Archive for October 2006

Subtract Pedro and El Duque, add a competent Jeff Weaver, and this series is closer than it looks.

The Tigers take game one in the ALCS.

With New York out of the playoffs, the ALCS should bring the focus back onto good old fashioned baseball. A game by game breakdown of this year’s American League Championship Series.

Like a luscious Cabernet to a dry-aged ribeye, we bear witness to the perfect marriage of magnificent pitching to fabulous hitting.

The Arizona Fall League features many noteworthy baseball prospects, including the Dodgers’ Chin Lung Hu and the Mets’ Mike Pelfrey and Fernando Martinez.

The Tigers blow out the Yankees to move on to the ALCS

The Padres stay alive for one more day, meaning that Vinay is in a good mood for the first time all week. Here he breaks down Game 3, trying really hard to remain objective.

The Mets get just enough bounces and bash (sort of) their way to the NLCS.

The Twins make critical mistakes as the A’s improve to 1-9 in series clinching games under Billy Beane.

The Tigers take a pivotal Game 3 with a five-hit shutout