Wild Card

This might come as a surprise to you, but I like baseball. I like watching baseball, I like playing baseball video games, I like talking about baseball and I like reading about baseball. One of my favorite baseball books of all time is Earl Weaver's...

Major League Baseball is trying to return the importance of winning the division, but by creating a two-team cushion, not only has the division race been stripped of its excitement, but winning the wild card race no longer holds any importance.

For the Boston Red Sox, the 2011 season was an homage to all of the disappointing Red Sox teams of the past. The Sox had a potent offense, mediocre pitching staff and even a historic collapse to cap it all off. The baseball season is an epic journey...

This will be a quick post as I just received my copy of R.A. Dickey’s book and I can’t wait to read it. So I want to get my work done early so I can get at it this afternoon.   Sandy Alderson was on with Sports Bloviator to talk about the Mets s...

FanGraphs has added a base running stat [BsR] that allows obsessive Number Nerds to tweak player’s offensive WAR ratings and it showed that the worst base running team in baseball in 2011 was [quick, look surprised!] the Red Sox. And, no doubt Bobb...

FanGraphs has added a base running stat [BsR] that allows obsessive Number Nerds to tweak player’s offensive WAR ratings and it showed that the worst base running team in baseball in 2011 was [quick, look surprised!] the Red Sox. And, no doubt Bobb...

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The Grapefruit League kicked off this weekend with the Phillies playing the Yankees after their yearly exhibition with the Seminoles from Florida State University.  After handling the Seminoles 6-1 on Friday they played aggressively against the Yank...

03/02/2012 2:11 PM EST MLB Adopts Expanded Format for 2012 Postseason Two Additional Wild Cards Will Form 10-Team Postseason in 2012, Marking First Change to Postseason Format Since 1994 The 2012 Postseason will feature a 10-team format that includes...

The MLB made it official today. They are expanding the playoffs to 10 teams by adding another wild card team in each league. The two wild card teams will play each in a one game play off to get to the divisional series.

I would be surprised if Granderson hit 40 or more home runs again, but since he has demonstrated the power is there I would be disappointed if he didn’t hit at least 30. I shared that thought with hitting coach Kevin Long and asked for his reactio...