Dodgers Meltdown: Turning Strength Into A Weakness.
Dave Roberts had a plan for Game 5 of the NLDS. It wasn’t a good one. And his inability to make a change cost the Dodgers.
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Spitter Postseason Picks: Pitching, Pitching, Pitching
Lots and lots of home runs this year, but pitching always wins in the postseason. Here are our LDS projections.
Read moreCubs Fire Joe Maddon: Once Again, It’s Never The GM’s Fault
The two longest-suffering franchises in Major League Baseball both allowed the manager who was at the helm when the team won the World Series to walk out the door less than four years later.
Read moreCubbies Collapse Ranks With The All-time Worst
A nine-game losing streak wiped out Chicago’s hopes for the postseason. It wasn’t the worst run by a formerly-contending team, but it comes close.
Read moreMike Yastrzemksi’s Big Fly Would Have Fallen Flat If Not For Grandpa’s ’67 Squad That Saved Fenway
Boston fans welcomed Carl Yastrzemski’s grandson with open arms … as the enemy. It’s a bit of sportsmanship saved only for a place that appreciates its history in a historic place … a place that wouldn’t be here without the 1967 Red Sox.
Read moreIf The MVP Is Yelich Or Bellinger, There’s Only One Choice
Cody Bellinger or Christian Yelich will likely win this award. One probably deserves it a little more than the other. Photo by baseballhall.org
Read moreJustin Verlander’s Side Of The Detroit Free Press Story And Why Whatever Happened Shouldn’t Have Got To This Point
What caused a hyper-competitive pitcher, but pretty good Twitter folo to go off the deep end when it came to a reporter he only has to see seven days out of the year?
Read moreThirty Days Of Hell In Atlanta: Trying To Get Rid Of The Trashy In-Laws That Just Arrived At Their Doorstep
Every summer the family black sheep come to visit unannounced and unwanted. That’s where the contenders are as they try to topple the Braves.
Read moreNL Central: 60 Days At The Circus
It wasn’t that long ago that the Brewers were the class of the division, the Cubs were trying to figure out a way back to the promised land and the Cardinals were just kind of a mess. Then an elephant got on the trapeze, some kid stole the clown shoes from Bozo and the bearded lady got electrolysis and moved to Ft. Lauderdale. All in all, nothing makes sense and predicting how this will play out? As the guy with the balloon animals says, “Fuhgedaboudit.”
Read moreNew Trade Deadline Causes Frenzy Of Activity
“Frenzy” is a word overused by media types to describe a lot of something happening at one time, like sharks in the water, or this year, like Giants, Indians and Astros in the water.
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