The World Series starts tonight in Houston. It should be a great battle between two offensively-minded teams. MLB.com’s Mike Petriello breaks down the position-by-position advantages. Catcher Houston’s Martin Maldonado verses Atlanta’s Travis d’Arnaud: Advantage: Astros First base Houston’s Yuli Gurriel verses Atlanta’s Freddie Freeman: Advantage: Braves Second base Houston’s Jose Altuve verses […]
The TV network wanted Boston versus Los Angeles for the ratings that two of the most rabid fan bases would have provided. Revengists wanted Los Angeles versus Houston so the Dodgers could avenge their loss to the Astros for cheating in 2017. What we are getting is Houston versus Atlanta, […]
A Texas team is headed to the World Series once again. And once again, that Texas team isn’t Texas. The Boston Red Sox had a two-games-to-one lead over the Houston Astros heading into Game 4. They scored two runs in the bottom of the first inning of Game 4. Then no […]
Not having a team in the race, it’s nice to see these playoff series go further. As a fan, more games is better. There will be two Game 6s. The Braves were unable to close out their series in Los Angeles, getting pounded 11-2 thanks to Chris Taylor and his […]
Even though they got spanked in Games 2 and 3 by the Red Sox—giving up two grand slams in a 9-5 loss then another in a 12-3 loss—the Astros took their beating and just came back the next day. And even though the Braves were shell shocked in Game 3—watching […]
As has been proven year after year, the Rangers philosophy on baseball doesn’t work during the regular season. During the playoffs, it’s a disaster. The Rangers don’t believe in defense. Just stick anyone at any position. The Dodgers are trying that this post-season. Yesterday it was a huge failure. Gavin […]
The Astros have to feel about as shell shocked in this playoff series as the Rangers felt last year when they served up grand slam after grand slam after grand slam to the Padres. After that, the Padres were called Slam Diego. There might not be an obvious cutesy-pie name […]
Two games. Two walk-off wins. There is nothing more exciting than playoff baseball. Atlanta is doing the impossible. They are up 2-to-0 against the great Los Angeles Dodgers in the N.L. Championship Series. The Dodgers ran Max Scherzer out to start Game 2 after he had already pitched three times […]
One game was over almost from the start. The other game went down to the very last pitch. Playoff baseball offers everything. The Red Sox rode a grand slam in the first and the second to a 9-5 win over the Astros, evening their series 1-to-1 as they head to […]
There’s no denying it. Playoff baseball is fun. Watching good teams with the ability to do what’s needed is satisfying as a fan. It’s hard to root for either the Red Sox or the Astros but in this case you’re rooting for baseball. For well-played games and timely offense and […]
