The MLB Postseason Is Starting!

The 2010 MLB Postseason is starting!

The Matchups are:
Minnesota Twins vs New York Yankees
San Francisco Giants vs Atlanta Braves
Cincinatti Reds vs Philadelphia Phillies
Texas Rangers vs Tampa Bay Rays

My postseason choice for the World Series is the same as it was back in April. The Phillies and Yankees will rematch for the third straight year.


My Postseason picks:
Yankees Sweep Twins
Phillies Sweep Reds
Rangers over Rays in Four
Braves over Giants in Five

NLCS Preview

NLCS Preview: Phillies Vs Dodgers


The Dodgers have the pitching, but the Phillies have the offense. It's a real strength versus strength matchup. Game One: Clayton Kershaw is opposed by Cole Hamels for Game One.

Watch The NLCS on TBS or listen to it on ESPN Radio!

Phillies Rally to Beat Rockies, 5-4, Win NLDS

In a rematch of last year's NLCS, The Philladelphia Phillies will once again play the Los Angeles Dodgers.


The Phillies and Rockies talk about the game.

Your ALCS Matchup Is Set

Yankees Beat Twins, 4-1 to head to the ALCS.


The Angels Complete The Sweep of the Red Sox


The Angels and Yankees begin play Friday in New York.

In The NLDS, The Phillies are one step closer to meeting the Dodgers in the NLCS.

Red Sox Comeback To Win Game Five

The Rays blew a seven-run lead in an 8-7 loss to the Boston Red Sox in Game 5 of the ALCS, cutting their lead to 3-2 in the best-of-seven series.

What an incredible game that was!
Don't count out the Red Sox. They've come back from a 3-1 and a 3-0 defecit before.

The best news for Tampa is at least they are heading home to play game six.

Cole Hammels Pitches Phillies to World Series

The Philadelphia Phillies will be playing in their first World Series since 1993. Cole Hammels, the Phils ace pitcher, helped get them there by winning game five in Los Angeles on Wednesday.


John Kruk and Buck Showalter break down the Phillies victory.


Congratulations to the Phillies.

Watch The Red Sox try to avoid elimination to the Tampa Bay Rays tonight on TBS. The Rays are going for the knockout punch by starting Scott Kazmir tonight. The Red Sox counter by using Daisuke Mastuzaka, who was the starter of Game Five of last year's ALCS, when Boston was in the exact same spot, but came back to win the series.

Benches Clear in Game 3 of NLCS

Both benches and bullpens cleared Sunday night in Game 3 of the NL championship series, moments after Los Angeles Dodgers' starter Hiroki Kuroda threw a pitch over Shane Victorino's head. The AP's Dave Ferry reports from L.A.


In Case you missed it, here is the video of that entire moment.

The Brawl was the most interesting part of the game. The rest of the game was a snoozer, as illustrated by the score.

Both teams so far have won every game at home.

Watch Game Three of the ALCS Today on TBS and Game Three of the NLCS tonight on Fox.

My ALCS Preview

The Amazin' Rays are heading for a collision with the defending World Series Champion Boston Red Sox

The American League Championship Series features the team of destiny, the Tampa Bay Rays, against their division rival, the defending World Series Champion Boston Red Sox.

Friday Night, Game One starts. James Shields will be opposed by Daisuke Mastuzaka.

Home Field Advantage heads to The Rays. During the season, Tampa Bay won the season series against the Red Sox 10-8.

It seemed like Tampa Bay waited until late in the game to strike. I remember watching the September 10th game between these two teams on ESPN. Nobody Scored after the third inning. Eleven innings later, they were still playing baseball. Then, Carlos Pena stepped up and hit a Monster three run homerun to give the Rays a 4-1 lead. The RedSox would get a dacrafice fly in the bottom of the inning, but it wouldn't be enough, as the Red Sox won 4-2.

The Rays have this amazing ability to come back late in ballgames. They are never out of a ballgame until every out has been recorded.

Akinori Iwamura and Evan Longoria have been On Fire! Expect Boston to pitch to them carefully.

Jason Bay has been a solid replacement for Manny Ramirez, in the field and at the plate.

The Team Of Destiny versus the defending World Series Champions. This series will be awesome!

PREDICTION: RAYS IN FIVE

Watch The American League Championship Series On TBS!

