Right. Selig was unequivocally right not to want to have the World Series determined by a 5 1/2 inning game, and I can't believe that any serious Phillies fan would want to win the World Series that way.
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Bizarre situation in Philadelphia, where the fifth game of the World Series has been suspended after six innings and the game tied (it will resume tomorrow night). Apparently the ownership.
Apparently there's some kind of game going on tonight. Consider this a Rays-Red Sox open thread....congrats to the Rays!!...[from davenoon] Though a Sox fan, I'm nevertheless glad to see the.
Fox's MLB coverage is so abysmal that it inclines me to some charity towards TBS -- fewer nose hair and E-list celebrity shots, less Tim McCarver, you have to give them that -- but what a dog and pony show. Pre-empting the first inning for...
If, after blowing a 7-0, 7th inning lead in a potential elimination game the Devil Rays come back and win Game 6, there will still be dozens of sportswriters who.
Congrats to the Phillies. That's four pennants in 29 years, which is a pretty good run for a franchise that won only two in its first 97 years of existence.
I don't have much invested in the outcome of the NL playoffs, though I suppose if pressed I'd have to root for the Phillies. And while the Phils appear to have a comfortable lead in today's game, I can't help but think it's somewhat of...
Oh, this takes some of the sting out of the drubbing that USC applied to my beloved Ducks:It wasn't a collapse. "Collapse" is too nice of a word. A collapse.
After a long, bitter fight, the LGM Baseball Challenge Challenge has been decided. The lead changed numerous times this week, including several times yesterday; finally, the Yankees pitching staff produced.
On the way into Shea yesterday, I expressed with my agreement with metsgrrl's partner, believing that since the Mets would probably have to win two games anyway it would have been better to start Santana on full rest and try to get through Saturday with...
If they're going to pitch around you, take the goddamned walk. I know you're been trained to think as an "RBI man" but flailing at a pitch a foot and.
Like Sheehan, I didn't see it coming, but Tampa making the playoffs in a brutally tough division is one of the most remarkable baseball stories of the decade. Congrats to.