The city of Houston has endured its share of baseball heartbreak and they look poised to add another chapter. Yesterday, after back-to-back home runs gave the Astros a seemingly insurmountable 6-2 lead going into the eighth inning against the Kansas City Royals—and a ticket to the American League Championship Series—the Houston bullpen completely fell part […]
One likely hero stepped up for the Houston Astros, while another more unlikely star emerged in their 4-2 win over the Kansas City Royals on Sunday, giving the Astros a 2-1 series lead in the best-of-five Division Series. Dallas Keuchel took the mound and he did what Dallas Keuchel does—and that’s control the game. The […]
The formula of winning football games with the running game, defense and controlling field position is supposed to be passé. Maybe by January it still will be, but right now the Utah Utes are showing you can still win the old-fashioned way. They remained undefeated last night with an exciting 30-24 win over Cal and […]
Two innings of baseball defined Saturday in the National League Division Series. A big second inning for the Chicago Cubs and a clutch seventh inning for the Los Angeles Dodgers helped both teams tie up their series in St. Louis and against New York respectively. The Cubs beat the Cardinals 6-3 and the Dodgers rallied […]
The shared history of John Lackey and Jon Lester got another chapter last night at Busch Stadium. Lackey outdueled Lester in a game that was 1-0 going into the eighth inning before ending at 4-zip, as the St. Louis Cardinals grabbed Game 1 of their National League Division Series with the Chicago Cubs. Lester and […]
The road teams continued to control the MLB postseason as both Lone Star teams grabbed the early leads in the American League Division Series. The Texas Rangers got it started with a 5-3 win in Toronto yesterday afternoon and the Houston Astros finished it at night with a 5-2 victory at defending AL champ Kansas […]
The Washington Redskins have hung in there in the early part of the 2015 season. The record is only 2- and the schedule is about to get a lot tougher, but there’s a system and cohesiveness developing that those of us who are Redskins fans haven’t seen in some time. I’m not the biggest believer […]
If you ever wonder what defines success in baseball, at least in the National League consider that the NL’s top five pitching staffs were the ones that made the playoffs. Conversely, only one of the top five offenses made it to October and that one—the Pittsburgh Pirates—is now home. So who survives the National League […]
The Kansas City Royals are the defending American League champs and hold the top seed in this year’s AL playoffs. The Toronto Blue Jays are scorching hot and the betting favorite to win the World Series entering the postseason. Both favorites take the field today against the underdogs from the Lone Star State, as the […]
Another wild-card night, another presumptive Cy Young Award winner throws a shutout on the road. Chicago’s Jake Arrieta follows in the footsteps of Houston’s Dallas Kuechel and turns in a dominant outing, Arrieta threw a complete game four-hitter in blanking the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-0 at PNC Park. It was a good night to be a […]
The NHL season starts tonight and the Los Angeles Kings and Boston Bruins are both teams in need of making up for disappointments. In 2014, the Kings won the Stanley Cup, while the Bruins won the President’s Trophy, as the league’s best regular season team. Neither one made the playoffs last year and both had […]
A few thoughts on the Astros 3-0 win over the Yankees last night in the Bronx, advancing Houston to the Division Series round… *Everything has to start with Dallas Keuchel. If the Astro lefty won the Cy Young Award voting that was held on Monday and will be announced in November, this game was a […]
