ALCS Prediction: Yanks in Five
Tonight’s ALCS opens deep in the heart of Texas, and the Rangers will be looking to settle the score for three recent postseason eliminations suffered at the hands of the Yankees. Even though the...
View ArticleTexas-Sized Comeback; Yankees Make History By Rallying to Win ALCS Opener
Coming from behind has long been a Yankees’ hallmark. In the regular season, the team recorded a major’s best 48 comebacks, and then in the ALDS added two more for good measure. Overcoming a five run...
View ArticleNLCS Preview: Plenty of Pitching Should Make for a Close Series; Phils to...
The hype surrounding the game one matchup between two-time defending Cy Young Tim Lincecum and likely-to-be 2010 Cy Young Roy Halladay has been so intense that is easy to forget the NLCS is actually a...
View ArticleRanger Rebound: Game Three Looms as Cliff Hanger as Texas Heads to New York...
One day after blowing a five run lead in the final three innings, Ron Washington vowed that if his team was presented with the same opportunity again, they would not let it get away. Sure enough, by...
View ArticleIn “Postseason of the Pitcher”, Yanks Suffer Historic Stinker
For the most part, the “Year of the Pitcher” has carried over to October. Only two games into the post season, Roy Halladay had thrown a no hitter and Tim Lincecum shut down the Braves with a 14...
View ArticleYanks Live to Fight Another Day; Return ALCS to Deep in the Heart of Texas
The legendary folk hero Davy Crockett once said, “You may all go to hell and I will go to Texas”. To those who doubted their resiliency, the Yankees used game five of the ALCS to say exactly the same...
View ArticleYankee Go Home: Season Ends in Texas as Rangers Head to First Rodeo
All of Texas jumps for joy as Rangers head to first ever World Series (Photo: Getty Images). The Rangers couldn’t have drawn it up any better. In the team’s previous 49 seasons, it had made the...
View ArticleRangers, Giants Seek to Quench Championship Thirst; World Series to Feature...
Most baseball prognosticators expected the Yankees and Phillies to meet once again at season’s end, but the Rangers and Giants each brought a monkey wrench to their respective league championship...
View ArticleAces Low: A Look at Postseason Stoppers Gone Bad
Cliff Lee is human after all. Heading into yesterday’s World Series opener, Lee had compiled a 7-0 record with a 1.26 ERA, the third lowest postseason rate among starters with at least 50 innings...
View ArticleExpanded Playoffs Could Be a Battle Worth Losing for “Purists”
The word out of the General Managers meetings in Orlando is the plan to expand the major league baseball playoffs to 10 teams is moving full speed ahead. According to numerous reports, Commissioner Bud...
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