My NLCS Preview

Manny Ramirez Is On Fire!
The NLCS starts tonight on Fox. The Los Angeles Dodgers come in after Sweeping the team with the National League's best record during the regular season, the Chicago Cubs. The Philladelphia Phillies come in after beating the Milwaukee Brewers in four games. This series will be awesome. Here is a look at some of the key factors for the game.

What does the Season Series Tell Us? Home Field Advantage will make all the difference in this series. During the regular season, in the two series these teams played, the Home team Swept the opposing team.

Will The Phillies Pitch to Manny Ramirez? Will the Dodgers pitch to Ryan Howard? Choosing when to pitch to a batter and when to swallow your pride and give someone an intentional walk may be a huge key in this series.

Will The Dodger Pitching be as Shut down as it was against The Cubs? If so, the Phillies will be in trouble.

Who Are The Gamechangers for their Team? For LA, It's Manny Ramirez. For Philly, It's Ryan Howard.

The Los Angeles Dodgers just won their first postseason series since 1988. The Phillies are in the NLCS for the first time since 1993, when they went to the World Series.

I Can't wait for this series. It's gonna be a blast!


MY PICK: LOS ANGELES IN SIX GAMES

Watch The NLCS On Fox!

Tommorow, I Will preciew The ALCS between The Rays and The Red Sox!

ALCS Match-up of AL East Foes

The Tampa Bay Ray and the Boston Red Sox will meet in the American League Championship Series. Both teams won their division series in four games with wins on Monday night.

Watch The ALCS On TBS.

Angels, White Sox Each Force a Game 4

The Angels forced a game four in their playoff series with the Red Sox, after beating Boston 5-4 in 12 innings Sunday night. The White Sox will also play in a game four, after their 5-3 win over the Rays.

Dodgers Sweep, Brewers Win in NL Playoffs

The LA Dodgers are on to the next round of baseball's playoffs, after beating the Cubs 3-1 to sweep the series. Milwaukee kept its' hopes alive, defeating Philadelphia 4-1. But the Brewers still trail two games to one.


What Went Wrong With The Cubs? BBTN looks at why the Cubs were swept.


Who's To Blame For Cubs Postseason Collapse? Jay Mariotti on another Cubs collapse in the postseason.


Tim Kurkjian Breaks Down The Dodgers Sweep Of The Cubs.


Manny Ramirez And Joe Torre Talk After Dodgers' Game 3 Win


I will do more analyzing of the Cubs loss later tonight.I'm still in shock over what happened.

Playoff Wins for Red Sox, Dodgers and Phillies

The Dodgers' James Loney hit a grand slam as LA topped the Cubs 7-2; Jayson Bay belted a two-run homer as the Red Sox beat the Angels 4-1; Philadelphia got strong pitching from Cole Hamels in a 3-1 win over Milwaukee.

The MLB Postseason Is Here! I LIVE FOR THIS!

Prince Fielder,Derrek Lee, Ryan Howard, and David Ortiz are ready for the postseason.

The 2008 MLB Posteason Is Here! Here Is My Analysis of the Divisional Playoff Matchups:

ALDS: WHITE SOX VS RAYS
The White Sox had to battle to get to the postseason. They won that makeup game against the Twins to tie for the AL Central, and then they won that tiebreaker game against the Twins to advance to the ALDS to play the red hot Tampa Bay Rays.

Tampa Bay leads the season series against the White Sox 6-4. In these games, the Rays had a knack for waiting until late in the ballgame to strike, and when they struck late, it was for the win nearly every time.

I think this series has the most potential to go all five games. I'm going to go with the White Sox, especially if their bullpen is as strong as it has been in the last few days.
WHITE SOX IN FIVE


ALDS: RED SOX VS ANGELS

This series should be a lot of fun. There will be a lot of runs scored in this series, and I like the Angels. They have been the best team in the American League all season. As someone who saw the Angels play in person on September 19th,They have so many ways they can beat you. They can outhit you, outpitch you, and when Francisco Rodriguez on the mound in the ninth inning, those games are over, no question about it.

The Angels lead the season Series 8-1, and that was before the Red Sox unloaded Manny Ramirez.
ANGELS IN THREE


NLDS: PHILLIES VS BREWERS

This is another series that I think will be a lot of fun. I think both Prince Fielder and Ryan Howard will both be huge factors in their teams and how they do.

