The Houston Astros survived a shaky ninth inning to beat the Atlanta Braves, 5-4, on Saturday. With the St. Louis Cardinals holding off the Milwaukee Brewers earlier in the afternoon, one game separates the Astros and Cardinals headed into what should be the final day of the season.
If the Cardinals win on Sunday, they take […]
The San Diego Padres, on the strength of David Wells’ left arm and Mike Cameron’s bat, defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks, 3-1, at Chase Field in Phoenix to clinch a playoff spot. For the first time in their 38-year history, the Padres, who won the NL West in 2005, are headed to the post-season in consecutive […]
New York Mets pitcher Pedro Martinez, already out for the post-season due to a left calf injury, now faces rotator cuff surgery and isn’t expected back till June 2007. Ouch.
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The Philadelphia Phillies have defeated the Florida Marlins, 4-3, to keep their playoff hopes alive. On another note, the Marlins hit two homers in the game — one by Miguel Cabrera, the other by Josh Willingham. If anyone had told you that with one game left in the season, Cabrera and Willingham would each have […]
Well, in a way, I suppose it has gotten clearer. The Cardinals won and the Astros lost on Friday, reducing St. Louis’ magic number in the NL Central to 2. So the Cards finally have to be feeling good about their chances.
But those other two spots remain unsettled. The Phillies and Dodgers won, while the […]
The playoff chase is exciting, but what if it’s not your team’s year? Jeff Sackmann has written an article at The Hardball Times about rebuilding an organization Florida Marlins style. Sounds great, but what does it mean? From the author:
The Marlins method is simple. Build around a couple of young (read: cheap) stars, sell your […]
Improbably, both the Detroit Tigers and Minnesota Twins lost Friday night. The Tigers enjoyed a 5-0 lead early at home against the lowly Kansas City Royals, but the Royals just kept chipping away and forced the game into extra innings. After an uneventful 10th inning, Kansas City whacked three homers in the top of the […]
Super lightning round of key matchups over the final weekend of the regular season. In the National League, the West, Central, and wild card races are still open. In the American League, all that’s left is for the Twins and Tigers to figure out which of them wins the Central and which wins the wild […]
Amazing. Folks are bringing our wonderful sport to all corners of the globe. Here’s a promotional film for a documentary about baseball in Manipur, India, of all places.
You can read more about the project at Kangla Online and Realpolitik, as well as in an MLB press release.
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If you dig the long ball, there’s a site you really need to visit. Greg Rybarczyk’s Hit Tracker provides an insane amount of detail about every home run hit in the big leagues — distance; speed off bat; elevation angle; horizontal angle; apex; impact due to wind, temperature, and altitude. He’s got charts, links to […]
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Written by Stephen Kersey [email] for b5media.
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