Cubs Advance Behind Jake Arrieta’s Shutout of Pirates
The Chicago Cubs beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-0 in the National League Wild Card playoff in Pittsburgh on October 7th behind Jake Arrieta’s complete game shutout. The Cubs will play...
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Blue Jays and Cardinals Clinch Division Titles
Baseball’s playoff picture became a little clearer after the games of September 30th as two division titles were wrapped up. In Baltimore, the Toronto Blue Jays routed the Orioles 15-2,...
Nationals Disappointing Season Boils Over
The Washington Nationals were considered by many to be the favorite in the National League East, but instead they’ll be heading for home instead of to the playoffs after the...
Kansas City Royals Clinch Their First Division Title in 30 Years
The Kansas City Royals became the first major league team this season to clinch a division title after beating the Seattle Mariners 10-4 in Kansas City on September 24th. The...
R.I.P. Yogi Berra
Lawrence “Yogi” Berra, perhaps the second most beloved player in New York Yankees history behind Babe Ruth, passed away on September 22nd at age 90. Berra, whose malapropisms like “it’s...
Surging Rangers Hit Five Homers in Win Over Stumbling Astros
The Texas Rangers are getting hot at the right time, and overtook the Houston Astros for the lead in the American League West this week. And the Astros, who have...
Mets Sweep Nationals; New York Leads by 7 Games
The Washington Nationals chances of making it to the post season have been slim for some time no, but after being swept by the New York Mets in a three...
Dodgers Sweep Giants, Open Up 6 ½ Game Lead
The San Francisco Giants fading chances to reach the post season took another hit as the N.L West leading Los Angeles Dodgers swept a three game series over the defending...
Foul Ball Fatal to Order of Nachos
This baseball season, there have been some unfortunate incidents of people in the stands getting hit by foul balls, and in one case, part of a broken bat, and getting...
Rob Manfred Refuses to Reinstate Shoeless Joe Jackson
The proprietors of the Shoeless Joe Jackson Museum in Greenville, South Carolina have been unsuccessful in appealing to baseball commissioner Rob Manfred for Jackson’s reinstatement from baseball’s Permanently Ineligible List....
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