Lineup
Easily, the most important move made by the Red Sox front office in the 2009
season was the acquisition of Victor Martinez from the Indians for Justin Masterson and
pitching prospects Nick Hagadone and Bryan Price. Since coming to Boston, Martinez played
33 games at catcher with the other 23 at first base while putting up an …

I always say that I’d rather see a team I hate play well, because it’s more fun to root against them. Well, these Yankees are going to test me. You know the story by now — nothing less than the Yankees’ first World Series win in nine years will be acceptable in New York, and …

Just two years removed from one of the least likely runs to the World Series in baseball history, the nevertheless disrespected Rockies are back in the playoffs. Everyone is familiar with the narrative. Clint Hurdle gets fired, Jim Tracy takes over, the team gets ridiculously hot after the all-star break, fend off the Giants and Braves …

Following up on yesterday’s part 1, what follows are recaps of the four most recent one-game playoffs in Major League Baseball.

When the Detroit Tigers head to Minnesota for the last ever regular season at the Metrodome, they’ll be playing the 9th one-game playoff in Major League history. The American League has always used a one-game playoff to settle its regular-season ties.
Prior to the advent of divisional play in 1969, the National League used a three-game playoff. There were …

John Sickels scouts the Omaha Royals.