Before the Atlanta Braves became a perennial playoff team, in which the organization won 14-consecutive division championships from 1991-2005 (the lone exception coming in 1994 due to the players’ strike), the club dealt with many lean and frustrating seasons. From 1966 (the first season the Braves moved to Atlanta) through the 1990 season, the Braves only made the postseason twice;...
Good morning Mets fans! On Tuesday night, the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Houston Astros at Tropicana Field by a score of 4-1 to even their ALDS 2-2. On Wednesday, Jack Flaherty and St. Louis Cardinals will face off against Mike Foltynewicz the Atlanta Braves at Suntrust Park for game five of their NLDS. The game will be televised on TBS and is set to begin at 5:02 p.m. EST. Stephen Strausburg and...
Game 1 St. Louis Cardinals vs Atlanta Braves, SunTrust Park 5:02 PM (EDT) RHP Miles Mikolas (9-14, 4.16) vs LHP Dallas Keuchel (8-8, 3.75 ERA) TBS, ESPN Radio The division series kicks off the winner of the NL East facing the winner of the NL Central. Former Met prospect John Gant has been left off the Cardinals roster after a rough finish to the season. Long-time Braves starting pitcher Julio...
Good morning, Mets fans! Today’s doubleheader has heavy postseason implications. The Astros will try to rebound from a difficult Game 3 loss at home. Dallas Keuchel will pitch against Nathan Eovaldi at 5:09 p.m. on TBS. Right after, the Brewers will attempt to inch closer to their bid to the World Series as they’ll continue their quest to get Grandy a ring! The Dodgers will let Rich...
Game 1 Chicago Cubs vs Washington Nationals, 7:30 p.m. ET, TBS RHP Kyle Hendricks (7-5, 3.03 ERA) vs RHP Stephen Strasburg (15-4, 2.52 ERA) The Nationals won the season series over the Cubs by taking four of the seven games they played this year. Nationals top prospect Victor Robles is a mild surprise to be on the NLDS roster. Right-handed reliever Hector Rondon has been left off the Cubs’...
The Amazin’ Metscast: Episode Two We spend some time with Casey Stern of “MLB on TBS” and MLB Network Radio on “Sirius/XM” to discuss the upcoming trading deadline, the National League East and if he believes the Mets have what it takes to make the playoffs this year. On the show, we recap the start to the second half of the season and look ahead at upcoming...
Game 3 (Orioles Lead 2-0) Baltimore Orioles at Detroit Tigers Sunday, Oct. 5, 3:30 PM, TBS Bud Norris (15-8, 3.65) vs David Price (15-12, 3.26) The Tigers will look for some home cooking against the Orioles this afternoon. After losing with their current and former ace’s (Scherzer and Verlander), they will send the ace that they traded for at the deadline to the hill in the form of David...
On Thursday, the MLB Network announced that they’ve hired Ron Darling as an analyst for the 2013-2014 Hot Stove Season. Darling, fresh off his stint as a postseason analyst for TBS, has become a very hot commodity in the broadcast world. His savvy insights and keen intellect serve him well as an analyst and he always comes off looking like the smartest guy in the booth. The two-time Emmy...
Last night, Carlos Beltran continued to cement his status as one of the greatest post season players of all time with yet another incredible performance. Having already delivered a two-run double to tie Game 1 of the NLCS at 2-2, the former Met would hit a walk-off single in the bottom of the 13th inning to clinch a dramatic 3-2 win over the Dodgers for the Cardinals. Beltran also kept the game...
The All Star voting is now over and all Met fans can do now is wait with baited breath to see if David Wright maintained his lead over Pablo Sandoval for the privilege to start at third base in the 2013 All Star Game at Citi Field. In an official release by MLB, the voting for the National League’s starting third baseman was called the closest and tightest battle on this year’s...
ALDS: Athletics v. Tigers 6:07 PM TBS On December 9, 2011, the Oakland A’s traded Trevor Cahill and Craig Breslow to Arizona. In return they received, Ryan Cook, Collin Cowgill and their Game 1 LDS starter, Jarrod Parker. If you are one of those baseball fans that hate Billy Beane, enjoy rooting against the best story in baseball through October. Oakland represents everything that is great about...
I have to say, that although the 2011 version of the Mets is a win, a loss, a loss, a win, there have been no dearth of exciting comebacks this season. For instance, take last night. Down and almost out, they rallied with big hits by David Wright and Lucas Duda (he is starting to relax, and this kid has immense power) to stun the Padres 9-8. Uplifting to say the least, especially after the...
