For the third time in post-season history, a no-hitter has been thrown. It was a historic day that will be watered down by the peculiarities of modern managing. History will now remember Don Larson, Roy Halliday, and a bunch of Astros pitchers. No-hitting a team in the World Series is […]
Well, that was a nice way to treat the home fans. Five home runs. The Phillies kept alive their post-season home unbeaten streak with a 7-0 shutout of the Astros. It’s easy to gush over the five home runs. But just as impressive is shutting out the Astros powerful offense, […]
The lockout pushed the World Series into November. The rainout pushes it one day further. Rain postponed Monday night’s Game 3 until tonight. Everything moves back a day now. Game 4 is Wednesday night, Game 5 is Thursday night, both in Philadelphia. Then the travel day is Friday. And Games […]
The World Series moves to Philadelphia for Games 3, 4, and 5. One thing is certain. The home crowd will be loud. After all, they have yet to see their hometown team lose in the post-season. They swept the Cardinals in the first-round, best-of-three series, but those two games were […]
For the first time in his career, Framber Valdez’s dad got to see him pitch. It’s not because he lives in the Dominican Republic that he hasn’t seen him pitch before. It’s because he has an intense fear of flying. He put that aside and was sitting in the stands […]
It appears the Phillies are for real. Down 5-0 after three innings to Justin Verlander, they came off the mat, tied the game by the fifth, then won it in the tenth, Coming into his Game 1 start, Verlander had never won World Series game. Surprisingly, he is 0-6 in […]
Finally, after four days of waiting, the World Series is here. Game 1 is tonight in Houston. Here is the schedule: Friday, Oct. 28Game 1, PHI @ HOU, 7:03 p.m., FOX Saturday, Oct. 29Game 2, PHI @ HOU, 7:03 p.m., FOX Monday, Oct. 31Game 3, HOU @ PHI, 7:03 p.m., […]
Mike Maddux is available. He resigned as the Cardinals pitching coach yesterday. Why he resigned from a team that actually made it to the playoffs is unknown. Cardinals general manager John Mozeliak was prepared to offer him a contract but he announced he was leaving, along with their hitting coach, […]
Tom Petty sings, “The waiting is the hardest part.” He was so right. Since both Championship Series ended early, there are a way too many off days until the World Series, which starts Friday night in Houston. The waiting is hard. It certainly takes the steam out of the momentum […]
Rangers fans are lucky. The Rangers owner isn’t addicted to the spotlight like Jerry Jones and Mark Cuban. So, when he does pop out of the darkness, it’s worth listening to. Back in August, Ray Davis showed his face when he fired Jon Daniels and declared, “we haven’t been good […]
