsburgh Pirates' 2013 Postseason run will last more than one game. The Pirates won the Wild Card playoff game 6-2 over the Cincinnati Reds, advancing to the NL Division Series against the St Louis Cardinals. Pittsburgh jumped all over Johnny Cueto early, scoring a pair of runs in the second inning thanks to solo […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
Johnny Cueto is getting absolutely pounded early on in Pittsburgh, allowing three runs in the first three innings and getting so rattled by a raucous PNC Park crowd that he dropped the ball right out of his hand while preparing to throw a pitch. The score could be a lot worse than 3-0 through three […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 10/1/2013
Here we are, folks: the End of Season Post-Mortem series. If you're new here (which about 50% of our reader base is in comparison to last year), here's a brief explanation: after a team is eliminated from playoff contention, we're going to put their season under a microscope and look at just what the hell […]
0 comments by Amanda Rykoff
http://youtube.com/watch?v=sx0Bo2aGFwA The Pittsburgh Pirates are the best story in baseball this season. The team enjoyed its first winning season since 1992 and beautiful PNC Park will host its first postseason game tonight against the Reds (8 pm ET/TBS). Pirates’ closer Jason Grilli is one of the best stories on a team filled with great stories […]
0 comments by Garrett Wilson
October baseball is upon us. With the official commencement of the playoffs comes the opening of the floodgates when it comes to all the various narratives and storylines for each of the contenders. For many a writer, these storylines take a higher precedence than the actual games themselves. Like it or not, you are about […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
It's playoff season, and with that…bam, a new edition of the Watchability Rankings. This set of rankings isn't a set of power rankings, breaking down the best MLB Postseason teams by skill level. Instead, these rankings will attempt to answer the question of "which team would I want to watch play upwards of 20 games […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry
Following Monday's AL tiebreaker game, the MLB postseason begins Tuesday night at PNC Park in Pittsburgh. The Pirates host the Reds for a one-game, do-or-die playoff scheduled for 8:07 p.m. ET. It's the first playoff baseball Pittsburgh has seen in 20 years, and Bucs fans surely hope this postseason lasts longer than one game. The […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
Well, we have our final team in the AL Postseason…and it's the Tampa Bay Rays. The Rays knocked off the Rangers 5-2 in Texas to advance to play the Indians on Wednesday in Cleveland. Here's your full recap of Monday night's tilt. PIC OF THE DAY The Rays celebrate their clinching of the right to […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
Game 163 in the books, and the Rays are your final 2013 Postseason team. Tampa Bay defeated Texas 5-2 on Monday night in Arlington, punching their ticket to Cleveland on Wednesday to take on the Indians for the right to play the Red Sox in the ALDS. The Rays took a lead in the first […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 9/30/2013
Texas Rangers second baseman Ian Kinsler is taking the club's fanbase to task for poor support of the team on Sunday, when the team beat the Angels 6-2 to clinch a tie with the Rays for the American League's second Wild Card spot. ESPN Dallas has the quotes from the long-time Ranger. "We've been to […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
Well folks, this is the end. Aside from one critical game between the Rays and Rangers, the MLB regular season is done. And with that, it's time for the final edition of the best and worst, this time looking at September. The pennant race, September call-ups, and guys just playing out the string generally makes […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
The rebuilding efforts of the Chicago Cubs are going in a different direction, as manager
0 comments by Joe Lucia
The regular season is in the books for 28 of the 30 MLB teams, and we can now reflect on the season heading into the playoffs. As always when it comes to the end of the year, when looking back, we can identify which players performed above, below, and right around our expectation. But it's […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
Well, the regular season is over. Wait: a correction. the regular season is over for 28 clubs. The Rays and Rangers still need to play one more, and the second AL Wild Card berth is on the line. Both clubs finished 91-71 after winning on Sunday, and their seasons will require an extra game to […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
There will be a Game 163. The Rays beat the Blue Jays 7-6 in Toronto and the Rangers beat the Angels 6-2 in Arlington on Sunday, deadlocking both teams at 91-71 and necessitating a one game playoff for the right to face the 92-70 Indians in the Wild Card Playoff game. Cleveland beat Minnesota 5-1 […]
