On Friday night (well, Saturday morning to be accurate), the Houston Astros pit their sketchy stuff against the Boston Red Sox. Despite scraping into the postseason and progressing to the ALCS via the Wild Card, the Red Sox only won
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ALDS PREVIEW: Houston Astros vs. Chicago White Sox
If anyone listened to either @AstrosFansUK or @WhiteSox_UK this year, then the appearance of these two teams in the postseason as division leaders was never in doubt. The White Sox 93 wins is the most by the franchise since their
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AL Wild Card Preview: Boston Red Sox vs. New York Yankees
You know that baseball is the greatest sport in the world when the consolation for not getting Game-163 four-way chaos is a loser-go-home showdown between the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox. With first pitch at around 1:00 am
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It’s a wild, wild, Wild Card race
On Friday, 3 September, the Yankees were a game and a half ahead of the Red Sox in the Wild Card standings and seven games ahead of the Blue Jays, who, let’s be honest, looked out of it. We were
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Stay humble, but for how long?
At 9:41pm on the 30th September, the Astros published this tweet. Let’s hear about those busted brackets. #ForTheH pic.twitter.com/hJ4nRdY4BD — Houston Astros (@astros) September 30, 2020 People on Twitter got mad. I know, I was shocked too. People wanted the
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Marlins and Orioles playoff bound? That’s so 2020
With expanded playoffs a “thing” this season, eight teams from each league will play October baseball. The top two teams in each division make up 12 of the 16 spots, with the two final places in each league going to
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From Human Rain Delay to The Mule: the rise of Pedro Baez
The story of Pedro Baez is a pretty impressive one. Here we are talking about one of the key bullpen elements of one of the perennial top teams in baseball, and yet his path to where he is now is
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October madness or magic? The great playoff shake up
Rob Manfred is standing in his office, scouring the room for a glimmer, a spark of inspiration. His advisors shuffle awkwardly in their seats, trying not to make eye contact. Exasperated, the commissioner pleads “Someone must have an idea. I
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Who to support in September if your team has been eliminated
Games matter more in September. They don’t of course. But they also do. As chances to make up deficits grow thinner and the magic numbers trickle down into single digits, the spotlight shines bright on teams on the precipice –
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The 2019 World Series Winner Prediction Survey (Part 1)
On the 30th October of this year, I asked you all to make your way too early predictions for the 2019 World Series. There were a few reasons for this: I wanted to see if people could be realistic about
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