Twice the Texas Rangers were within one strike of winning their franchise’s first World Series championship. Both times the St. Louis Cardinals weren’t ready to die. After coming back from two runs in both the ninth and tenth innings, the … More
The weather might be the MVP of the 2011 baseball playoffs. It seems like every series has been affected by rain — and the World Series is no different. Baseball was forced to postpone Game 6 and play it on … More
The Texas Rangers are one win away from making history. After winning Game 5 of the 2011 World Series by a final count of 4-2 over the St. Louis Cardinals, the Rangers need one more victory to claim the franchise’s … More
The St. Louis Cardinals appeared ready to take a big 2-0 lead in the 2011 World Series. Leading 1-0 in the ninth inning, the Cardinals turned to Jason Motte to close out the Texas Rangers. But after two hits, great … More
About a month ago, it looked like the St. Louis Cardinals were dead in the water. But now, not only did they find a way to make it to the 2011 baseball playoffs, the Cardinals are headed to the World … More
After a 7-3 victory in Game 4 of the 2011 ALCS, the Texas Rangers are one win away from reaching the World Series for the second year in a row. The Detroit Tigers, on the other had, face the daunting … More
I admit it. We were dead wrong. After questioning the wisdom of the Tampa Bay Rays for starting Matt Moore in Game 1 against the Texas Rangers, Moore went out there and dominated. And really, “dominated” doesn’t give the kid … More
The Tampa Bay Rays are fearless. That fearlessness extends to their coaching staff, who has decided to go with Matt Moore in Game 1 of the ALDS against the Texas Rangers. In the 162-game regular season, the 22-year-old Moore started … More
The 2011 baseball playoffs begin tomorrow. Yesterday was one of the most exciting days in baseball history. Can the 2011 baseball playoffs match that level of excitement? Probably not … but you never know.
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The Los Angeles Angels were desperate for a win on Sunday night against the Texas Rangers. How desperate? They sent out their $85 million man Jered Weaver on three days of rest. The gamble ended up being a bad decision … More
The Texas Rangers weren’t happy with their bullpen a few days ago. You can go ahead and scratch that concern. Yesterday, the Rangers traded for Koji Uehara. Today, the Rangers traded for Mike Adams of the San Diego Padres. Koji … More
The Texas Rangers wanted bullpen help. They have talked to the San Diego Padres about closer Heath Bell. However, with the Rangers and Padres not being able to agree to a deal, Texas moved on. As it turned out, they … More
What’s with athletes killing themselves? First it was Jeret Peterson killing himself, now it’s Hideki Irabu. The former Major League Baseball pitcher committed suicide yesterday. According to reports, Hideki Irabu committed suicide by hanging himself in a home he owns … More
Ervin Santana of the Los Angeles Angels struggled for much of the early part of the season. Lately, the native of the Dominican Republic has turned it around. On Wednesday, his turnaround was given an exclamation point when Ervin Santana … More
