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Archive for October, 2007

Thursday, October 25th, 2007

Rox and Sox: Don't let Game 1 fool you!

The Red Sox looked masterful last night, but you won't find me sporting a false sense of security today. The Rockies are one tough ball club, and there's no reason for them not to rebound. While the 13-1 rout now stands as the biggest Game 1 blow out in World Series history, MLB.com pointed out today that three … Read more »

Thursday, October 18th, 2007

The Rockies' Angel

MLB.com has a feel-good story up today that should endear a few million more fans to the Rockies. Will George is a Rockies scout, and his wife Florinda sadly succumbed to cancer on May 22. The Rockies were at the low point of their season that day, with a record of 18-27 and in last place in the … Read more »

Tuesday, October 16th, 2007

The Nats' Centerfield Conundrum

Since we have time for a short break between post-season games, let's catch up with the Nationals and their centerfield conundrum. Capital Punishment has an excellent post up that reviews how this position was handled by Manny Acta in 2007. Nook Logan, Ryan Church, Ryan Langerhans, and rookie Justin Maxwell all spent time roaming centerfield, but … Read more »

Thursday, October 11th, 2007

Into the Championships!

My post-season predictions are only half working out! I really though the Phillies were going to put up more of a fight. The Cubs were also strangely impotent. Neither team gave me much of anything to cheer for, so in the case of the NL, the victories were earned. The NLCS will be a very interesting series. … Read more »

Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007

The secret to predicting playoff teams

Ken Roberts has cooked up a very groovy site for sports stats freaks to get a fix, and possibly a tip as to which of their teams will make the playoffs. Sports Club Stats computes the chance of teams making the post-season by running a computer simulation millions of times each night. The site covers MLB, NFL, NBA, … Read more »

Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007

Losing the Spirit!

Ouch, this hurts–another city that's losing their beloved baseball team. As a Montrealer, I sympathize big time for fans of the North Shore Spirit, a CAN-AM league baseball team who have called Lynn, MA home for the past five years. Victoria Glidden, 9, did her best to keep the Spirit at Fraser Field. She … Read more »

Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007

My 2007 post season picks

Wow, what an end to the season! Let's see, what went down? The Mets crumbled, despite John Maine's awesome performance last Saturday against the Marlins, where the righty had a magical game, striking out 12 and carrying a no-hitter to the 7th. Wow, that was a wild one! J-Ro and the Phillies surged to capture the NL East … Read more »