Phillies 10, Dodgers 4: At some point this winter, Ned Colletti and Joe Torre are going to have an epiphany in which they realize that having to rely on Vicente Padilla to save their butts in an elimination game means that they screwed something up somewhere along the line. Torre may not have deployed his […]

Angels 5, Yankees 4: Girardi, on the decision to replace Dave Robertson with Alfredo Aceves: Joe Girardi: The bullpen goes up to eight. Look, right across the board, eight, eight, eight and… Beat Reporter: Oh, I see. And most managers only use the number of relievers they actually need? Joe Girardi: Exactly. Beat Reporter: Does […]

From Peter King, the latest from Yankee Stadium: So I went to Yankee Stadium the other night to watch Yankees-Angels. Pretty cold. In the bottom of the fourth, a vendor came by. “Hot chocolate!” he yelled. “Hot chocolate!” I looked at his badge: Hot chocolate $10. Sixteen ounces of chocolate-flavored water. Ten bucks. I went […]

Phillies 11, Dodgers 0: I’d jump all over the Kuroda start, but (a) the alternative would have been Chad Billingsley, right, and he didn’t have much of anything himself last night; and (b) even if he gave up one run over eight innings or something, he still would have lost because Cliff Lee is the […]

The Philadelphia Daily News’ Paul Hagen on Pedro in Game 2: If it works out, if Pedro Martinez pitches well, it will only buff Charlie Manuel’s reputation as a baseball savant to a high luster. If it explodes, if it blows up in his face like a trick cigar and the Phillies are eventually eliminated, […]

There are many reasons I like the cut of CC Sabathia’s jib. This is the latest: Rain can delay Friday’s Game 1 of the ALCS between the Yankees and Angels, which would give starter CC Sabathia time to play his favorite video game. “I’m pretty relaxed, hanging out,” Sabathia said. “It just gives me a […]

Pete Abe has the story. I know it’s cold and rainy, but you CAN use the tickets when they reschedule, you know . . . (thanks to Ernest O. for the heads up)

How Joba and A-Rod will lead the Yankees back to the World Series.

It’ll be close, it’ll be intense, but these guys are driven

With the Yankees and Angels poised to play for the American League championship, Bruce Markusen relates the saga of an ex-Angel and ex-Yankee.