AL Championship Series Predictions: Expert Picks for Yankees-Astros Which team will advance from the American League to compete in the World Series? Our MLB writers make their picks. Sports Illustrated · Oct 19, 2022
Guardians and Yankees Ready for Rain-Free, Do-Or-Die Game 5 Well, nothing happened last night. The Yankees and Guardians were supposed to play Game 5 of the ALDS at Yankee Stadium. The gates opened at 5 p.m. ET for a 7:07 start time. At 6:20, the Yankees announced that the game would be delayed, and that they would “provide updates… Sports Illustrated · Oct 18, 2022
NL Championship Series Predictions: Expert Picks for Padres-Phillies Which team will advance from the National League to compete in the World Series? Our MLB writers make their picks. Sports Illustrated · Oct 18, 2022
The NLCS Comes Down to Bryce Harper and Manny Machado The two superstars have been on parallel tracks for years. Now, they face off with a World Series appearance on the line Sports Illustrated · Oct 18, 2022
The Phillies’ Rob Thomson is ‘special.’ Just ask Derek Jeter. Rob Thomson, champagne bottle in his right hand, stood Saturday night in the center of the Phillies clubhouse as his players circled around him. The team was seven games below .500 when Thomson stepped in as manager, yet here it was in October standing just four wins from the World… The Philadelphia Inquirer · Oct 17, 2022
Fans Benefit From New Playoff Format’s Upsets There’s a scene in Martin Scorsese’s The Departed (2006) in which Captain George Ellerby (Alec Baldwin) is asking Colin Sullivan (Matt Damon) about Jimmy Pappas (Paris Karounos), who was arrested for the murder of two gangsters from Providence. Both of them know Pappas, a local Greek restaurateur, ... Sports Illustrated · Oct 17, 2022
Have the revamped MLB playoffs made the regular season meaningless? The first rounds of the postseason saw three 100-win teams lose to opponents with worse records. Is this a sign of a flawed system or just how baseball works? The Guardian - US · Oct 17, 2022
Mariners’ postseason run comes to end in 18th inning of ALDS against Astros SEATTLE — With each failed plate appearance and squandered scoring opportunity, particularly when only one run would’ve stopped the eventual marathon of pitches, outs and scoreless innings, the Mariners were allowing the potent bats of the Astros top hitters, held silent for longer than reasonably expected, opportunity after opportunity to… Tribune News Service · Oct 16, 2022
Realmuto Hits Inside-the-Park Homer for Phillies vs. Braves Philadelphia can eliminate the reigning World Series champions with a win on Saturday. Sports Illustrated · Oct 15, 2022
Relief ace Bruce Sutter, who clinched 1982 World Series for Cardinals, dies at 69 ST. LOUIS — Bruce Sutter, who threw the final pitch of the 1982 World Series to clinch the Cardinals’ first championship in 15 years, died at the age of 69 late Thursday after having fought Parkinson’s and then a suddenly developing bout with cancer. St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Oct 14, 2022
Snell: Dodgers-Padres NLDS at Petco Park should be 'insane' The atmosphere at Petco Park will be absolutely electric when Blake Snell and the Padres face Tony Gonsolin and the rival Los Angeles Dodgers in the first playoff game at San Diego's downtown ballpark with fans in the stands in 16 years The Independent UK · Oct 14, 2022
Jeff Luhnow’s Next Act: Soccer The scandal-marked former Astros GM says he has nothing to apologize for. Sports Illustrated · Oct 13, 2022
John Romano: Once again, the Rays are left contemplating the secrets of the postseason ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Rays deserve your love. If not your love, at least your respect. Tribune News Service · Oct 12, 2022
Michael Cunningham: Underdog Phillies immediately show Braves this won’t be easy ATLANTA — The Phillies ended their postseason drought at 10 years only because MLB added an extra wild card this year. They were the lowest seed to make it through the wild-card round. The Phillies are up against the Braves in the National League Division Series. The defending World Series… Tribune News Service · Oct 12, 2022
The Independent UK · Oct 11, 2022 MLB Playoffs: Judge, Verlander join fray as 8 teams remain Major League Baseball’s first foray into a best-of-three wild-card round provided its share of memorable moments
Sports Illustrated · Oct 11, 2022 Braves-Phillies Preview: Three Things That Will Decide the NLDS Atlanta might be better than it was when it won the World Series last year, but that doesn’t mean Philadelphia is done.
The Philadelphia Inquirer · Oct 9, 2022 David Murphy: Bring on the Braves: Phillies show they have World Series stuff ST. LOUIS — All of them were there except one. The goggles were donned and the music was on and the corks were popping in a 12-gun salute. The postseason's biggest wild cards were gathered in the back of the visitor's clubhouse waiting for the word go. A few minutes…
Tribune News Service · Oct 9, 2022 Mark Bradley: After decades of doubt, the Braves have made us believe again ATLANTA — It’s not as if the Braves haven’t won anything. Since 1990, they’ve won their division 20 times over 31 completed seasons. Over three decades, they’ve been good far more often than they’ve been bad. So why have the past 13 months felt so …
Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 8, 2022 Polling Place: What letter grades did you give White Sox, Cubs for 2022 performances? Seemingly, “F” must stand for “five-hundred record.”
Sports Illustrated · Oct 7, 2022 Eight Thoughts Heading Into the First Day of the Playoffs For us baseball fans, few days are better than the one we have today. Four postseason games, back-to-back-to-back-to-back. Well, technically, there is some overlap, but that’s even better! More games means flipping channels, which means less of a chance we’ll have to sit through commercials for ...
The Guardian - US · Oct 7, 2022 2022 MLB playoffs: ranking the title contenders from first to worst Will an expanded Wild Card round lead to an unexpected upset or will one of the established baseball juggernauts emerge as the World Series winners?
Sports Illustrated · Oct 7, 2022 Baseball Players LOVE Their Playoff Merch Only slightly less coveted than the postseason berth itself, the highly anticipated playoff paraphernalia is an MLB “rite of passage.”
Los Angeles Times · Oct 7, 2022 Bill Shaikin: Forget Frick. Time to put Vin Scully's name on this award. LOS ANGELES — The postseason won't be the same without Vin Scully. The last time we had one without him, "the postseason" was simply called "the World Series," won by the most celebrated team in baseball history: the 1927 New York Yankees.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Oct 6, 2022 Benjamin Hochman: Capturing the importance of John Mozeliak's deadline moves for Cardinals John Mozeliak, who is forever the architect of a World Series champion, annually builds a team that contends for the playoffs.
Tribune News Service · Oct 6, 2022 Which Padres offense shows up could be difference in playoffs The Padres offense could suddenly become what it was expected to be.