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Rangers Sweep Orioles, Advance to ALCS

Rangers 7, Orioles 1 ARLINGTON, Tex. (Oct 10) — The Texas Rangers‘ bats came to life on Tuesday, as they beat the Baltimore Orioles, 7–1. Home runs by Corey Seager, Adolis Garcia, and Nathaniel Lowe helped the Rangers cap off the ALDS sweep of the Orioles. With this convincing win, the Rangers were able to […]

Tropicana Field, where the Rays attendance is far lower than it should be.

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Rays Attendance Woes Stem from Location, Location, Location. Illustrated for True Perspective.

Tampa Bay Rays

Rays Attendance Woes Come from Location. We’ve Included Maps for True Perspective. Much has been said of the Tampa Bay Rays attendance woes. The problem was exposed by their two Wild Card Series games against the Texas Rangers, the first of which had the lowest paid attendance for any postseason game since the 1919 World […]

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Postseason Woes Continue for Clayton Kershaw, Dodgers

Clayton Kershaw is one of the greatest pitchers of all time, but his postseason performances have not been as great as his regular season performances. Most Los Angeles Dodgers fans are excited to see Clayton Kershaw pitch, even in the postseason. But Saturday night’s playoff game saw the legendary hurler’s performance end abruptly. In fact, […]

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Houston Astros – Minnesota Twins ALDS Preview

The Houston Astros and Minnesota Twins are set to meet in the American League Division Series. The Astros are looking to repeat as World Series Champions. No team has won back-to-back World Series since the 2000 season when the New York Yankees won their three in a row (1998-2000). The Twins ended their 18-game playoff […]

Cody Bradford throwing a pitch. His Texas Rangers open the ALDS Saturday against the Baltimore Orioles, a matchup of teams near the bottom of the bullpen rankings.

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Reliever Roundup and Bullpen Bonanza — Orioles vs Rangers Comparison

Reliever Roundup and Bullpen Bonanza — Orioles vs Rangers Comparison Welcome to the Division Series! Here is the bullpen/reliever/relief corps comparison for the AL Division Series between the AL East Champion Baltimore Orioles and Wild Card Texas Rangers, based on recent form. For this edition, we’ve used stats from September 1 onward. Statistics are for […]

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The Twins End their Misery

The Minnesota Twins have ended their misery of playoff losses with a two-game sweep of the Toronto Blue Jays. After losing 18 straight postseason games that started in 2004 and seeing every other team win at least one playoff game they combined timely hitting, effective pitching, and excellent defense to move onto the American League […]

Diamondbacks closer Paul Sewald celebrating their Wild Card series win over the Milwaukee Brewers. The Diamondbacks face the Dodgers next in the NLDS.

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Diamondbacks: Relievers Continue September Momentum in Wild Card Victory over Brewers, Form Must Continue against Dodgers

Diamondbacks: Relief Pitching Key in Wild Card Victory over Brewers, Form Must Continue against Dodgers For much of the season, the Arizona Diamondbacks’ Achilles heel was relief pitching, especially the back end. Even trading for elite closer Paul Sewald on July 31 seemed to merely be a drop in the bucket, for the Diamondbacks had […]

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Phillies-Braves Series Preview

Philadelphia Phillies and the Atlanta Braves Square Off in the National League Division Series for the Second Straight Season The Philadelphia Phillies took care of business against the Miami Marlins, sweeping the Wild Card series while taking command of both games and winning comfortably. Meanwhile, the Atlanta Braves take their NL/AL best 104 wins […]