Starting Pitching wise, Milwaukee has the edge, especially with C.C Sabathia. The fact that he threw a complete game on Sunday on three days rest is incredible!

Bullpen wise, Philly has a huge advantage, especially when you consider Brad Lidge, the Phillies closer, has been PERFECT in his save opportunities! 41 for 41 in save chances!

Offense wise, Philly has a slight edge. Yes, Milwaukee has Ryan Braun and Prince Fielder, but Philly has Jimmy Rollins, Chase Utley, Pedro Feliz, and Ryan Howard lead an offense that Is Scary Good.

Philly beat Milwaukee 5-1 in the season series.
PHILLIES IN FOUR



NLDS: DODGERS VS CUBS

This is the series I will be looking forward to. The thing that turned the season around for the Los Angeles Dodgers was the trade of Manny Ramirez. Why Is Manny Ramirez doing so well in Los Angeles? He no longer has a 37 foot high Green Monster out in left field taking away lots of shots that would-be homers at every other ballpark.

The Dodgers are more than just Manny Ramirez. They have Matt Kemp, Andre Eithier, and James Loney. This team has been able to fuse the young talent along with the veteran leadership, and as a result, the Dodgers are in the postseason.

Game One of this series should be a lot of fun. You have Ryan Dempster getting the ball for the Cubs. Dempster won 17 games for the Cubs this year, after he spent last season as the Cubs closer! Derek Lowe for the Dodgers is a classic sinkerballer, just like Brandon Webb. Hopefully the Cubbies plate discipline doesn't disappear when they head to the postseason.

This Cubs team is different than last season's team that went three and out in the National League Division Series. The Cubs have five players with at least 20 home runs, five with at least 74 RBIs, and Three pitchers that have at least 14 wins.

Another thing that the Cubs didn't have last year that should make the difference is Home Field Advantage. The Cubs have home field advantage throughout the playoffs. That 10th man, the crowd, makes all the difference.

In The Season series, the Cubs went 5-2 against the Dodgers this season. However, The Dodgers have become a much different team since then. Manny Ramirez really has made all the difference.

CUBS IN FOUR

Watch The MLB Postseason On TBS Or Listen To It On ESPN Radio!

MLB Preview: Postseason (Revised)

Here Is My Revised MLB PostSeason Preview. Check out my reveved Postseason Bracket!
These are my revised picks for the 2008 MLB Season.
THIS SEASON
DIVISON WINNERS
NL EAST: NEW YORK METS
NL WEST: SAN DIEGO PADRES
NL CENTRAL: CHICAGO CUBS
AL EAST: BOSTON RED SOX
AL WEST: LOS ANGELES ANGELS OF ANAHEIM
AL CENTRAL: DETROIT TIGERS
AL WILDCARD: NEW YORK YANKEES
NL WILDCARD: COLORADO ROCKIES

NL DIVISION SERIES
SAN DIEGO PADRES OVER COLORADO ROCKIES
NEW YORK METS OVER CHICAGO CUBS

AL DIVISION SERIES
DETROIT TIGERS OVER NEW YORK YANKEES
BOSTON RED SOX OVER LOS ANGELES ANGELS OF ANAHEIM

NATIONAL LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
NEW YORK METS OVER SAN DIEGO PADRES

AMERICAN LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
DETROIT TIGERS OVER BOSTON RED SOX

2008 WORLD SERIES
DETROIT TIGERS OVER NEW YORK METS

MLB AWARDS
AL CY YOUNG: JOSH BECKETT
NL CY YOUNG: JOHAN SANTANA
NL MVP: CARLOS BELTRAN
AL MVP: MIGUEL CABRERA
NL ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: GEOVANNY SOTO
AL ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: CLAY BUCHOLZ
NL GOLD GLOVE: JOSE REYES
NL GOLD GLOVE: GREG MADDUX
NL GOLD GLOVE: ARAMIS RAMIREZ
AL GOLD GLOVE: DEREK JETER
AL GOLD GLOVE: CURTIS GRANDERSON
AL GOLD GLOVE: TORII HUNTER
AL ROLAIDS RELIEF MAN: JOHNATHAN PAPELBON
NL ROLAIDS RELIEF MAN: CARLOS MARMOL
AL MANAGER OF THE YEAR: JIM LEYLAND
NL MANAGER OF THE YEAR: LOU PINIELLA
AL COMEBACK MANAGER OF YEAR: RON WASHINGTON
NL COMEBACK MANAGER OF YEAR: BUD BLACK
AL COMEBACK PLAYER OF YEAR: FRANCISCO LIRIANO
NL COMEBACK PLAYER OF YEAR: KERRY WOOD

The Arizona Diamondbacks and The Colorado Rockies will meet up in the National League Championship Series

The Diamondbacks contained The Cubs "Big Three" and outhit and outplayed The Cubs, and that's why they won this series.

