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Monday, October 29, 2012
With a Sergio Romo slider, the San Francisco Giants completed an improbable sweep of the Detroit Tigers to capture their second World Series title in the last three seasons. The final pitch was symbolic of the entire series as the it elicited no response from the Tigers; Miguel Cabrera took the pitch for strike three. While there had been five previous World Series sweeps since 1998, the Giants ... Read More
Friday, October 26, 2012
It had been 10 days since Madison Bumgarner had pitched. After being removed from his game one start against the Cardinals, Bumgarner has been in the bullpen. But, he hasn’t been used for a couple of reasons. First, the Giants starters have pitched deep into games. Second, Bumgarner has struggled since the start of September. During the final month of the season Bumgarner was 2-2 with a ... Read More
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
The San Francisco Giants and the Detroit Tigers look so very different. The Tigers have a core of superstar players that give them an advantage during a short series. Two of their superstars are of the elite variety, already two of the best to ever step foot on a baseball field. Justin Verlander and Miguel Cabrera are that good and are already in that class. The Giants have a budding superstar in Buster Posey ... Read More
Monday, October 22, 2012
It shouldn’t be all that surprising that the Cardinals and Giants will play a game seven for the right to go to the World Series to face the Detroit Tigers. After all, this is a Cardinals team that has literally been down to its last strike a handful of times over the last two postseasons. They were in that spot in the NLDS against the Washington Nationals, but rallied to ... Read More
Friday, October 19, 2012
When the Detroit Tigers signed Prince Fielder to a nine year $214 million deal, the worry was that the Tigers defense was going to sabotage a talented pitching staff. Because the signing necessitated Miguel Cabrera moving over to third base, the Tigers were heading into the season with one of the worst defensive third basemen in the game, a shortstop with seemingly limited ... Read More
Monday, October 15, 2012
I was a child of the 1980’s. Living in New York, that meant watching the Yankees miss the playoffs every year after 1981. The Yankees won regular season games, but being that only two teams were able to advance to the League Championship Series, they constantly missed. Then, they got really bad, culminating in what Yankees fans call “The Stump Merrill Years”. As the Yankees hit rock ... Read More
Thursday, October 11, 2012
Wednesday night was just another example of why the Major League Baseball playoffs give something that no other sport can give. The drama of a Major League Baseball playoff game is unmatched because of time. In Baseball, time is never a factor. A team is never done until it makes the 27th out. The competition is truly about the play on the field. Clock management in other sport ... Read More
Monday, October 8, 2012
When the New York Yankees clinched the American League East on the final day of the season, Derek Jeter was asked how it felt. He went through the perfunctory stuff about it being a long season, the competition being good, and that the Yankees fought hard to win the division. But, then he made a comment that pretty much summarizes his career. He said, “Now the real season begins.” ... Read More
Friday, October 5, 2012
Baseball wasn’t meant to be decided on one game. Part of the lure of Major League Baseball is the ultimate test of an organization. That test is to see if it has enough resources to survive the 162 game season. The survivors of that test then have to survive another grueling test of a series of games against an opponent. As they advance, the series become more intense, resulting in ... Read More
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Nobody saw this coming. As much as we scrutinize the game, turn it upside down, watch it, break it down into numbers, and have those gut instincts, not one single person foresaw the Oakland A’s as the 2012 West Division champions. The A’s provided for the single best moment of the 2012 season when they beat the Texas Rangers 12-5 to sweep the three game series and take over first ... Read More
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Watching a game in Safeco Field has always been a throwback experience. The field is one where pitching and defense rule. That may seem like a broad generalization, but consider that Major League Baseball has seen 38 1-0 games this season. The Mariners hosted six of them. In 79 home games this season, either the Mariners (mostly the Mariners) or their opponents scored two or fewer runs ... Read More
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
The last Monday of the regular season had so much to offer. The Yankees took on a bunch of triple-A players dressed in Red Sox uniforms while the Orioles had to face a Rays team that still believed they could get into the playoffs. The White Sox bludgeoned the Indians, while the Tigers sewed everything up with a win over the Royals. Felix Hernandez made his last start of the season, ... Read More
Monday, October 1, 2012
As the 2012 season heads into the final series of the year, most of the pennant races are decided. The Tigers have all but sewn up the central division after spending most of the season underachieving. They are a team that is close to accomplishing their goal: get into the tournament and let their elite ace and slugger take over. They weren’t a team built to dominate 162; instead they ... Read More
Friday, September 28, 2012
It can get a little lost at times, but we all have this deep passion about a game. Baseball inspires both the very good in us and, at times, some ugly actions and comments. But, all of that is the byproduct of a deep love of the sport. Football and basketball may be labeled as more popular, but baseball has a different connection with its fans. There is a love and appreciation ... Read More
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
A year ago, the Atlanta Braves were putting the finishing touches on one of the biggest collapses in Major League Baseball history. The 2011 Braves won just nine games in the month of September and lost their last five games of the year to narrowly miss the playoffs. Their epic collapse was largely overshadowed by the Boston Red Sox’s collapse and aftermath of Boston’s chaos. But, the ... Read More
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