Cliff Lee pitched one of the best games in the history of the World Series last night, throwing a complete game and allowing just 1 run. Lee threw 21 changeups last night, 18 for strikes. His curveball had tons of bite. He was exhibit 1A on why radar gun readings aren’t the be all end [...]

I forgot to do this last week. Please forgive me.
Aaron Crow makes his professional debut. (Kings of Kauffman)
Some interesting discrepancies involving the value of Ricky Nolasco (Marlin Maniac)
Wanting to play Young over Gomez? Wanting Placido Polanco? I’m a huge fan of the blog, but this is all kinds of fail. (Twins Geek)
Gardy for AL Manager [...]

Charlie Manuel announced that Pedro Martinez will start game 2 of the World Series in Yankee Stadium. It will be his seventh career appearance in the playoffs versus New York. The main question everyone should be asking is: why?
Supposedly Manuel is worried about Hamels’s recent struggles in the playoffs, whereas Pedro pitched reasonably well. That [...]

I’m too hard on Gardy apparently. Let’s go through a couple mistakes Girardi made:
1. Bringing in Rivera almost too late. You never ever ever ever under any circumstances (sans fatigue) give your team a chance to lose without its best reliever getting into the game.
2. Not letting Mo hit. First of all, Damon shouldn’t have [...]

The Yankees won game 2 of the ALCS on Saturday partly because of a good outing by AJ Burnett, partly because of some solid bullpen work, partly by some good hitting by ARod, and partly cause of one of the dumbest errors of all time. With one out in the bottom of the 13th inning, [...]

As a UND student, I am all sorts of pumped for Sioux-Gophers this weekend. (TCHB)
An AL Central predictions review. (Kings of Kauffman)
Can I link two posts from the same blog? Yes I can, this is my site damnit. (Kings of Kauffman)
Some discussions of a salary cap. (Nicks Twins Blog)
Should the Phils have pitched around Manny [...]

Nick Punto has been called the (or chief) goat of the Twins ALDS loss to the Yankees. Fangraphs had a post saying Punto didn’t do the little things all that well. Twins fans notoriously chide Ron Gardenhire for his insistence on playing Nick Punto every night, citing him as a big reason for the team’s [...]

The situation: Huston Street on to close. Ryan Howard at the plate. Runners on 1st and 2nd, two outs. The question: why is Street in the game? Ryan Howard this year hit .279/.360/.571. Vs lefties however, he hit .207/.298/.356. Joe Beimel is very good against lefties, but more importantly he throws with his left hand. [...]