The National League Division Series has no shortage of highly anticipated matchups, especially on the pitching side. Cubs v. Giants (Game 1 @ 9:00 p.m. EST) It’s the team that always wins in October versus the one that flames out. The Chicago Cubs have coasted through the regular season to …
Read More »MLB Regular Season Ends Sunday, Wild Cards Still Undecided
This Sunday, the last regular season games of MLB will be played and the chase for the wild card spots will be decided. The races to win each division this year were not nearly as interesting as the bids for the wild card spots. The last team to clinch their division …
Read More »National League Wild Card Race: 3-Team Tie
Tuesday’s Major League Baseball action showed the National League Wild Card race tightening. It evened into a three-way tie between the San Francisco Giants, New York Mets and St. Louis Cardinals. The Mets were at the top of the Wild Card position before Tuesday’s action with a record of 80-70, while …
Read More »MLB Playoff Races Heat Up As Season Winds Down
As October approaches, and with it the promise of postseason baseball, many teams are still fighting in heated divisional and wild card races while others are well on their way to securing a spot in the playoffs. American League AL East Leaders: Boston (78-61) In the Hunt: Toronto (1 GB), …
Read More »MLB Hunt for October
With under 30 games to play in the 2016 Major League Baseball season, three divisions are separated by five games or less, and both wild card spots are crapshoots with six AL teams within five games vying for that second spot, and four NL teams within four games. Let’s get …
Read More »MLB National League Preview: Nationals, Marlins, Giants, Braves
Los Angeles Dodgers at Washington Nationals Tonight is appropriately “Dusty Baker Bobblehead Day” at Nationals Park as the Los Angeles Dodgers will play the Washington Nationals. Baker, the Nationals’ manager played for the Dodgers during his MLB career and won a championship with them in 1981. This is the first of a three-game series, with Scott …
Read More »Stanton Home Run Helps Marlins Take Down Kershaw, Dodgers 6-3
His reaction said it all. The moment Giancarlo Stanton made contact with a 1-0 fastball from Clayton Kershaw in the sixth inning, Kershaw turned around, dropped to a knee and looked at the ground before following the flight of the ball. Kershaw knew the end result as soon the ball …
Read More »Baseball is Back, and in “Late” Fashion
As the beginning of the baseball season excites fans at heart and allows them to scream at their TVs for the next seven months or so, some teams are still waiting to hit the diamond. Two games were postponed due to snow, with the Astros and the Yankees having to …
Read More »Don Mattingly Talks Marlins
Having had seven managers since 2010, the Miami Marlins hope they have found a long term solution with the hiring of former big leaguer and most recently Los Angeles Dodger manager Don Mattingly. In his five year stint as manager of the Dodgers, Mattingly coached the team to three consecutive playoff appearances, …
Read More »NLDS Preview
The National League Divisional Series match ups continue Monday when the Chicago Cubs face the St.Louis Cardinals and the New York Mets host the Los Angeles Dodgers. Both series are tied at one game each. The New York Mets will host their first ever playoff game at Citi Field. The …
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