Wild-card race keeping the thrill in baseball.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)Donnellon, Sam
story. The Wild Card game gives the Astros a chance when they wouldn’t have had one otherwise. It creates a wonderful and dramatic spectacle. And it provides a clear rooting interest for all non-partisan fans. Why wouldn’t you want to see the Astros knock off the Yankees and stride in...
The National League has seen some movement in its wild card race over the last week. The Nationals remain one of the two teams, despite going 5-5 over their last 10. They face the Philadelphia Phillies in four of their remaining games afterbeating them7-2 Monday night. Phi...
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The Mets (87-70) went into the day with a half-game lead over Arizona in the wild-card race, with the Braves (86-71) a full game back. Two of those teams will make the playoffs, which are set to begin Tuesday with the best-of-three wild-card round. ...
The Race for the NL East October 25, 2022 Timothy Gage 0 The Braves had a tumultuous off-season after winning their first World Series since 1996. Losing franchise legend Freddie Freeman to free agency, many around the baseball world felt that even with the acquisition of all-star […]...
The new wild cards will, without question, keep more teams in the race longer. A team that wins only 84 games now has a 12.6% chance of making the postseason, twice the odds as last year. However, there may be some unintended consequences, with teams in the high 80’s to low 90’...
Complete Grip and Forearm Training Across the nation, our eyes are fixed on the last 20 or so games of the regular season. We want to see who is going to step up and take the title in each division and in each Wild Card slot. It’s always an exciting race to the finish! As […...
are also so young that the Pirates might not want to push them to throw too many innings.But.If the Pirates are still in the Wild Card race -- and they are as of now -- and they could have those pitchers lined up for a Wild Card Series (and it's possible it'd be the best 1...