The Red Sox have a new ace this postseason, one who’s baffled the Yankee bats to the point of frustration while showing a touch of class lacking in his more famous teammate. With tension still in the air at Fenway Park after a wild Saturday afternoon and a washed out Sunday, Tim Wakefield knuckled down …
Rain in Boston made the Fenway Park field unplayable, postponing Sunday night’s ALCS Game Four and leaving the two teams, their organizations, and their fans another 24 hours to fan the flames and doctor the spin from Saturday’s imbroglio (wasn’t he traded for Lou Brock?). The game will be played Monday evening, with Game Five …
When I wrote at the outset of the Yankees-Red Sox ALCS matchup that this series would bring out the worst in everyone, I envisioned mouthy owners, rabid media, and dangerously rowdy fans. I never pictured things devolving to the point of affecting the game on the field. But Saturday’s Game Three at Fenway Park devolved …
Thursday was the 100th anniversary of one of the titans of baseball, former Dodger owner Walter O’Malley. The popular perception of O’Malley as the robber baron who stole baseball from Brooklyn still endures, a topic that L.A. Times columnist Bill Plaschke investigates. Plaschke begins by noting that O’Malley’s fingerprints are all over the game today: …
Nobody on the Yankees would publicly admit it, but Thursday night’s ballgame was a must-win for them. After dropping the opener of the ALCS to the Red Sox on Wednesday, a Game Two loss would send the Bronx Bombers back to Beantown down 2-0 and staring down the barrel at Pedro Martinez in Fenway Park. …
So much for the theory about the Yankees being well-rested compared to the haggard Red Sox entering the American League Championship Series. Yankee starter Mike Mussina looked more rusted than rested from seven days off, and the Yank bats were baffled by Sox starter Tim Wakefield’s knuckler as Boston took the first game of this …
I’ve spent the last few days hyping my TiVo for how it improves the playoff-watching experience. Monday was the dark side of that. Because of a dinner commitment, we had planned to start the deciding game of the A’s-Red Sox series late. As we were leaving dinner, our host — who had a definite rooting …
Another day, another ten hours on the couch watching some thrilling baseball. Okay, I didn’t spend the entire period from 1:00 to 11:00 PM EDT on Sunday deepening the ass groove in front of my boob tube. The magic of TiVo afforded me a couple of hours away from the set doing the kinds of …
What a day of watching baseball Saturday was! The Yankees took a 2-1 lead in their series behind the Rocket, the Marlins knocked out the Giants on a play at the plate, the Braves forced a Game Five by retiring potential tying run Sammy Sosa on a long fly ball, and the Red Sox stayed …
Steven Goldman’s special installment of The Pinstriped Bible has some excellent analysis regarding these Yankees in the ALDS. He points out how fickle the media has been, questioning their questioning of this Yankee club’s shortcomings: “Here we are in October, and some still don’t know the team they have been watching since February.” Goldman dispels …
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