So, as folks are wont to do at this time of year, in part because it’s interesting, in part because you need to fill the time between the end of the season and the beginning of the postseason (assuming you aren’t doing my Twitter rankings, which you really should be), it’s time to see who [...]
It’s really happening. The Cubs are playing in the playoffs. Of course, given the expanded nature of the playoffs, that’s not exactly what it used to be. They aren’t even the National League team with the longest drought left standing, as the Mets last were in the playoffs in 2006 (as we well remember) while [...]
Mike Matheny has tabbed John Lackey as the starter for Game 1 of the NLDS. Also, Yadier Molina is improving, per the manager.
We took a look yesterday at the two AL Wild Card teams, so today we turn our attention to the game that will provide the Cardinals’ next opponent. Most everyone expects that tonight’s matchup between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Chicago Cubs will be intense and most Cardinal fans are probably just glad it’s not [...]
With the Wild Card game coming up today between our old friends the Cubs and the Pirates, I thought I’d take a brief look at both, tell who I’d prefer to face (though honestly, neither one is appealing, but that’s pretty much true of every team. Nobody said the playoffs were going to be easy, [...]
