If you're a baseball fan, you're bored. You're probably checking MLBtraderumors.com every day, or you may have even resorted to playing The Bigs on your Nintendo Wii. And you're probably sick of seeing headlines like "Yankees may possibly consider increasing their offer to C.C. Sabathia, hypothetically," ...
In 2007, the Tampa Bay Devil Rays were the worst team in baseball. They won only 66 games. Their team ERA was 5.53, by far the worst in the majors. Just one season later, the newly christened Rays won 96 games and won a franchise-first AL pennant. This Cinderella story is the most endearing plot line ...
The National League is a bunch of losers. The four teams from the Senior Circuit heading to the 2008 playoffs have no recent histories of success. The Los Angeles Dodgers haven't won a championship for 20 years. The Phillies have won only one World Series ever, and that was almost 30 years ago. The ...
"...Hillary came back with a left hook in New Hampshire, and the Mets traded four prospects/projects for the game's best pitcher, Johan Santana."
As you may have heard during the eighth inning of the final game of the World Series, Alex Rodriguez has decided that he was only kidding when he said, "I love New York" and "I want to be here when the new stadium opens up in 2009." The likely American League MVP has opted out of his contract with ...
In 2004, New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera saved a career-high 53 games, posting a stellar 1.94 ERA. And yet in the 2004 ALCS, Mo blew two late-inning leads to allow the Boston Red Sox to complete their historic and unlikely comeback.
On Saturday night, a few of my friends from high school visited campus. I hadn't seen them since their beloved New York Mets had plummeted out of postseason baseball, so I followed my "Hey!" with "Oh, man, I'm sorry about the Mets." They expressed their condolences about my beloved Yankees, and we all ...
I watched Game 4 with my Yankee cap inside out and my teeth gnawing at my fingernails. The anxiety and frustration grew after every pathetic inning. I saw A-Rod strikeout twice against Paul "Barely a Professional Athlete" Byrd, both times on three pitches. I saw Derek "Captain Clutch" Jeter ground into ...
Well, it's basically all set. Representing the American League: The Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, Cleveland Indians and Los Angeles Angels. From the National League: The Philadelphia Phillies, the Chicago Cubs, the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Colorado Rockies or the San Diego Padres.
On Sunday night, I had several loud yelling fits. I had moments of frozen silence when I could hear my own heartbeat. My fingers flew as I texted my loved ones at home in New York, seeing if everything was okay.
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