Last week in baseball featured our first glimpses of clinches. The Phillies won their second consecutive National League East title Monday with an extra-innings win, the Brewers clinched a spot in October with a win Sunday that featured a made-up letter from Bob Uecker, and the Cubs also clinched a spot with their 88th win of the season Wednesday in Pittsburgh. So far, these three NL teams have...
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Juan Soto faced many questions and criticisms when he decided to leave the Bronx for the illustrious Queens. How will he perform without the short porch? Can he match the same production without the mighty Aaron Judge? Even when he was struggling in the first two months, is he happy? Where’s the shuffle? All ridiculous when looking through the blinding lights of hindsight. Soto hit a new...
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With only a handful of series left to go, the wild-card races are heating up toward the middle of September. In the National League, the third wild card is up for grabs. The Mets’ free fall has been generational, and they dropped Friday night’s game to the Rangers for their seventh straight loss. The Giants, meanwhile, won again, and only trail the Amazins’ by half a game. The...
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Jonah Tong’s second career start in Cincinnati was much anticipated. The righty impressed in his first start at Citi Field against the Marlins, allowing only one earned run in five promising innings. However, on Saturday night against the Reds amidst a pennant race, Tong didn’t match the success of his first start. Tong’s home run allowed in the second inning was a first for...
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The first week of September did not disappoint. The Blue Jays took two of three against the Reds and a massive Game 1 in the Bronx to impact both leagues’ wild card races, the Giants swept the Rockies and took two of three from the Orioles, storming back in the National League wild card race, and the Rangers beat the Astros Friday night and have gone 10-3 in their last 13. No one is safe...
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