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I don't like making predictions in a public space, but here goes: the Colorado Rockies are going to win the National League pennant. Now, considering that the Rockies have have won 18 of their last 19 games (!!), that's a pretty timid prediction. On Thursday in Phoenix, the Rockies easily beat the Diamonbacks 5-1 in […]

Bud Selig is probably weeping about now, as is the rest of the people involved who give a damn about TV ratings for the baseball playoffs. Beelzebud's worst-case scenario for the National League came to pass on Saturday. Instead of the of the Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia Phillies, two teams with tales of woe that […]

4-0. 12-3. 10-5. 8-4. Those are some of the scores from a less than scintillating first two days of the baseball playoffs. Sadly for me, the 4-0 score is from the Red Sox beating the Angels and Ace John Lackey on Wednesday. As I told my friend who I go to Anaheim Stadium with "The […]

A few years ago my bosses gave me a Christmas present: a 2001 bottle of Cook’s Collector’s Series Brut California Champagne. I have no idea what any of that means, although apparently it’s technically considered sparkling wine and not actual champagne for some reason. However, in 2001 the Philadelphia Phillies, coming off a series of […]

As baseball heads in to its final weekend of the regular season, the New York Mets are possibly going to enter a dubious club: teams that have choked away a lead. Leading the National League East division for most of the season, the Amazin’ Mets were 7 games up with 17 to go. On Thursday, […]

As the 2007 season nears its end, the two New York baseball teams have headed in opposite directions lately. The Yankees started this year 21-29, tied for last place in the AL East with Tampa Bay. After play on July 7 they were 41-43 and 9 ½ games behind in the AL Wild Card race. […]

You may recall my previous discussion regarding annoying comedian/film "actor" Dane Cook's annoying ads for baseball's postseason. At the time I had just witnessed his message touting the New York Mets, they had a comfortable lead in the NL East over the Philadelphia Phillies. It's down to a game and a half going into play […]

Since I'm sitting here watching the Mariners v. Angels game, listening to music (wait, there's such a thing as announcers?), I figured this would be a good time to do a roundup of the baseball pennant races as we head in to the penultimate weekend of the regular season. The American league is pretty much […]

It took 4 hours, 43 minutes for the Yankees and Red Sox to play a nine-inning baseball game tonight. Five games that started a full hour later managed to finish before the game ended at Fenway. The Braves and Nationals, despite a late start due to a rain delay, were in the 12th inning at […]

In 1993, my first boyfriend and I went on a mini-tour of baseball stadiums. We went to Wrigley Field (smelly dump, sat behind a pole for $60 and I wanted to kill the beer guy who kept hawking Pabst Blue Ribbon), the new Comiskey Park (soulless New Traditionalism) and Camden Yards (loved it, especially the […]

According to Gene Orza, chief operating officer of the baseball players’ union, baseball officials have provided the union with a draft 2008 schedule that would have the Boston Red Sox and Oakland Athletics open the season in Tokyo, followed by both teams returning to the USA for a series in Oakland. Baseball has been trying […]

You may have seen the commercials promoting baseball’s postseason telecasts featuring annoying comedian/film “actor” Dane Cook. You know, the ones where he finishes by screaming “There’s only one postseason…there’s only one October!” At first they featured great players and moments in playoff and World Series history. Then they tied that theme into a variety of […]

The other night I was looking at the Phillies website, thinking of buying tickets online. I decided to check out the Phillies Ticket Marketplace, where Diamond Club and Hall of Fame Club box season ticketholders who had extra tickets could resell them through the Phillies. The tickets were being sold only at face value, with […]

There’s yet another cloud of suspicion hovering over a major league baseball player, and this time it’s hanging over someone whose comeback has been touted as the feel-good story of the season. The New York Daily News reported late Thursday on their website that St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Rick Ankiel received a 12-month supply of […]

There seems to be a new trend in getting people out to a major league baseball game, and if it ever hits Philadelphia I may never leave Citizens Bank Park. At least three major league teams – Atlanta, Baltimore and the Los Angeles Dodgers of Los Angeles – are promoting special all-you-can-eat sections at their […]

So you’re all excited about the big showdown between the first- and second-place teams in the division, but you live out of your team’s area…or, the game has Wild Card implications for your favorite team and you want to watch the game. What do you do? No, this isn’t a commercial for the MLB Extra […]

Boston Red Sox pitcher Clay Buchholz, 23, threw a no-hitter Saturday against the Baltimore Orioles, 10-0, at Fenway Park in only his second career start. The Red Sox, who have been struggling the last week, needed a shot in the arm and Buchholz certainly provided it. —Jim Buzinski Boston Red Sox pitcher Clay Buchholz, 23, […]

So much for the Boston Red Sox collapse. The New York Yankees had pulled to within four games a week ago, but Boston is now ahead by 7 1/2 as we head into the season’s final five weeks. The Red Sox swept the White Sox in four games. AP sums up how dominant Boston was: […]

No, that’s not exhibition football. The Texas Rangers allowed 3 runs in the first three innings against the Baltimore Orioles Wednesday night, and it looked like it was going to have to be an arduous comeback. Instead, the Rangers put up 30 straight runs and set a modern-day MLB record for runs scored in a […]