It’s win-or-go-home in Texas, and Philly could clinch the NLCS behind their ace. | Photo by Richard Rodriguez/Getty Images It’s win or go home in Texas, and Philly could clinch The Phillies, D-Backs, Rangers and Astros HAVE been playing thrilling playoff baseball, assuming you’ve crawled out of your cave of Orioles-induced sadness to see it. Last night, the Rangers … [Read more...] about Monday LCS game thread: NLCS Game 6, ALCS Game 7
NLCS Game 5 open thread
Photo by Harry How/Getty Images For an impartial observer, Friday was one heck of a night of postseason baseball. You couldn’t have asked for a more gripping, pressure-packed pair of games. In the ALCS, the Astros pulled off a stunning ninth-inning comeback on Jose Altuve’s three-run homer in the top of the ninth, a game that also featured a benches-clearing fracas in … [Read more...] about NLCS Game 5 open thread
Saturday Bird Droppings: Wishing the Orioles were part of fun LCS action
Tommy Gilligan-USA TODAY Sports Kind words for Buck Britton, raising the bar in 2024, the future of Anthony Santander, and more. Good morning, Birdland! Well, that was a fun evening of baseball! Fireworks throughout and a pair of comeback wins have entirely flipped the two LCS match-ups on their head. The Astros stormed back from a two-run deficit, seemingly fueled by … [Read more...] about Saturday Bird Droppings: Wishing the Orioles were part of fun LCS action
Friday Bird Droppings: Still waiting on the Orioles to sign the lease
Karl Merton Ferron/The Baltimore Sun/Tribune News Service via Getty Images It’s been weeks since the O’s falsely declared that they’d signed a new lease for Camden Yards, and they’ve yet to do so for real. Good morning, Camden Chatters. Remember Sept. 28? It was just a few weeks ago, and it seemed — at the time — like one of the most exciting days in recent Orioles … [Read more...] about Friday Bird Droppings: Still waiting on the Orioles to sign the lease
A fast start and slow finish defined a breakout season for catcher Creed Willems
Lauren Roberts/Salisbury Daily Times / USA TODAY NETWORK Prodigious power earned the 20-year-old an early call up from Delmarva to Aberdeen, but the slugging lefty couldn’t continue the upward trend with the IronBirds In 1976, Sylvester Stallone brought us Rocky, the story of a talented but unknown boxer who would go onto rise to superstardom. Nearly 40 years later, … [Read more...] about A fast start and slow finish defined a breakout season for catcher Creed Willems