Can any of the four wild-card teams in the baseball playoffs come out of the knockout games and make it all to the way to the World Series. Here’s a look at the chances for the Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates, Houston Astros and New York Yankees. Please note these are not predictions regarding the wild-card […]
The one-and-done battles of the baseball playoffs go the next two nights, with MLB wild-card games on tap for Tuesday and Wednesday. The Bay Area is going on the road, with the Oakland A’s traveling to Kansas City for Tuesday night, and the San Francisco Giants packing up for Pittsburgh on Wednesday night. Here’s some thoughts on each game…
The first-ever wild-card Friday for the MLB playoffs went down yesterday and the road teams held sway, as St. Louis beat Atlanta and Baltimore ousted Texas, thus earning their spots in the Division Series round that begins today. The talk in the media right now is about the disputed infield fly in Atlanta, and we’ll get that further down. But let’s start by briefly looking at the keys to the wins by the Cards & Orioles…
The MLB playoffs start tonight at 5 PM ET with a game that’s everything Bud Selig could have hoped for when he instituted this AL/NL doubleheader f one-game knockouts. The first game will be St. Louis visiting Atlanta. Here we have the two teams that were the National League side of last year’s wild finish, when the Cardinals overtook the Braves on the final day of the season. And we have Atlanta legend Chipper Jones potentially playing his final game. Yes, this wild-card game knockout is a good idea.