This seasons American League Championship Series (ALCS) which opens at Fenway Park this weekend, is a repeat of the 2017 ALDS series in which the Astros prevailed 3-1, on their way to winning their first ever World Series. Forward a year and we have another intriguing encounter with both coming off of a 100 win plus…
Baseball Digest has revealed the winners of its Player, Pitcher and Relief Pitcher of the Year, with the awards going as follows: Player of the Year Mookie Betts Boston Red Sox. Mookie Betts became the first Red Sox position player to win Baseball Digest’s award in its 50-year history, largely thanks to his 32 home runs…
In a slightly surprising move, Oakland has listed Relief Pitcher Liam Hendricks as their starter for their winner takes all Wild Card game against the NY Yankees tonight. It’s not clear at this stage who will fill in the innings between him and All-Star closer Blake Treinen, however, given much of their success this season has been…
Surprise of the Season? Preseason even die-hard Athletics fans were hoping for respectability at best in the tough AFL West and the opening odds of somewhere north of 300-1 suggested this. Fast forward to October and here they are one game away from the Divisional series. Standing in their way however are the NY Yankees…
The 2018 MLB season lasted a little longer than usual due to the need for an unprecedented play off to settle the winner of both the NL Central and NL West. The last time a playoff was needed was back in 2013. Anyway with that out of the way we can get down to the…
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