According to ESPN.com, with just six games left in the 2009 regular season, the Cleveland Indians have fired Manager Eric Wedge. Wedge will finish out the season with the Indians, but Wedge and his staff will not be retained after the season. Wedge was 560-568 with one playoff appearance (2007) in seven seasons with the [...]
At 60-97, the Baltimore Orioles have had a terrible season. There were many reasons for the Orioles terrible season, but that is for a different post. This post is to talk about something positive that happened last night in the Orioles – Tampa Bay Rays game. In the top of the third inning, Orioles 2B [...]
By virtue of the Texas Rangers 5-2 loss to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim last night, the Boston Red Sox have clinched their sixth playoff berth in seven seasons. It’s been a typical year for the Red Sox under Terry Francona. Come out of the gates swinging, sleep walk through July and early August, [...]
After catching all 10 innings of the Minnesota Twins’ 3-2 victory over the Detroit Tigers in Game 1 of their doubleheader, Joe Mauer isn’t about take it easy and be a DH in Game 2. In a surprising move, Mauer will be catching Game 2 of the doubleheader tonight. According to Joe Christensen of the [...]
With their 11-0 whitewashing of the Texas Rangers last night, the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim clinched a spot in the 2009 postseason and their third straight AL West title. If there was a year the Angels were going to stumble and not make the playoffs, this was it. They had the horrific tragedy of [...]
Not only did the Pittsburgh Pirates 11-1 victory yesterday over the Los Angeles Dodgers prevent the Dodgers from clinching the NL West, but also did something else as well. With the Pirates victory, the Washington Nationals will have the worst record in baseball in 2009 and will have the number one pick in next year’s June [...]
