The Kansas City Royals return to the World Series as the best contact team in baseball. They are going to need that particular skill set. They are facing a team with arm after arm after arm of swing-and-miss stuff. The team that doesn’t strikeout faces a strikeout staff. Great pitching is […]
It’s going to be a 108-year wait now.
Both Championship Series are 2-0. Kansas City won two at home and heads to Toronto. New York won two at home and heads to Chicago. We’ve seen how quickly two-game leads can evaporate. But for both the Blue Jays and the Cubs, a win in their Game 3s is pretty much a must. […]
I remember when the Cincinnati Reds won the World Series in 1990, they did it because they had the most dominating bullpen in history. In fact, that team created the blueprint for all bullpens since. They didn’t have one closer, they had three: Rob Dibble, Norm Charlton and Randy Myers. […]
Baseball has a strange way of equalizing itself. In the first inning, Adrian Beltre walked. Then, while caught in the front end of a Prince Fielder double play, he slid hard into second base, landing awkwardly on his side and wrenching his back. Unless both of […]
The Blue Jays won the season series over the Rangers 4-2. Here are some other stats to chew on until Thursday’s Game 1 against the Blue Jays in Toronto. First-half record: Second-half record: Toronto: 45-46 […]
There is nothing more to say about yesterday’s game that hasn’t already been said. Blame has been duly levied. Responsibility has been deftly deflected. Fingers have been defiantly pointed and re-pointed. Rationale has been irrationally explained. Was it the right move? Was there a way to prevent it? It doesn’t […]
Remember when you were five and you learned that if you don’t have anything good to say about someone, don’t say anything at all? The following is dedicated to the Rangers performance in last night’s game: […]
Pigs flew. Cows jumped over the moon. Chris Gimenez hit a triple. The Rangers are up four-and-a-half games. Will wonders never cease?
Aceworthy: The Rangers have now won eight straight games in which Cole Hamels has pitched. The rules for Comeback Player of the Year vaguely state that the player had to have “re-emerged on the baseball field.” The award has been given since 1965, but it wasn’t “official” until 2005, […]