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The American League Championship Series drew to an anticlimactic close on Friday night as the Houston Astros shut down the Boston Red Sox, advancing to their third World Series appearance … Continue Reading LCS Round Day 8: Astros Win AL Pennant
Tuesday night’s League Championship Series saw two late comeback victories by the Dodgers and Astros. Wednesday night’s games offered the chance for teams to take three-game leads in their respective … Continue Reading LCS Round Day 6: Atlanta, Houston Gain the Edge
Tuesday offered a full slate of MLB postseason games starting in the early evening hours in the Eastern time zone. The Atlanta franchise and Los Angeles Dodgers got the action … Continue Reading LCS Round Day 5: Dodgers, Astros Comebacks
The Houston Astros met the Boston Red Sox for Game 3 of the American League Championship Series on Monday night. With the series tied at one game apiece, who would … Continue Reading LCS Round Day 4: Slammin’ Sox
Weekend League Championship series action continued on Saturday with Game 2 of the American League Championship Series, followed by Game 1 of the National League Championship Series. Kiké Hernández continued … Continue Reading LCS Round Day 2: Record Day for Red Sox, Atlanta Walkoff Victory
Friday was the opening night of a literally blah series of League Championship Series round matchups: Sounds like you have the BLAHs… ⒷostonⓁos AngelesⒶtlantaⒽouston https://t.co/XpeAS5GW6X — Codify (@CodifyBaseball) October 15, … Continue Reading LCS Round Day 1: Astros Outslug Red Sox
Thanksgiving Monday in Canada was originally scheduled to feature a full slate of Division Series games, but the contest between the White Sox and Astros was postponed due to rain. … Continue Reading Division Series Day 5: Late Inning Drama!
Sunday was Day 4 of Division Series play. The American League teams met with control of the series on the line for Boston and Tampa, while Chicago faced elimination by … Continue Reading Division Series Day 4: Weird Play Sunday
Friday was MLB’s answer to March Madness with four Division Series games spread out over the afternoon and evening for fans’ viewing pleasure. The Astros took a commanding 2-0 lead … Continue Reading Division Series Day 2: Four-Game Friday Recaps
Following conclusion of the Wild Card round, MLB Division Series action got started on Thursday afternoon with the American League matchup between the Chicago White Sox and Houston Astros, followed … Continue Reading Division Series Day 1: Astros, Rays Victorious in Series Openers
After a dramatic end to the regular season in a close race with the Seattle Mariners and Toronto Blue Jays, the New York Yankees met the Boston Red Sox in … Continue Reading AL Wild Card Game: Red Sox 6, Yankees 2 – Deja Vu All Over Again for Gerrit Cole
The Toronto Blue Jays took the field against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park in Boston looking to guarantee a series split amid a tough stretch of 13 games … Continue Reading Jays Steamroll Red Sox with 8 Homers at Fenway
This week will see the conferral of the 2020 edition of the MVP award given annually by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America (BBWAA). While BBWAA is not controlled by … Continue Reading Recent MVP Awards Marred By Cheating and Short Season
Over the weekend, the Mookie Betts three-team megatrade looked doomed to fail when the Boston Red Sox took an exception to the medical records of Minnesota Twins pitcher Brusdar Graterol. … Continue Reading Betts Trade Completed but Boston Still in Limbo
On Tuesday evening, the Boston Red Sox finally consummated their long-rumored desire to trade their star outfielder Mookie Betts to dump salary. Betts and veteran starting pitcher David Price were … Continue Reading Betts Trade Opens Window for Blue Jays
In June 2019, ten-time All-Star slugger and 2013 World Series MVP David “Big Papi” Ortiz was shot in the back outside a bar in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The incident … Continue Reading “Operation Barbershop” and the David Ortiz Shooting