The Division Series round for 2012 ends with a pair of memorable games. Game 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 F Orioles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 Yankees 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 X 3 (Yankees win series 3-2) WPS 1 2 3 4 […]

What a ripoff. Instead of the 12 hours of baseball craziness we got on Wednesday, Thursday’s games gave us only 11 1/2 hours. I want my money back. Giants 6, Reds 4: Buster Posey with the big bomb. Dusty Baker with a bomb of his own. San Francisco moves on to face the winner of […]

Another day full to bursting with October baseball, and we are not close to done with even this round yet. Here we go. Game 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 F Giants 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 6 Reds 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 […]

Another day full to bursting on the post-season schedule. Let’s get straight to the action (courtesy of the game stats of FanGraphs). Game 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 F Cardinals 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 8 Nationals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 […]

I turned on the Cardinals-Nats game just before 1 p.m. I had baseball on my television and did not leave the house — heck, didn’t leave my little den here — for the next 12 hours and change. Two walkoffs. It was absolutely glorious. I’m half-tempted to petition Major League Baseball to expand the playoffs […]

40 years ago today may very well have been the greatest day in the history of postseason baseball. No one really talks about it or remembers it very much, but its’ true. While other days have flashier and greater games, Oct. 11, 1972 has one neat calling card—it’s one of the few days to feature […]

Giants 2, Reds 1: No one would ever get rich betting on things like “Scott Rolen will make a critical error on a relatively easy bouncer to third,” but that’s what happened. It was set up by a passed ball, allowing the winning run to get to third. The Reds have still not won a […]

Two elimination games, but zero eliminations. Bay Area baseball fans had a very good night on Tuesday. Game 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 F Giants 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 Reds 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 (Reds lead […]

My look at the playoffs through the lens of WPS, measuring game excitement, continues. If you’re partial to analysis of game excitement, not only did the 2012 THT Annual have an article on the subject, but the 2013 Annual will as well. And they are other writers’ interpretations, so if you’re getting tired of my […]

Cardinals 12, Nationals 4: Just sayin’, teams that lose their starting pitchers early due to injuries are 2-0 this postseason. If I’m the Giants or the A’s tonight, I hope for Ryan Vogelsong and Brett Anderson to get hurt. The Cardinals blast the Nats, with two homers from Carlos Beltran. About whom, some guy from […]