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 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 moreTwo Good Bullpens, Two Bad Bullpens, Wildly Unexpected Results, And A Nationals Resurrection
That is not the sound of the bullpen gate opening. That is the sound of winning…or broken dreams. But there are a couple of teams pulling out wins despite having highly-flammable material coming into the game.
Read moreNL East Forecast: Hey, Washington, Let’s Try This Again, Shall We?
Advertisements The Spitter whiffed badly last year in our projections for the National League Eastern Division. So we went back through the numbers to see if there was a singular thing that Atlanta excelled at. The answer is yes…and no. The Braves finished fifth in the N.L. in runs-scored and eighth in all of baseball in batting average (.300) on
Read moreJacob De Grom Poised To Benefit From Nolan Ryan’s 1987 Campaign
Jacob de Grom may win the Cy Young Award this year. Nolan Ryan should have won it under similar conditions in 1987. Photo by Patrick Feller via Flickr.
Read moreWashington Nationals Management Point Finger In The Wrong Direction
A reliever slams a glove. Management says, “He’s the one, your honor. He’s responsible for what ails us.”
Read moreNL East: Buy, Sell or Does It Matter Since Washington’s Sleep Wal….Wait. What?
Advertisements So, somewhere in the neighborhood of 80 games ago, one wag (that’s old-timer for smart-alec punk) dismissed the entire National League East except Washington, who was guaranteed to “sleep walk through the division.” Little problem with that. Washington has been asleep alright, but not winning at any particularly rapid pace and has been far behind just about everyone in
Read more2018 MLB National League East Forecast
There is absolutely no reason for the Washington Nationals to be tired come October. Why? Because the Nats can sleepwalk through this division. Photo by Sharon Ward
Read moreSo What the Heck Happened to the NL East?
The NL East has one good, yet flawed team, and then, there are the others…
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