Three solo home runs from Chris Young, Eric Byrnes, and Stephen Drew behind 6 innings pitched (1 run on 5 hits) from Liván Hernández, and 4 double plays turned on defense put Game Three out of reach for the Chicago Cubs who were swept out of the post-season by the Arizona Diamondbacks.

So, The Arizona Diamondbakcks and The Colorado Rockies are meeting in the National League Championship Series, which will begin on Thursday. Congratulations to the Arizona Diamondbacks. They've had a magnificent season, and they managed to sweep The Cubs in their house, Wrigley Field. Carlos Zambrano's next start will be opening day 2008, where the Same Old Chant of "Wait 'till Next Year" will be heard for the 100th time in Chicago.

Time for me for me to go off on the Cubs for a second.

Aramis Ramirez, Alfonso Soriano, and Derrek Lee. Where in the world was your plate disipline at? Did you leave it in Cincinnatti or something? My Goodness, every time you guys had runners in scoring position, you guys grounded into a double play, killing your chance to win. I'm not gonna fall for this again. If they manage to win the division next season, I'm not gonna take their season seriously until they get to the World Series. There was so much promise for their season, and now I remember something I should have remembered a long time ago: They're The Cubs. The Cubs continue to use that stupid excuse of "We're cursed by a billygoat" to explain why they have not won a World Series, and I'm sick of it. It's way too early to talk about the 2008 Baseball Season, particularly because the American League Championship Series has not been determined yet, although it may be by tonight, as Boston and Cleveland are both going for sweeps of Anaheim and New York.

Speaking of New York, Joe Torre is about to be fired as manager of the New York Yankees. He will either be fired or resign as Yankee Manager. New York is dead come game three, and even if they win tonight, they're still dead. George Steinbrenner may already be looking for a new manager of the Yankees. He just hasn't said it publicly yet.

Let's talk about their archrival, the Boston Red Sox. Congratulaions guys. You guys swept The Angels and you're about to face Cleveland in the American League Championship Series. Boston has been the best team in Baseball since day one of the 2007 Season. David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez may be about to bring home another World Series Pennant for the Boston Red Sox. The Red Sox have the best rotation in Baseball, with Fireballer Josh Beckett, Wise Pitcher Curt Schilling, Japaneese Import Daisuke Mastuzaka, and knuckleballer Tim Wakefield (Wakefield had a bad back, so he was not on the Red Sox American League Divisional Series roster.)

There are my random thoughts and feelings on the Divisional Series of the Baseball Postseason so far.

My Picks for the World Series: Boston meets Arizona in the World Series and beats them in five games.

Cubs Postseason Hopes Rest Tonight on Rich Hill

Rich Hill pitches for the Cubs tonight as they try to stay alive in the National League Divisional Series.


The Red Sox 6-3 win over the Angels came off Manny Ramirez's walk-off homer in the ninth inning. That gave Boston a commanding 2-0 lead in the best-of-five playoff round, joining Cleveland, Arizona and Colorado, which also won the first two games of their respective series.

But there is hope for this year's teams down 0-2. One of those teams did rally in 1995 to win its series, and that was the Mariners. After losing the first two games in New York, the scene shifted to the Emerald City for games 3-4-5 (back then, that was the format instead of the 2-2-1 schedule now used).

The Mariners won Game 3, 9-4, then stunned the Yanks with a five-run eighth to win Game 4, 11-8. Game 5 turned out to be a thriller, as the Yanks scored once in the top of the 11th to take a 5-4 lead, only to see the Mariners rally for two in the bottom of the inning to advance to the American League Championship Series.


That fact hasn't escaped Red Sox manager Terry Francona, who has espoused a "one game at a time" mentality dating back to the epic 2004 ALCS, when the Red Sox took it one game at a time to rally from a 3-0 deficit to take four straight from the Yankees.


