When George Springer’s hit cleared the wall in left center, forty-eight years of Seattle futility became forty-nine. It turned a 3-1 Seattle lead into a 4-3 Toronto lead, that would be the eventual final score. With that, the Toronto Blue Jays are headed to the World Series to face the […]
There will be a Game 7. Seattle at Toronto. Unless you’re a fan of the Mariner, this is what every baseball fans wanted—a winner-take-all elimination game. Every pitch, every hit, every baserunner is crucial. It’s been a wonderful series, as playoff baseball usually is. Teams that can hit and manufacture […]
Tonight, it’s Game 6 in Toronto. Unlike in the National League, this series has been competitive. And, unlike in the National League, the winner isn’t a foregone conclusion. Seattle won the first two games in Toronto. Toronto won the first two games in Seattle, with Seattle winning the third. All […]
In news that is news to absolutely nobody, the Los Angeles Dodgers are going back to the World Series. The team with the highest payroll swept the team with the fourteenth highest payroll to make it back to the World Series for the second year in a row. The Dodgers […]
Max Scherzer still has life in that arm. He’s forty-one. He’s been on two World Series champion teams. And he picked up a W for Toronto in last night’s 8-2 win over Seattle to even their Championship Series at two games apiece. (In the National League, the Dodgers are 3-0. […]
It appears Toronto is getting even for those tariffs. They crossed the border into the United States, and their offense came alive. After their MLB-best offense was held to just four runs in the first two game, they broke out for thirteen in Game 3, jumping on every Mariners pitcher […]
Old school baseball has broken out in the National League Championship Series. Out of eighteen possible innings, Dodgers starters have thrown seventeen. If they keep this up, Los Angeles just might turn back the clock on a decade of overthinking and overmanaging. The one thing baseball does is copy winning. […]
On Canadian Thanksgiving Day in Toronto, it was Seattle that did the carving. The Mariners used the home run ball to crush the Blue Jays 10-3, stunning the crowd in Toronto who saw their beloved Jays drop the first two games in the best-of-seven series at home. Seattle’s Julio Rodriguez […]
Seattle takes the first game. After George Springer hit a home run to put the Blue Jays up 1-0 after one pitch, the Mariners pitching locked down the best hitting team in the major leagues. Toronto managed just one more hit in the game, a single in the second. They […]
They’re celebrating in beer town. The Brewers knocked off the Cubs in Game 5, winning 3-1, to advance to the Championship Series against the Dodgers. It will be David versus Goliath as far as payrol;l is concerned. The Dodgers, you will recall bought every single conceivable free agent last offseason, […]
