All eight playoff teams got to the postseason on the backs of some great performances…and while overcoming some terrible ones.
Jonah sees plenty of surprises in a Sox-on-Sox drubbing in Chicago.
Notebook has regular season post-mortems on the Indians, the Yankees and the Devil Rays.
Talking points from the first day of the second season.
The teams that won yesterday took control early and never looked back.
Christina previews the Yankees/Angels series, who are perfectly poised to exploit each other’s weaknesses.
Dayn previews the series that pits the underwhelming Padres against his beloved Cardinals.
Can it be? Did the number-one team fail to make the playoffs?
Analyzing strengths and weaknesses of two teams in an effort to figure out the key elements of a series is worthwhile. Predicting the result is folly.
With the playoffs starting tonight, Will has news on who’ll play through pain, who may miss time, and which training staffs will have to work hardest to keep the best team on the field.
Seven teams had better projected chances to make the postseason than the 2005 Indians did and missed, according to the Playoff Odds Report.
A.J. Burnett gets sent packing, Mike Piazza gets sent off gracefully, Bernie Williams has a few more weeks before he gets sent off, and playoff-bound teams rejoice.
It’s a classic matchup between a team that scores a lot and one that stops the opposition from doing just that.
The difference between playing this week and not for the Phillies and Astros was one pitch.
The Indians’ funk continued in yet another one-run loss, this one pushing them to the brink of elimination.
What looked to be a pitchers’ duel rapidly became a blowout, giving one team a spot in the postseason.