Final Thoughts on a Wild, Wacky World Series
It wasn’t going to be easy to end a 108-year drought. So naturally, the Chicago Cubs and their fans had to endure some scary bouts of deja vu before finally, finally, FINALLY locking down their…
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World Series Preview, Prediction, Analysis, & Fun Facts: A Curse Will End, a Curse Will Live
It’s been worth the wait, hasn’t it? After 71 long years, the Chicago Cubs are back in the World Series. And after five long months, a Cleveland sports team will go for gold as the…
Layoff always seems to hurt teams in World Series
This has been a disturbing trend over the years, and not one that teams can really do anything about, either. But because of the structure of the Major League Baseball playoffs, sometimes, a team can…
10 Things You Probably Forgot About the 2011 World Series
The 2011 World Series was arguably the most exciting one of the 21st Century, one that broke a nine-year drought of Fall Classics not reaching a pivotal seventh game. But for every lasting memory of that…
Final Four: Baseball’s Tournament Reaches LCS
So we’ve reached the Final Four, and it’s exactly who you expected, right? Maybe somewhat in the National League, but not so much in the American League. It’s been an exciting postseason so far and…
Indians better finish off Red Sox today, or history may repeat itself
You probably don’t remember unless you’re a hardcore Cleveland or Boston sports fans, but the Indians and Red Sox have done this dance before, and the Indians have been left with a world of hurt…
MLB Division Series: Preview and Predictions
Okay, so I’m 2-for-2 picking rounds (although, really, just individual games) thus far. Now I try my hand at picking the ALDS and NLDS, four juicy matchups with plenty of compelling storylines and one guarantee:…
Thoughts from AL wild card game: Classless Jays fans, Ubaldo, and poor Showalter decisions
What a tough way for the Baltimore Orioles to enter the offseason. Their personal house of horrors, Rogers Centre, got even scarier last night, and it wasn’t all baseball-related. From inexplicable (and not uncommon, apparently)…
MLB Wild Card Games Preview & Predictions
Instead of trying to predict the entire postseason right now, when half of the Division Series matchups aren’t even set, doesn’t seem productive, nor is it likely to yield any more accurate results than waiting…
Perhaps the most bittersweet week in MLB history wraps up with playoff questions answered
Emotions are supposed to run high at this point of the MLB season. Pennant races boiling down to one or two final series, jobs on the line for both players and coaches, fans chewing nails…