Postseason baseball started this week. On Tuesday, Yankees beat the Twins for the AL Wild Card slot. On Wednesday, the Diamondbacks beat the Rockies by a narrow margin to take the NL Wild Card. The 8 teams jumping into the playoffs were, in order of expected finish (from first to last in each division):...
Read more →Two weekends ago, the Cubs played their closest challenger to the National League Central division crown, the Milwaukee Brewers, in a weekend series at home in Chicago. The weekend began and ended with no changes in the Cubs’ win column, and at the end of it, Milwaukee was three games closer to taking the...
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A video circulated online today that I thought captured, to some extent, why I like baseball quite a bit. The video is of young Houston Astro Carlos Correa driving the ball deep into the outfield, and he trots it out for a double. He is greeted at second by fellow young player/All Star/wunderkind Francisco...
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