Carpenter vs. Wilson in World Series Game 1

Game 1 of the 2011 World Series is on Wednesday, and it should give us a good indication as to what type of series this will be. If you saw this match-up based on what MLB experts had predicted prior to the start of the season, it wouldn’t be a surprise. However, knowing that the St Louis Cardinals were 10.5 games behind the Atlanta Braves for the Wildcard position back in late August makes this match-up that much more intriguing. The Texas Rangers offense is widely recognized as one of the best... 

Cardinals look to Garcia to take Series lead

The Milwaukee Brewers evened the National League Championship Series with a hard fought win on Thursday. After starting the series off with a convincing win over the St Louis Cardinals in game 1, the Brewers offense has gone flat scoring just 3 runs in both game 3 and 4. Fortunately for the Brew Crew they finally have a pitching staff that can keep pace with their offense, and have been slated as heavy favorites to win the National League Championship by MLB handicappers. It will be up to game 1... 

Carpenter will need another Playoff Gem against Milwaukee

The last time Chris Carpenter took the mound he delivered one of the most memorable performances in St Louis Cardinals history. St Louis was down 2 games to 1 against the 102 win Philadelphia Phillies in the N.L.C.S., but much like the regular season St Louis found a way to survive. MLB handicappers had the Cardinals listed as heavy favorites to win the National League Central, but Milwaukee’s pitching staff stepped up their game with their new acquisitions and ran away with the division. All of... 

Tigers look to Fister for much needed Win

After a shocking win over the New York Yankees in the A.L.D.S., the Detroit Tigers find themselves going against a team that is far more potent both on the mound and at the plate. The Texas Rangers had a rough time over the second half of the season, and actually allowed the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim to get within a couple games of the American League West lead before they eventually pulled away to win the division by 10 games. Baseball experts predicted that the Rangers would have more than... 

Jackson and Cardinals look to Force a Game 5

With the Tampa Bay Rays eliminated from the playoffs in a 4-3 loss to Texas Tuesday all eyes will be on the St Louis Cardinals to see if one of the “miracle” teams can make their way to the divisional series. Along with Tampa the Cardinals fought back from an 8+ game deficit in September to win the wildcard spot. Despite coming into the playoffs red-hit the Cardinals were listed as huge underdogs to the Philadelphia Phillies in the N.L.C.S by baseball handicappers. Now that they are down 2-1... 

Collmenter looks to extend Series against Brewers

The 2011 season comes down to one game for the Arizona Diamondbacks. They will send Josh Collmenter to the mound in a do or die situation as they are down 2-0 to the Milwaukee Brewers in the National League Divisional Series. There are many baseball experts that feel like the Brewers have the potential to win the World Series this season, but Arizona was one of the hottest teams in the baseball coming into this match-up, and felt like they had a legitimate chance to make some noise this post-season. Milwaukee... 

Verlander vs. Sabathia in First Round Pitcher’s Duel

As amazing as the last day of the regular season was it pales in comparison to post-season baseball. There is no other sport in which so much emphasis is put on each and every pitch and at bat. No team has proved that notion more over the last 15 years than the New York Yankees. New York obviously didn’t put too much effort into their final series with Tampa Bay as they sat the majority of their ever day players as well as their starting rotation. For the Yankees, nothing but a World Series win... 

Cardinals and Braves Fight for N.L. Wildcard

What a fitting end to the season for the St Louis Cardinals then to have their best pitcher on the mound. Chris Carpenter is one of the reasons why the Cardinals are fighting for the wildcard spot when most MLB experts had them finishing at the top of the N.L. Central prior to the start of the season. It wasn’t too long ago that the Atlanta Braves looked to have a strangle hold on the wildcard position as they were doing their best to keep pace with the Philadelphia Phillies at the top of the N.L.... 

Rays fighting hard for Wildcard Berth

With just 2 games remaining in the regular season the Tampa Bay Rays and Boston Red Sox are tied for the lead in the American League wildcard race. Boston wasn’t only predicted to get to the playoffs, but were expected to win the A.L. East by the majority of baseball experts. An absolute meltdown over the last month of the season coupled with the Rays playing their best ball of the year has taken this playoff race right down to the wire. At no point in the season did the Rays look as though they... 

Rays and Red Sox fight for A.L. Wildcard

Who would’ve ever thought that the American League wildcard race would come down to the wire. It wasn’t but a 3 weeks ago that the Boston Red Sox were 31 games over .500 and a full 9 games ahead of the Tampa Bay Rays for the wildcard lead. However, a 5-16 record since August 31st has put Boston in a situation in which they will need to fight until the end to hold off the hard charging Rays from overtaking them for the final playoff position. At no point in this season did MLB handicappers think... 

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