Chicago Cubs Win World Series for the Ages
The 2016 World Series featured the two teams that had gone the longest in between Series wins, 68 years for the Cleveland Indians and a whopping 108 years for the...
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Cubs and Indians Split First Two Games of World Series
After being dominated by Cleveland pitching in Game 1 of the 2016 World Series on October 25th, the Chicago Cubs bounced back with their own dominant performance October 26th to...
Cubs Win 1st National League Pennant in 71 Years
Something happened on October 22nd, 2016 that we had wondered if we would ever see in our lifetime. The Chicago Cubs actually won the National League Pennant for the first...
Cubs Beat Dodgers and Are One Victory Away From World Series
Behind a fine pitching performance by Jon Lester and the revived bats of their hitters, the Chicago Cubs beat the Los Angeles Dodgers for the second night in a row...
Cleveland Indians Beat Toronto to Win ALCS and American League Pennant
Leading the American League Championship Series 3-1 but faced with a shortage of starting pitchers, the Cleveland Indians turned to rookie Ryan Merritt, a lefthander with only one major league...
Dodgers Survive Nationals, Advance to NLCS
The Los Angeles Dodgers and Washington Nationals pulled out all the stops in Game 5 of their Divisional Playoff, with moves and countermoves of players worthy of any win or...
Blue Jays and Indians Win Openers of American League Division Series
The American League Wild Card winning Toronto Blue Jays faced Texas Rangers ace Cole Hamels (15-5, 3.32 ERA during the regular season) in Game 1 of one of the American...
Madison Bumgarner Outduels Noah Syndergaard as Giants Advance
The National League Wild Card Game featured a great pitching matchup that did not disappoint. Unless you are a New York Mets fan, that is. Perennial post season star Madison...
Red Sox Lose But Clinch A.L. East; Wild Card Races Still Tight
The Boston Red Sox lost to the New York Yankees 5-3 on September 28th, but they nonetheless clinched the American League East title when the Baltimore Orioles beat the Toronto...
R.I.P Jose Fernandez
Miami Marlins righthander Jose Fernandez, who unsuccessfully attempted to defect from Cuba three times before succeeding on his fourth try, and became one of the best young pitchers in baseball,...
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