We’ve come to the final stop on our look at the postseason teams (unlike Deadspin, we’ve got a reason to not include the Cardinals in this) as we look at the other half of the other NLDS, the New York Mets. The Mets, perhaps more than any other team in the postseason derby, weren’t supposed [...]
This afternoon, at 5:45 PM (or thereabouts), John Lackey will throw a pitch to a Chicago Cubs batter and the postseason will be underway. Odds are, if you look at it just purely from the numbers, this journey doesn’t end well. After all, 90% of all postseason teams lose their final game. But if you [...]
We have arrived at the last first day of the playoff series, as the National League kicks off its series this afternoon. While, of course, we’re much more focused on the Cardinals and the Cubs, there are two other teams that are looking for a trip to the NLCS, two teams that would probably love [...]
We finish our tour around the American League with our “friends” across the state. Kansas City shocked the world in 2014, but a deep run this year would be just fulfilling expectations, you’d have to think. It’s a strong team that wound up with the best record in baseball (non-NL Central division) and is an [...]
If you’ve read here long, you know that I have been involved with the Baseball Bloggers Alliance since its inception. Through that, I’ve gotten to know a lot of great folks that blog for other teams. That’s been exploited in the Playing Pepper series, to be sure, but every once in a while someone asks [...]
As we said this morning, we’re spending the day looking at the American League while trying to manage the significant worry that comes with the NLDS matchup. We saw their opponents in the first post, so let’s take a look at the Toronto Blue Jays before their afternoon first pitch. If there has ever been [...]
Now that we’ve gotten past both play-in games, we can focus on the real playoffs. Today’s the American League’s turn in the sun and we’ll look at the three teams that have been resting throughout the day today. We’ll start with the Texas Rangers. Using a late season run that vaulted them ahead of their [...]
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 [...]
As I said this morning, we’re taking the preseason standard feature Playing Pepper and applying it to the 2015 postseason participants. This time around, we’re talking with our good friend James Yasko from Astros County. James and I go back to when Houston was in the NL Central (you know, almost prehistoric times!) and he’s [...]
