I’m guessing Joe Torre never would have guessed in a million years that he’d ever find a more messed up ownership situation than the one he had in New York. (link via FanHouse)

The Yankees overcame the bitter disappointments of 2002 and 2005 on the way to their record 40th pennant.

Sean has a simple explanation for the series outcome: the better team prevailed.

I’ve written in the past about Fenway Sports Group and its not-subject-to-revenue-sharing money. The Red Sox are not the only team getting in on the act: The Chicago White Sox are stepping up to the plate in the digital media arena. Silver Chalice Ventures, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Major League Baseball team, is […]

NPR’s Ken Rudin has a story on politicians riding on the coattails of baseball teams. After rolling his eyes at Bloomberg being an attention whore in the Yankees’ locker room last night, Rudin asks an intriguing question: what do the people running for Governor of New Jersey do about the World Series? What plays in […]

I handled the McGwire story seriously here, so now let’s have some fun with it: [scene: Cardinals-Cubs game, summer 2010. Yadier Molina just struck out on four pitches and goes to talk to the hitting coach] Molina: Hey Mac, Zambrano got me with the changeup last time. So I was looking changeup, and he busted […]

East Coast lefties with a chance to finish in Top Five in AL Cy Young voting.

Even match-up? It didn’t seem that way.

On Oct. 18, 1988, a walk-off home run was hit in the World Series off of an All-Star reliever. But this isn’t Kirk Gibson off Dennis Eckersley, it is Mark McGwire and Jay Howell. Richard looks back at this and other memorable postseason series featuring multiple walk-offs.

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