It turns out, the Texas Rangers did, in fact, make the playoffs. They just called themselves the Chicago Cubs. Watching the Cubs hitters strike out twelve times last night seemed oddly familiar to what Rangers fans saw all season with their team. Watching the bullpen implode seemed familiar too. […]
Question: How do you keep the bullpen from blowing a lead? Answer: Your starter goes all nine innings. Question: How do you ensure your starter goes nine innings? Answer 1: You get one with the mindset of Justin Verlander who said afterward that he had no intention of coming […]
The Astros showed how many ways they can beat you last night. With the smothering pitching of Dallas Keuchel. With the MVP bat of Jose Altuve. With singles instead of home runs. With outfield defense. Or, to put it into terms we Rangers fans can relate to, with everything […]
The Washington Nationals announce that, effective immediately, they are shutting down fragile starter Stephen Strasburg once again, like they did in 2012, in order to save wear and tear on his arm. “For the good of the player and the industry,” his agent Scott Boras explained, “my client will not […]
It’s the Yankees and Astros. The MVP vote in the American League will come down to Jose Altuve and Aaron Judge. The championship of the American League will come down to Altuve’s team and Judge’s team. The irony is so thick you need something that cuts thick irony to cut […]
Dusty Baker is getting crucified in the media for taking out Max Scherzer after 98 pitches on Monday. He had just given up his first hit, after six and a third innings of no-hit baseball. Scherzer committed the unpardonable sin of giving up a base runner after the sixth inning. […]
The Astros showed why they are a team to be reckoned with yesterday, coming from behind against Red Sox ace Chris Sale to win the division series and move onto the championship series against the winner of the Yankees and Indians in Game 5 Wednesday in Cleveland. Chris Sale lost […]
The best thing about playoff baseball is more playoff baseball. Today is a full slate, with all four division series games. That’s because both AL East teams woke up, both won, both extended the series, both are still alive. The Red Sox won big in a slugfest. The Yankees won […]
Sometimes all it takes is one at-bat to exhale. In the bottom of the eighth inning, down 3-1 in the game and facing the daunting possibility of being down two games to none, the Washington Nationals were playing tight, scared, with the legacy of losing weighing down heavily upon them […]
Cleveland fell behind 8-3 against the best bullpen in baseball. Final score: Cleveland Indians 9, New York Yankees 8 in 13 innings. Cleveland up two games to none. Thank you, baseball god. Thank you. ***** TODAY’S GAMES: Jon Lester (13-8, 4.33) vs. Gio Gonzalez (15-9, 2.96) Game time: 4:38 on […]