World Series Preview

By Ryan of The Sportmeisters About Philadelphia: The defending champions are back again, this time after taking the NLCS over the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-1. In two of those games, the Phillies managed to flash their NL leading power, scoring double-digit runs. In the friendly confines of New York, power hitters such as Ryan Howard and Chase Utley should perform well. The Phillies led all NL teams [Read more...]

World Series Preview

By Ryan of The Sportmeisters About Philadelphia: The defending champions are back again, this time after taking the NLCS over the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-1. In two of those games, the Phillies managed to flash their NL leading power, scoring double-digit runs. In the friendly confines of New York, power hitters such as Ryan Howard and Chase Utley should perform well. The Phillies led all NL teams [Read more...]

ALCS Preview: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim vs. New York Yankees

By Ryan of The Sportmeisters About Los Angeles: The Angels are in uncharted territory, as they usually see themselves on the losing end to the Boston Red Sox. That changed this year with a 3-0 sweep, and now a showdown with the other AL East competitor, the New York Yankees. For one of the teams that scored the most runs in the American League this season, they brought that mentality to the [Read more...]

NLCS Preview: Philadelphia Phillies vs. Los Angeles Dodgers

By Ryan of The Sportmeisters About The Philadelphia Phillies: The Phillies march into the NLCS by virtue of winning a four game series against the Colorado Rockies. In the NLDS, the Phillies were led by six players hitting above .300 in the series. Leading the charge was RF Jayson Werth (.357, two home runs), and Shane Victorino (.353, home run). 1B Ryan Howard led the team with 45 home runs, [Read more...]

MLB American League Division Preview: Boston Red Sox vs. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

By Ryan of The Sportmeisters About The Boston Red Sox: The 2007 World Series Champions look to regain their title after Tampa Bay knocked them out of the ALDS last season. They come in as the AL wild card, clinching it with a 95-67 record. This is a much different team than the 2007 Championship squad, but they have the tools to get back there. It starts with their pitching, behind Josh Beckett [Read more...]

MLB National League Division Preview: St. Louis Cardinals vs. Los Angeles Dodgers

By Ryan of The Sportmeisters About The St. Louis Cardinals: The NL Central Champions return to the playoffs for the first time since 2006, when they won the World Series. Behind the bat of possible NL MVP Albert Pujols (.327, 45 HRs, 135 RBIs), the Cardinals were already powerful. This season, they added Matt Holliday (.353, 13 HRs, 55 RBIs since joining St. Louis), to complement him. This will [Read more...]

MLB American League Division Preview: Minnesota Twins vs. New York Yankees

About The Minnesota Twins: A day after clinching the AL Central in a one-game playoff, the Twins travel to the Big Apple to take on the Yankees. At 87-76, the Twins closed a seven-game deficit, going 17-4 over the final month to tie the Detroit Tigers and force the playoff before clinching the AL Central. Their success will hinge on potential AL MVP Joe Mauer, who came back from an injury to [Read more...]

Did The New York Yankees Get A Positive Return On Investment?

By Ryan of The Sportmeisters Even in the recession America is facing today, the powerhouses of baseball, the New York Yankees still found a way to spend near $500 million dollars to three players, Pitchers CC Sabathia (7 years, $161 million) and AJ Burnett (5 years,$82 million) , and 1B Mark Teixeira (8 years, $180 million). Was it helpful? The Yankees did clinch the AL East and home-field [Read more...]

Davis leads A’s to comeback victory

If there were any questions as to why the Kansas City Royals are one of the worst teams in Major League Baseball, they were answered on Monday night in their 8-5 loss to the Oakland A’s at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. Two plays — one in the third; one in the sixth — triggered multi-run rallies for the A’s en route to their 58th win of the year. Holding onto a 4-0 lead [Read more...]

Giants inching closer to Rockies

In what may prove to be the biggest series of the year for the San Francisco Giants, the stars came out to play, leading them to a hard-fought victory over the NL Wild Card-leading Colorado Rockies Friday night, 2-0. “You could feel the energy out there,” said Giants Manager Bruce Bochy of the atmosphere in their pivotal late-season series. “The crowd was definitely in it, and it was a [Read more...]

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