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End of an ERA? Dominant Starters Not Setting the Tone This October

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Post Season, Yankees, tagged , on October 17, 2011 | 2 Comments »

The San Francisco Giants’ championship in 2010 was supposed to usher in a new era of pitching dominance. With offense levels reaching long-time lows, the conventional wisdom suggested that only with a strong starting rotation could a team hope to make the World Series. Then, 2011 happened. The Texas Rangers and St. Louis Cardinals have […]

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Sudden Death Brings Postseason, Past and Present, to Life

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Post Season, Red Sox, Yankees, tagged , , , on October 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Yesterday’s sudden death doubleheader in the baseball postseason had the feel of March Madness. While the Cardinals were rallying for what turned out to be the game’s only run in Philadelphia, the Brewers were enjoying a walk-off in Milwaukee. As remote controls worked feverishly across the country, baseball was in the midst of a 24-hour period in which […]

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Giambi Joins “40 Club”; Headliner Musial a Perfect Example of Aging (and Retiring) Gracefully

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, Hall of Fame, Mets, MLB, Yankees, tagged , , on May 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Jason Giambi used three titanic blasts into the right field stands at Citizen’s Bank Ballpark to turn back the clock for at least one game. In addition to the three homers, which doubled his season’s hit total, Giambi also knocked in seven runs, becoming one of a select few to accomplish each feat over the age […]

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WARriors: A Look at Each Team’s Most Productive Position Player and Pitcher in 2010

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Statistical Analysis, Yankees, tagged , , on February 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Spring training hasn’t been very kind to the St. Louis Cardinals. First, Albert Pujols decided to table contract extension negotiations until after the season, and now it has been confirmed that Adam Wainwright will have Tommy John surgery and miss the entire season. Pujols and Wainwright are both vital parts of the Cardinal team. In […]

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“We’re Not the Yankees”: Cardinals Have Only Themselves to Blame for Economic Situation; Like Stan the Man Before Him, Pujols Deserves To Be Paid

Posted in Baseball, Business and Finance, MLB, Yankees, tagged , , on February 17, 2011 | 2 Comments »

After agreeing to table contract extension talks with Albert Pujols until after the 2011 season, St. Louis Cardinals’ owner Bill DeWitt Jr. lamented, “We’re not the Yankees”. Although that statement is literally true (unless the Steinbrenners secretly sold the team over the winter), the Cardinals have historically been thought of as the “Yankees of the […]

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