Last night, the Mariner bullpen continued to pitch like something out of a W.P. Kinsella novel, getting the last seven outs of a 2-0 win in Game One of the ALCS. For the third straight game, they backed up a great start, this time by Seattle’s Freddy Garcia. Garcia had a great fastball all night;…
Previous articles in this series: Introduction Second Base Third Base Shortstop Left Field This is the fifth in a series of rankings of major-league defenders, highlighting the top ten and bottom five at each position. The ratings are a combination of Zone Rating, Range Factor and my best (and admittedly mammothly flawed) assessment of the…
The Mets weren’t supposed to get past the Giants, and everyone sort of had the Braves set as the default option to always keep the western world safe from a subway series. Praise be to the power of the unexpected, as two teams built to win this year managed to upset the favorites and tackle…
PLAYOFF SWEEPS "I can’t tell you exactly what he said. It’s a secret we have to keep under the sheets. I guess it was a moment of truth. He wanted to shore things up and make sure I was comfortable." — Mike Cameron, Mariners outfielder "I told him the Nasdaq was down 113 points and…