Category: MLB
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Royals Uncomfortable With Mets From First Pitch
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr . If a game can perfectly surmise the ethos of a franchise’s identity, then Game 3 of the 2015 World Series came to represent everything the Mets and their fan...
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Game 6 Momentous for David Price
Image courtesy of Arturo Pardavila III/Flickr . In his eighth MLB season, David Price has still never won a playoff start. All seven, including the one last Saturday against the Kansas City Royals in the...
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Mets Head to World Series While Cubs Head Home!
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr . After their magical run the NLDS, the Chicago Cubs area heading home, for good. With their backs against the wall down 3-0 to the New York Mets, the Cubs...
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NLCS: Cubs Have No Answer for Mets
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr. After a convincing 3-1 series win over the St. Louis Cardinals in the NLDS, the Chicago Cubs seem to be a different team and have lost their touch against the...
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Mets Leave New York with Commanding 2-0 Lead
Image courtesy of Arturo Pardavila III/Flickr . The New York Mets solved the riddles known as Kershaw, Grienke, Lester and now Arrieta. Yet these riddles aren’t solved by powerful beasts wielding a modern-day Excalibur, but...
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Blue Jays Extirpate Rangers, Advance to ALCS in a Memorable Way
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr. Docile. Manageable. Governable. Polite. Eh. Maple syrup. These are words that slip and slide off my tongue whenever I generalize about Canadians. I can’t help it – my brain is...
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Cubs Move on to NLCS!
Image courtesy of Minda Haas/Flickr . The St. Louis Cardinals were in a win-or-go-home situation Tuesday night as they came into Chicago down 2-1. The Cardinals came out strong going up 2-0 after the first...
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Revenge of Ruben: Mets Avenge Tejada by Lumbering to 2-1 Lead
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr . Michael Cuddyer chose to take the high road when he said, “the greatest retaliation is winning,” unlike Chase Utley ’s low slide. So now we’re at a place where...
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NLDS: Cubs Take Momentum in Game 3
Image courtesy of Minda Haas/Flickr . The St.Louis Cardinals had the best record during the regular season at 100-62, but the Chicago Cubs showed why they are the team to beat by running home, six...
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Blue Jays Create Maelstrom to Stay Alive, ALDS Heads Back to Toronto
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr . On a humid Monday afternoon, Texas Rangers reliever, Ross Ohlendorf , stood firmly on the pitcher’s mound during the top of the sixth inning, his face wearing a decorated...
