As much as everyone in America and every other civilized baseball country hates them, Houston is one game away from going back to the World Series for the third time in four years. Game 7 today is merely filling out the paperwork. This American League Championship Series is Old School […]
The Rays won the first three games of their Championship Series without hitting. They lost the last two games of their Championship Series without hitting. Great pitching can only go so far. Eventually you have to be able to score a few runs. Of the fourteen batters that have appeared […]
Being the home team at The Shed is tough. So far, in the National Leauge Championship Series, the home team has lost every game. And their opponents are racking up the runs. The Curse of The Shed continues. The home team during the regular season there had difficulty winning and […]
Defense matters. That has been said about a million times the past four seasons of Rangers futility. Hopefully someone from the Rangers front office, or better yet ownership, watched Tampa Bay last night. They made a game-saving defensive gem almost every inning. Defensive wizard Kevin Kiermaier robbed Alex Bregman of […]
What is going on? Four Hall of Famers have now died in the last six weeks. First Tom Seaver. Then Bob Gibson. Then Whitey Ford. And yesterday, Joe Morgan. Nothing tells you that you are getting old yourself when your find out your heroes are not immortal. While I wasn’t […]
The American Dream is still alive. In this country’s fractured times, it’s inspiring to hear a story like Randy Arozarina’s. He was born in Cuba but wanted to play baseball in the United States. That’s not allowed. So, risking his life and liberty, in 2015 he stole away in the […]
Now it’s down to the final four. The American League pennant is up for grabs starting today. The National League starts tomorrow. In the A.L., it’s a team that’s playing for redemption against a team that’s defying the narrative of small market budgets. This round will be best of seven […]
Yes, it was the classic David vesus Goliath series. And, yes, the little guy won. The Tampa Bay Rays’ payroll for 2020, pro-rated for COVID, was $28.2 million, third lowest in baseball. The New York Yankees’ was $109.4 million, the highest in baseball. The Yankees had three players making more […]
Only one series went the full five games. The Yankees and Rays play today to see who advances on. The Yankees are sending out Garrit Cole on short rest. Of course they are. He is their pitcher. They gave him $36 million a year for today’s game. Not $36 million […]
The first victim of the Rangers miserable season, other than the fans, is pitching coach Julio Rangel. His contract will not be renewed for 2021. In his two seasons as the Rangers pitching coach, Texas finished with the fourth worst ERA in baseball in 2020 and the fifth worst ERA […]
