The American League is where the heavyweights are. The Red Sox, Astros and Yankees are all 100-win teams. The Indians are just two years removed from an AL pennant and have a two-time World Series winner in Terry Francona in the dugout. Two really good teams are going to go home early with a bad […]
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 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 […]
The Baltimore Orioles and Kansas City Royals punched their tickets to the American League Championship Series, each completing three-game sweeps of the AL’s betting favorites, the Detroit Tigers and Los Angeles Angels. Here’s a brief look back on their Game 3 wins in the AL Division Series…
A left-handed hitting third baseman hits a clutch home run for the Kansas City Royals. The Baltimore Orioles win a postseason game with pitching and home runs. Somewhere upstairs, George Brett and Earl Weaver were smiling (though in Brett’s case “upstairs” just means his box at the game, with Weaver’s reference being eternity-based). Baltimore started the Division Series round by beating Detroit 12-3, and then Kansas City won the nightcap at the Los Angeles Angels 3-2 in 11 innings.