Baseball history seems to remember bloody pitchers; Schilling’s bloody sock for the Red Sox back in Game 6 of the 2004 ALCS, and now they have Trevor Bauer’s bloody pinky in Game 3 of the 2016 ALCS. Except Schilling pitched seven innings giving up just one run, while Bauer was …
Read More »Indians Look to Continue Impressive ALCS
There has been one central theme thus far for the Indians in the ALCS — good pitching. In Game 1, the Indians not only had the home-field advantage, but also ace Corey Kluber on the hill. Kluber faced 26 batters in 6.1 innings and had six strikeouts. He also did not give up any …
Read More »ALDS Preview: Rangers Host Blue Jays
Game one of the ALDS, best of five series, between the Texas Rangers and the Toronto Blue Jays will start Thursday at 4:30 p.m. from Global Life Park in Arlington, Texas. The Blue Jays won their wild card game versus the Baltimore Orioles on October 4, 5-2 to make it to …
Read More »Blue Jays Beat Orioles With Walk-Off Homer in AL Wild Card Game
The Toronto Blue Jays advanced to the American League Division Series with a 5-2 win over the Baltimore Orioles Tuesday night. The two teams were neck and neck, but a walk-off home run ended it all. The Jays opened scoring in the AL Wild Card matchup at Rogers Centre with a …
Read More »MLB Regular Season Ends Sunday, Wild Cards Still Undecided
This Sunday, the last regular season games of MLB will be played and the chase for the wild card spots will be decided. The races to win each division this year were not nearly as interesting as the bids for the wild card spots. The last team to clinch their division …
Read More »MLB Wild Card Race Coming to a Close
The MLB regular season is rapidly coming to a close. With nearly all the division pennants claimed except for the AL East, teams now must look to the wild card if they have hopes of reaching the postseason. Twelve teams will compete for the four remaining Wild Card spots, as there are just six …
Read More »AL East Pennant Race
With just 19 games left in the regular season, the AL East is currently closely contested with four teams within five games of the divisional leader. If the playoffs started today, it would feature three AL East teams—the division-leading Boston Red Sox and two wild card teams—the Toronto Blue Jays and Baltimore …
Read More »Races In American League Tight
The American League has had a history of close divisional races and playoff seeding being decided in the last game of the season. With the halfway point of the season approaching, the American League doesn’t look like it will be short on excitement. Despite their power, and having the best …
Read More »Cubs Still On Top Of National League
As we reach the halfway mark in the Major League Baseball season, the Chicago Cubs are the class of the National League. The Cubs not only lead the NL Central and the NL with an overall record of 44 and 20, but they also lead the league with the best overall …
Read More »Rays Complete Sweep of the Blue Jays
The Tampa Bay Rays finished their three game sweep of the Toronto Blue Jays last night with a score of 6-3. The victory puts the Rays record back at .500 on the season. The Rays pitching staff has always been the strong suit for the team, but the offense came alive against …
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