A look at the Giants’ postseason games thus far. As we might have expected, all of their victories – with the exception of Game Two vs. the Phillies – have been “tortuous” nail biters.

On an objective level there have been worse losses in recent Yankees history. They’ve been blown out. They’ve lost big games. Bad things have occurred to even this most historically blessed team. But I can’t recall an uglier night, all around, than what we witnessed tonight. Among the lowlights: Tommy Hunter was quite hittable, but […]

Here’s a look at the New York Yankees’ starting three for this series. Andy Pettitte looks like a left-handed mirror of Phil Hughes, with everything a bit slower and a much better curve ball.

Now that we’re a full week into the Arizona Fall League as well as the Mexican and Venezuelan winter leagues, we have some performances, injuries, and news items that are worth noting. At the very least, it should give you something to read while ignoring the latest installment of the Conan Blimp. In AFL action, […]

Rangers 8, Yankees 0: ESPN’s Howard Bryant talked to Ron Washington before yesterday’s game. Washington told Bryant: “Cliff Lee ain’t no bullshit.” Can’t argue with that. Lost in the final score is the fact that, for a time, this was a fabulous pitchers duel. Andy Pettitte made one mistake to Josh Hamilton, but after that […]

Here’s a look at the Texas Rangers batting order, comparing regular season OPS with postseason OPS. Most of the lineup has stepped up, with the exception of their big boppers: Hamilton and Guerrero.

Phillies 6, Giants 1: The best part of this game came right after it was over, as FOX’s Ken Rosenthal was interviewing Jimmy Rollins: Rosenthal: “What does this game do for you, Jimmy?” Rollins: “Well, it puts us tied 1-1.” Some things just are as they appear, you know? Like Roy Oswalt dealing. There was […]

Here’s a look at the San Francisco Giants’ starting three for this series. It’s unclear why the Giants flipped Matt Cain and Jonathan Sanchez, but after looking at Paintomatic it does make some sense. For the most part, Tim Lincecum and Cain throw the same pitches, at roughly the same velocity and with similar frequency.

The setup was perfect. Probably too perfect, as it turned out: all we had was an opening game showdown between the two-time defending National League Cy Young Award winner against the former American League Cy Young Award winner, who’s finished in the top five for AL CYA voting each of the past four years and […]

Two great staffs. The Giants have a slightly deeper rotation 1-5, and a better closer. But facing Roy Halladay has to scare Giants fans…