He knows how to do it, and so does Cubs manager Lou Piniella, who finds his team in a 0-2 deficit against Arizona. Piniella was manager of that Seattle team which climbed out of that hole in 1995.

Rich Hill goes for The Cubs tonight as they try to stay alive. Lou Pinella has been in this 0-2 hole before- as the manager of the Mariners in 1995. Seattle won three in a row to advance to the American League Cahmpionship Series. Could he do it again for the Cubs here in 2007?

Watch The Cubbies attempt to come back tonight on TBS. Rich Hill is on the mound for the Cubs, and Livan Hernandez is on the mound for the Diamondbacks.

MLB Postseason taking unexpected Twists and Turns

Kenny Lofton had four RBI's in the Indians victory over the Yankees.

Through the first two games of the NLDS and the opening games of the ALDS, there have been some suprises. Arizona and their youngsters are one game away from going to the National League Championship Series, as they have tamed the Cubs offense to a dull roar through the first two games. Colorado Rockies as well are one game away from eliminating their opponent, the Philladelphia Phillies. Ryan Howard's homerun wasn't enough to overcome Kaz Matsui's Grand Slam in Game Two, as Colorado beat Philly by the score of 10 to 5.

Here's my analysis of the respective series.
NLDS: Cubs vs. Diamondbacks
Wow. How about the Arizona Diamondbacks. It seems like The "Fountain Of Youth" has been found. It's is Arizona, buried underneath Chase Field. The Diamondbacks players are young, most are only about 25 years old, and they are one game away from eliminating the $300 Million ballclub that has suffered for 99 (and possibly coming up on 100) years without a World Series Ring. The only good thing for the Cubs is that their next two games are at home. The Wrigley Crowd will be rocking, trying to modivate the Cubbies to fight to win three in a row to advance to the National League Championship Series. Rich Hill gets the ball for the Cubs in the all important game three, and he will be opposed by the former Montreal Expo Livan Hernandez. I hope the Cubs fight to pull even and win this thing, but I don't think it's going to happen.

NLDS: Rockies vs Phillies
The "Fountain of Youth" has also been found in Rocky Mountain High Coors Field in Denver Colorado. Rockies Superphenom Troy Tulowitski has been on a tear offensively and defensicely. Tulowitski and Todd Helton are the two reasons the Phillies are dead in this series. It would be good October baseball for them to come back, but I don't see that happening.

ALDS: Red Sox vs. Angels
Vlad Guererro has been hurt, and the Angels production has hurt without him. The loss of gary Matthews Jr. was the big reasdon why this team was doomed coming into this series. Daisuke Mastuzaka will make his postseason debut for the Red Sox in Game Three, where the Red Sox can sweep the Angels and move on to the American League Championship Series.

ALDS: Yankees at Indians
Derek Jeter went 0-4 in the Yankees loss to the Indians, but of course, the talk will be how Alex Rodriguez went hitless in what may be his final season with The New York Yankees. Chien Mien Wang did not have his good stuff in that game. I lost count how many homeruns were hit in that game. Cleveland Sports Fans will make a huge deal about LeBron James wearing a Yankee cap in Cleveland, but Red Sox Natrion has that same thing to be said to Tom Brady, a self-professed Yankee fan.

October Baseball is in full swing and you can catch all of it on TBS.

Divisional Series Action On TBS

TBS Baseball.

There is a lot of great baseball on TBS today. Check out this Dane Cook TBS Preview. Click on the video to have it begin.


For those of you who missed the one game playoff game between the San Diego Padres and the Colorado Rockies, here is all the good parts from this long, exciting game. The video itself is about 10 minutes. Click on the video to have it begin.


Enjoy Phiilies at Rockies, Yankees at Indians, and Cubs at Diamondbacks on TBS tonight.

Chicago Cubs October Comercial

Check out this Dane Cook Actober commercial about The Cubs. Click on the video to have it begin.

The Cubs quest for a World Series Pennant starts again tonight as the Cubs take on the Arizona Diamondbacks. Carlos Zambrano goes for The Cubs, while Brandon Webb goes for the Diamondbacks.

Be sure to catch all of the Divisonal Series Games on TBS.

There's only one postseason, there's only one Fall Classic. There's only one October!